महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-9

ब्रह्म पर्यचरत्क्षत्रं विशः क्षत्रमनुव्रताः ।
ब्रह्मक्षत्रानुरक्ताश्च शूद्राः पर्यचरन्विशः ॥९॥

9. brahma paryacaratkṣatraṁ viśaḥ kṣatramanuvratāḥ ,
brahmakṣatrānuraktāśca śūdrāḥ paryacaranviśaḥ.

9. brahma paryacarat kṣatram viśaḥ kṣatram anuvratāḥ
brahmakṣatra anuraktāḥ ca śūdrāḥ paryacaran viśaḥ

9. Brahmins served the Kshatriyas. The Vaishyas were devoted to the Kshatriyas. And the Shudras, devoted to both Brahmins and Kshatriyas, served the Vaishyas.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahmins, the Brahmin class

• पर्यचरत् (paryacarat) - served, attended

• क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the Kshatriya class, sovereignty

• विशः (viśaḥ) - Vaishyas, the merchant/farmer class

• क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the Kshatriya class

• अनुव्रताः (anuvratāḥ) - following, devoted to, obedient

• ब्रह्मक्षत्र (brahmakṣatra) - Brahmins and Kshatriyas

• अनुरक्ताः (anuraktāḥ) - devoted, attached to, loyal

• च (ca) - and, also

• शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Shudras, the laboring class

• पर्यचरन् (paryacaran) - served, attended

• विशः (viśaḥ) - Vaishyas, the merchant/farmer class

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahmins, the Brahmin class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - brahman, sacred word, Veda, Brahmin

From root √bṛh (to grow, expand)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

पर्यचरत् (paryacarat) - served, attended

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of car

Imperfect active

Imperfect of √car (1P) with prefix pari, 3rd person singular. The 'a' is the augment for the imperfect tense.

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the Kshatriya class, sovereignty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - rule, dominion, power, Kshatriya class

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Object of 'paryacarat'.

विशः (viśaḥ) - Vaishyas, the merchant/farmer class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viś

viś - house, settlement, people, Vaishya class

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb, "were".

क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the Kshatriya class

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - rule, dominion, power, Kshatriya class

Root: kṣi (class 1)

अनुव्रताः (anuvratāḥ) - following, devoted to, obedient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anuvrata

anuvrata - following, obedient, devoted, conforming to a vow

From anu + vrata (vow, observance)

Note: Agrees with 'viśaḥ'.

ब्रह्मक्षत्र (brahmakṣatra) - Brahmins and Kshatriyas

(noun)

masculine, plural of brahmakṣatra

brahmakṣatra - Brahmins and Kshatriyas

Compound type : dvandva (brahman+kṣatra)

• brahman – Brahmin, sacred order
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• kṣatra – Kshatriya, ruling power
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

अनुरक्ताः (anuraktāḥ) - devoted, attached to, loyal

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anurakta

anurakta - devoted, attached, fond of, red (colored after something)

Past Passive Participle

From anu + √rañj (to color, to be pleased) + kta suffix

Prefix: anu

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śūdrāḥ'. The full compound is `brahmakṣatrānuraktāḥ` meaning "devoted to Brahmins and Kshatriyas".

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Shudras, the laboring class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūdra

śūdra - Shudra, member of the fourth social class

Note: Subject of 'paryacaran'.

पर्यचरन् (paryacaran) - served, attended

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of car

Imperfect active

Imperfect of √car (1P) with prefix pari, 3rd person plural. The 'a' is the augment for the imperfect tense.

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

विशः (viśaḥ) - Vaishyas, the merchant/farmer class

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viś

viś - house, settlement, people, Vaishya class

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Object of 'paryacaran'.