महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-329, verse-10

ब्राह्मणानां मतिर्वाक्यं कर्म श्रद्धा तपांसि च ।
धारयन्ति महीं द्यां च शैत्याद्वार्यमृतं यथा ॥१०॥

10. brāhmaṇānāṁ matirvākyaṁ karma śraddhā tapāṁsi ca ,
dhārayanti mahīṁ dyāṁ ca śaityādvāryamṛtaṁ yathā.

10. brāhmaṇānām matiḥ vākyaṃ karma śraddhā tapāṃsi ca
dhārayanti mahīm dyām ca śaityāt vāri amṛtam yathā

10. yathā śaityāt vāri amṛtam brāhmaṇānām matiḥ vākyaṃ
karma śraddhā tapāṃsi ca mahīm dyām ca dhārayanti

10. The intellect, speech, actions (karma), faith (śraddhā), and austerities (tapas) of brahmins sustain both the earth and the sky, just as cool water preserves life (amṛta).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of brahmins

• मतिः (matiḥ) - intellect (intellect, thought, mind, opinion)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech (speech, word, statement)

• कर्म (karma) - actions (karma) (action, deed, work)

• श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

• तपांसि (tapāṁsi) - austerities (tapas) (austerities, penances)

• च (ca) - and

• धारयन्ति (dhārayanti) - sustain, hold, maintain

• महीम् (mahīm) - earth

• द्याम् (dyām) - sky, heaven

• च (ca) - and

• शैत्यात् (śaityāt) - from coolness, due to coolness

• वारि (vāri) - cool water (water)

• अमृतम् (amṛtam) - life (amṛta) (nectar, immortality, life)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of brahmins

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, belonging to Brahmā, relating to the Vedas

मतिः (matiḥ) - intellect (intellect, thought, mind, opinion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, intention, opinion

verbal noun

From root √man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech (speech, word, statement)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

कर्म (karma) - actions (karma) (action, deed, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate (as result of past actions)

verbal noun

From root √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith (śraddhā) (faith, trust, confidence)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, belief

Prefix: śrat

Root: dhā (class 3)

तपांसि (tapāṁsi) - austerities (tapas) (austerities, penances)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tapas

tapas - heat, warmth, austerity, asceticism, penance

Root: tap (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धारयन्ति (dhārayanti) - sustain, hold, maintain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dhāray

causative

Causative of root √dhṛ (to hold, bear).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

महीम् (mahīm) - earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

द्याम् (dyām) - sky, heaven

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dyu

dyu - sky, heaven, light, day

Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शैत्यात् (śaityāt) - from coolness, due to coolness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śaitya

śaitya - coolness, coldness

Derived from 'śīta' (cold).

वारि (vāri) - cool water (water)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

अमृतम् (amṛtam) - life (amṛta) (nectar, immortality, life)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, deathless, nectar, immortality, divine drink

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• mṛta – dead, mortal
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)