महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-48, verse-6

सर्वानुपायानपि संप्रधार्य समुद्धरेत्स्वस्य कुलस्य तन्तुम् ।
ज्येष्ठो यवीयानपि यो द्विजस्य शुश्रूषवान्दानपरायणः स्यात् ॥६॥

6. sarvānupāyānapi saṁpradhārya; samuddharetsvasya kulasya tantum ,
jyeṣṭho yavīyānapi yo dvijasya; śuśrūṣavāndānaparāyaṇaḥ syāt.

6. sarvān upāyān api saṃpradhārya
samuddharet svasya kulasya tantum
jyeṣṭhaḥ yavīyān api yaḥ dvijasya
śuśrūṣavān dānaparāyaṇaḥ syāt

6. sarvān upāyān api saṃpradhārya
svasya kulasya tantum samuddharet
yaḥ dvijasya jyeṣṭhaḥ yavīyān
api śuśrūṣavān dānaparāyaṇaḥ syāt

6. Having carefully considered all possible means, one should preserve the lineage (tantu) of one's family. Whoever among the twice-born (dvija), whether elder or younger, should be dedicated to service and to charity.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every

• उपायान् (upāyān) - possible means (means, expedients, resources, methods)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too, and

• संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having carefully considered (having considered, having deliberated, having resolved)

• समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - should preserve (should lift up, should rescue, should restore, should uphold)

• स्वस्य (svasya) - of one's own, of his own

• कुलस्य (kulasya) - of the family, of the lineage, of the clan

• तन्तुम् (tantum) - lineage (thread, string, line, lineage, offspring, succession)

• ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder (elder, eldest, chief, best)

• यवीयान् (yavīyān) - younger (younger, youngest, inferior)

• अपि (api) - even if, whether (also, even, too, and)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which, that)

• द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of the twice-born (dvija) (of the twice-born, of a brahmin, of a bird, of a tooth)

• शुश्रूषवान् (śuśrūṣavān) - dedicated to service (attentive, desirous of serving, obedient, dutiful)

• दानपरायणः (dānaparāyaṇaḥ) - dedicated to charity (devoted to giving, liberal, charitable)

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, every

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Modifies 'upāyān'.

उपायान् (upāyān) - possible means (means, expedients, resources, methods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, approach, method, stratagem

From root i (to go) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

अपि (api) - also, even, too, and

(indeclinable)

संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having carefully considered (having considered, having deliberated, having resolved)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (indeclinable past participle)

Gerund of root dhṛ with prefixes sam and pra.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - should preserve (should lift up, should rescue, should restore, should uphold)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of samuddhr

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice of root dhṛ with prefixes sam and ud.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स्वस्य (svasya) - of one's own, of his own

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

Note: Genitive singular of the reflexive pronoun 'sva'.

कुलस्य (kulasya) - of the family, of the lineage, of the clan

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, race, lineage, community

तन्तुम् (tantum) - lineage (thread, string, line, lineage, offspring, succession)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, cord, warp, lineage, offspring

Root: tan (class 8)

ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder (elder, eldest, chief, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, best, chief

Superlative of 'vṛddha' (old)

यवीयान् (yavīyān) - younger (younger, youngest, inferior)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavīyas

yavīyas - younger, youngest

Comparative of 'yuvan' (young)

अपि (api) - even if, whether (also, even, too, and)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - of the twice-born (dvija) (of the twice-born, of a brahmin, of a bird, of a tooth)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth

Compound: dvi (two) + jan (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix 'ja'
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

शुश्रूषवान् (śuśrūṣavān) - dedicated to service (attentive, desirous of serving, obedient, dutiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuśrūṣavat

śuśrūṣavat - having a desire to serve, dutiful

Possessive suffix -vat with desiderative stem

From desiderative of root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

दानपरायणः (dānaparāyaṇaḥ) - dedicated to charity (devoted to giving, liberal, charitable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dānaparāyaṇa

dānaparāyaṇa - devoted to giving, charitable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāna+parāyaṇa)

• dāna – gift, giving, charity
  noun (neuter)
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 1)
• parāyaṇa – chief aim, supreme resort, devoted to
  adjective (masculine)

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)