महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-206, verse-24

अथाप्युपायं पश्येत दुःखस्य परिमोक्षणे ।
अशोचन्नारभेतैव युक्तश्चाव्यसनी भवेत् ॥२४॥

24. athāpyupāyaṁ paśyeta duḥkhasya parimokṣaṇe ,
aśocannārabhetaiva yuktaścāvyasanī bhavet.

24. atha api upāyam paśyeta duḥkhasya parimokṣaṇe
| aśocan ārabheta eva yuktaḥ ca avyasanī bhavet

24. Moreover, one should perceive a means for liberation (mokṣa) from suffering. Without grieving, one should certainly begin, and should be disciplined and free from any vice.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - moreover (then, now, moreover, and)

• अपि (api) - moreover (also, even, moreover, too)

• उपायम् (upāyam) - a means (means, method, expedient, approach)

• पश्येत (paśyeta) - one should perceive (one should see, one should perceive, one should look)

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering (of sorrow, of suffering, of pain)

• परिमोक्षणे (parimokṣaṇe) - for liberation (mokṣa) (in liberation, in release, in emancipation)

• अशोचन् (aśocan) - without grieving (not grieving, not sorrowing)

• आरभेत (ārabheta) - one should begin (one should undertake, one should begin)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - disciplined (disciplined, engaged, connected, endowed with)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अव्यसनी (avyasanī) - free from any vice (free from vice, not given to evil habits)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (one should be, it would be, he should be)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - moreover (then, now, moreover, and)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - moreover (also, even, moreover, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Here, in conjunction with 'atha', implies 'even so' or 'moreover'.

उपायम् (upāyam) - a means (means, method, expedient, approach)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, approach, remedy

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of paśyeta.

पश्येत (paśyeta) - one should perceive (one should see, one should perceive, one should look)

(verb)

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

Root dṛś, 1st class (stem paśya-). Optative mood.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Third person singular optative active of dṛś.

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering (of sorrow, of suffering, of pain)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

Note: Genitive case, indicating possession or relation to 'parimokṣaṇe'.

परिमोक्षणे (parimokṣaṇe) - for liberation (mokṣa) (in liberation, in release, in emancipation)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of parimokṣaṇa

parimokṣaṇa - liberation, release, complete freeing

Derived from root muc (to free) with upasargas pari- and pra-.

Prefixes: pari+pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Locative case, indicating 'in the matter of' or 'for the purpose of'.

अशोचन् (aśocan) - without grieving (not grieving, not sorrowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśocat

aśocat - not grieving, not sorrowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root śuc (to grieve) with negative prefix a- and present participle suffix -at.

Prefix: a

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Masculine singular nominative, modifying the implied subject (one who should act).

आरभेत (ārabheta) - one should begin (one should undertake, one should begin)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of ārabha

Root rabh (to take) with upasarga ā- (towards). Optative mood, middle voice.

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Third person singular optative middle of ārabh.

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - disciplined (disciplined, engaged, connected, endowed with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, engaged, absorbed, disciplined, proper

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yuj (to join, to yoke).

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Masculine singular nominative, predicative adjective for the implied subject.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अव्यसनी (avyasanī) - free from any vice (free from vice, not given to evil habits)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyasanin

avyasanin - free from vice, not addicted, virtuous

Compound of a- (negation) and vyasanin (addicted, vicious).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyasanin)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyasanin – addicted, vicious, calamitous, unfortunate
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: as (class 4)

Note: Masculine singular nominative, predicative adjective for the implied subject.

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be (one should be, it would be, he should be)

(verb)

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

Root bhū, 1st class. Optative mood.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third person singular optative active of bhū.