महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-131, verse-12

मास्तं गमस्त्वं कृपणो विश्रूयस्व स्वकर्मणा ।
मा मध्ये मा जघन्ये त्वं माधो भूस्तिष्ठ चोर्जितः ॥१२॥

12. māstaṁ gamastvaṁ kṛpaṇo viśrūyasva svakarmaṇā ,
mā madhye mā jaghanye tvaṁ mādho bhūstiṣṭha corjitaḥ.

12. mā astam gamaḥ tvam kṛpaṇaḥ viśrūyasva sva-karmaṇā mā
madhye mā jaghanye tvam mā adhaḥ bhūḥ tiṣṭha ca ūrjitaḥ

12. tvam kṛpaṇaḥ mā astam gamaḥ sva-karmaṇā viśrūyasva tvam
mā madhye mā jaghanye mā adhaḥ bhūḥ ca ūrjitaḥ tiṣṭha

12. Do not decline, you wretched one. Become renowned through your own deeds (sva-karma). Do not be mediocre, nor last; do not be inferior. Stand firm and mighty (ūrjita)!

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))

• अस्तम् (astam) - to decline/disappear (to setting, to home, to disappearance)

• गमः (gamaḥ) - go (to decline) (go, become, attain)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - wretched one (wretched, miserable, pitiable, poor, helpless)

• विश्रूयस्व (viśrūyasva) - become renowned (become famous, be renowned, make oneself known)

• स्व-कर्मणा (sva-karmaṇā) - through your own deeds (karma) (by one's own action, by one's own duty, by one's own deed)

• मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle (position/quality), mediocre (in the middle, between, among)

• मा (mā) - nor (do not (prohibitive particle))

• जघन्ये (jaghanye) - in the last/worst position (in the hindmost, in the last, in the worst)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))

• अधः (adhaḥ) - low, inferior (below, downwards, inferior, low)

• भूः (bhūḥ) - be (inferior) (be, become, exist)

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand firm! (stand, remain, stay, halt)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• ऊर्जितः (ūrjitaḥ) - mighty (strong, powerful, energetic, exalted, mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with injunctive for prohibition.

अस्तम् (astam) - to decline/disappear (to setting, to home, to disappearance)

(indeclinable)

गमः (gamaḥ) - go (to decline) (go, become, attain)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive (aorist) (luṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The form `gamaḥ` is an aorist injunctive, typically used with `mā` for prohibition.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

कृपणः (kṛpaṇaḥ) - wretched one (wretched, miserable, pitiable, poor, helpless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - wretched, miserable, pitiable, poor, helpless

विश्रूयस्व (viśrūyasva) - become renowned (become famous, be renowned, make oneself known)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of viśrū

Derived from root śrū (to hear) with upasarga vi. Used in middle voice to mean 'to become famous'.

Prefix: vi

Root: śrū (class 5)

स्व-कर्मणा (sva-karmaṇā) - through your own deeds (karma) (by one's own action, by one's own duty, by one's own deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva-karman

sva-karman - one's own action, one's own duty, own deed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karman)

• sva – one's own, self
  adjective
• karman – action, deed, work, duty, fate, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))

(indeclinable)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle (position/quality), mediocre (in the middle, between, among)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, intermediate

Note: Used adverbially to imply 'being in a mediocre state'.

मा (mā) - nor (do not (prohibitive particle))

(indeclinable)

जघन्ये (jaghanye) - in the last/worst position (in the hindmost, in the last, in the worst)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of jaghanya

jaghanya - hindmost, last, lowest, worst, base

Note: Used adverbially to imply 'being in the lowest state'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

मा (mā) - do not (do not (prohibitive particle))

(indeclinable)

अधः (adhaḥ) - low, inferior (below, downwards, inferior, low)

(indeclinable)

भूः (bhūḥ) - be (inferior) (be, become, exist)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, injunctive (aorist) (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: The form `bhūḥ` is an aorist injunctive, typically used with `mā` for prohibition.

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand firm! (stand, remain, stay, halt)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ऊर्जितः (ūrjitaḥ) - mighty (strong, powerful, energetic, exalted, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrjita

ūrjita - strong, powerful, energetic, exalted, mighty

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ūrj (to be strong, be active).

Root: ūrj (class 10)