महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-86, verse-7

चतुरो ब्राह्मणान्वैद्यान्प्रगल्भान्सात्त्विकाञ्शुचीन् ।
त्रींश्च शूद्रान्विनीतांश्च शुचीन्कर्मणि पूर्वके ॥७॥

7. caturo brāhmaṇānvaidyānpragalbhānsāttvikāñśucīn ,
trīṁśca śūdrānvinītāṁśca śucīnkarmaṇi pūrvake.

7. caturaḥ brāhmaṇān vaidyān pragalbhān sāttvikān śucīn
trīn ca śūdrān vinītān ca śucīn karmaṇi pūrvake

7. caturaḥ brāhmaṇān vaidyān pragalbhān sāttvikān śucīn ca
trīn ca śūdrān vinītān ca śucīn pūrvake karmaṇi (kariṣyasi)

7. (You should appoint) four Brahmins who are learned, proficient, virtuous (sāttvika), and honest; and three Shudras who are disciplined and pure in their initial duties.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• वैद्यान् (vaidyān) - learned men, scholars, physicians

• प्रगल्भान् (pragalbhān) - bold, confident, skilled, proficient

• सात्त्विकान् (sāttvikān) - virtuous, pure, related to sattva (quality of goodness)

• शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure, clean, honest

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three

• च (ca) - and

• शूद्रान् (śūdrān) - Shudras (members of the fourth social class)

• विनीतान् (vinītān) - disciplined, humble, modest, well-behaved

• च (ca) - and

• शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure, clean, honest

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in their duties, in their work (in work, in action, in duty (karma))

• पूर्वके (pūrvake) - in their initial/preliminary duties (in the former, in the prior, in the initial)

Words meanings and morphology

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇān, vaidyān, etc.

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

Note: Object of implied verb 'appoint'.

वैद्यान् (vaidyān) - learned men, scholars, physicians

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vaidya

vaidya - learned, skilled, physician, scholar

Derived from veda (knowledge).

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇān.

प्रगल्भान् (pragalbhān) - bold, confident, skilled, proficient

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pragalbha

pragalbha - bold, confident, skillful, proficient, eminent

Past Passive Participle-like formation

From pra + galbh (to be able).

Prefix: pra

Root: galbh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇān.

सात्त्विकान् (sāttvikān) - virtuous, pure, related to sattva (quality of goodness)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāttvika

sāttvika - relating to sattva (goodness), virtuous, pure, truthful, belonging to the quality of goodness

Derived from sattva (goodness, purity) with suffix -ika.

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇān.

शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure, clean, honest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, holy, honest, unblemished

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇān and later with śūdrān.

त्रीन् (trīn) - three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with śūdrān.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शूद्रान् (śūdrān) - Shudras (members of the fourth social class)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śūdra

śūdra - Shudra, a member of the fourth social class

Note: Object of implied verb 'appoint'.

विनीतान् (vinītān) - disciplined, humble, modest, well-behaved

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vinīta

vinīta - disciplined, humble, modest, trained, well-behaved

Past Passive Participle

From vi + nī (to lead, guide) + -ta.

Prefix: vi

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śūdrān.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शुचीन् (śucīn) - pure, clean, honest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, holy, honest, unblemished

Note: Agrees with śūdrān.

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in their duties, in their work (in work, in action, in duty (karma))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, duty, destiny (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पूर्वके (pūrvake) - in their initial/preliminary duties (in the former, in the prior, in the initial)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pūrvaka

pūrvaka - former, prior, initial, preceding

Derived from pūrva (former) with suffix -ka.

Note: Agrees with karmaṇi.