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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-100, verse-5

पृथिव्युवाच ।
ऋषयः पितरो देवा मनुष्याश्चैव माधव ।
इज्याश्चैवार्चनीयाश्च यथा चैवं निबोध मे ॥५॥
5. pṛthivyuvāca ,
ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā manuṣyāścaiva mādhava ,
ijyāścaivārcanīyāśca yathā caivaṁ nibodha me.
5. pṛthivī uvāca ṛṣayaḥ pitaraḥ devāḥ manuṣyāḥ ca eva
mādhava ijyāḥ ca eva arcanīyāḥ ca yathā ca evam nibodha me
5. pṛthivī uvāca mādhava ṛṣayaḥ pitaraḥ devāḥ manuṣyāḥ ca
eva ijyāḥ ca eva arcanīyāḥ ca yathā evam me nibodha
5. The Earth said: O Madhava, hear from me in what manner the sages, the ancestors, the gods, and humans are to be offered Vedic ritual (ijyā) and revered.

Words meanings summery:

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  • पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the personified Earth goddess (the Earth)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
  • ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - the venerable sages (sages, seers)
  • पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the deceased ancestors (fathers, ancestors)
  • देवाः (devāḥ) - the celestial beings (gods, deities)
  • मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - human beings (humans, men)
  • (ca) - and
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
  • माधव (mādhava) - O Madhava (vocative, addressing Krishna) (Madhava (Krishna))
  • इज्याः (ijyāḥ) - those who are to be offered Vedic ritual (ijyā) (those to be worshipped by Vedic ritual, sacrifices)
  • (ca) - and
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
  • अर्चनीयाः (arcanīyāḥ) - those who are to be revered (to be worshipped, to be honored, to be adored)
  • (ca) - and
  • यथा (yathā) - in what manner (as, how, in which manner)
  • (ca) - and
  • एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
  • निबोध (nibodha) - learn (from me) (understand, learn, perceive)
  • मे (me) - from me (dative/genitive singular) (to me, from me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the personified Earth goddess (the Earth)
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - Earth, ground
Note: Subject of the sentence.
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of vac
perfect tense form of √vac
Root: vac (class 2)
ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - the venerable sages (sages, seers)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi
ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet
Note: One of the groups to be honored.
पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the deceased ancestors (fathers, ancestors)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
Note: One of the groups to be honored.
देवाः (devāḥ) - the celestial beings (gods, deities)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity, divine being
Note: One of the groups to be honored.
मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - human beings (humans, men)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of manuṣya
manuṣya - human, man, mankind
Note: One of the groups to be honored.
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
माधव (mādhava) - O Madhava (vocative, addressing Krishna) (Madhava (Krishna))
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava
mādhava - descendant of Madhu, Krishna, husband of Lakṣmī
patronymic from Madhu
इज्याः (ijyāḥ) - those who are to be offered Vedic ritual (ijyā) (those to be worshipped by Vedic ritual, sacrifices)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ijya
ijya - to be worshipped, sacrificial
gerundive
gerundive from √yaj 'to worship, sacrifice'
Root: yaj (class 1)
Note: Refers to the persons (sages, ancestors, gods, humans) as 'those for whom Vedic ritual is to be performed'.
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
अर्चनीयाः (arcanīyāḥ) - those who are to be revered (to be worshipped, to be honored, to be adored)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of arcanīya
arcanīya - to be honored, to be worshipped, to be adored
gerundive (future passive participle)
gerundive from √arc 'to worship, honor'
Root: arc (class 1)
Note: Qualifies the groups ('ṛṣayaḥ' etc.).
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
यथा (yathā) - in what manner (as, how, in which manner)
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverb of manner.
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverb of manner.
निबोध (nibodha) - learn (from me) (understand, learn, perceive)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh
imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice of √budh with prefix ni
Prefix: ni
Root: budh (class 1)
Note: Command.
मे (me) - from me (dative/genitive singular) (to me, from me, my)
(pronoun)
Dative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
Note: Here 'from me' or 'for me'. 'From me' is more suitable with 'nibodha'.