महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-71, verse-9

अस्तब्धः पूजयेन्मान्यान्गुरून्सेवेदमायया ।
अर्चेद्देवान्न दम्भेन श्रियमिच्छेदकुत्सिताम् ॥९॥

9. astabdhaḥ pūjayenmānyāngurūnsevedamāyayā ,
arceddevānna dambhena śriyamicchedakutsitām.

9. astabdhaḥ pūjayet mānyān gurūn seveta amāyayā |
arcet devān na dambhena śriyam icchet akutṣitām

9. (saḥ) astabdhaḥ mānyān pūjayet gurūn amāyayā seveta
devān na dambhena arcet akutṣitām śriyam icchet

9. He should be humble and honor those who are worthy of respect. He should serve his preceptors (guru) with sincerity, not with deceit. He should worship the gods not with hypocrisy, and he should desire untarnished prosperity.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्तब्धः (astabdhaḥ) - humble (not stiff, humble, not arrogant)

• पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should honor, should worship

• मान्यान् (mānyān) - those worthy of honor, respectable ones

• गुरून् (gurūn) - preceptors (guru) (preceptors, teachers, elders)

• सेवेत (seveta) - should serve (should serve, should attend to, should associate with)

• अमायया (amāyayā) - with sincerity (without deceit, sincerely, honestly)

• अर्चेत् (arcet) - should worship (should worship, should honor)

• देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• दम्भेन (dambhena) - with hypocrisy (with hypocrisy, with ostentation)

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire (should desire, should wish)

• अकुत्षिताम् (akutṣitām) - untarnished (not despised, untarnished, unblamed)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्तब्धः (astabdhaḥ) - humble (not stiff, humble, not arrogant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of astabdha

astabdha - not stiff, humble

Negative compound (na + stabdha)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+stabdha)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• stabdha – stiff, rigid, arrogant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √stambh (to prop, support, make stiff)
  Root: stambh (class 5)

Note: Refers to the king, implied subject.

पूजयेत् (pūjayet) - should honor, should worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pūj

Causative stem from root √pūj (to honor) or denominal from pūjā (worship)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Refers to the king.

मान्यान् (mānyān) - those worthy of honor, respectable ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mānya

mānya - worthy of honor, respectable

Gerundive

Derived from root √man (to think, respect)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of 'pūjayet'.

गुरून् (gurūn) - preceptors (guru) (preceptors, teachers, elders)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, elder, heavy

Note: Object of 'seveta'.

सेवेत (seveta) - should serve (should serve, should attend to, should associate with)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sev

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Refers to the king.

अमायया (amāyayā) - with sincerity (without deceit, sincerely, honestly)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of amāyā

amāyā - absence of deceit, sincerity

Negative compound (na + māyā)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+māyā)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• māyā – illusion, deceit, magic
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: Adverbial use, 'by means of sincerity'.

अर्चेत् (arcet) - should worship (should worship, should honor)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of arc

Root: arc (class 1)

Note: Refers to the king.

देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Object of 'arcet'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'dambhena'.

दम्भेन (dambhena) - with hypocrisy (with hypocrisy, with ostentation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dambha

dambha - hypocrisy, ostentation, pride

Note: Adverbial use, 'by means of hypocrisy'.

श्रियम् (śriyam) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty

Note: Object of 'icchet'.

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire (should desire, should wish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Refers to the king.

अकुत्षिताम् (akutṣitām) - untarnished (not despised, untarnished, unblamed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of akutṣita

akutṣita - not despised, untarnished

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative compound (na + kutṣita), where kutṣita is P.P.P. of √kutṣ (to despise, blame)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+kutṣita)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• kutṣita – despised, blamed
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kutṣ (to despise)
  Root: kutṣ (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'śriyam'.