महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-129, verse-2

महेश्वर उवाच ।
ब्राह्मणा लोकसारेण सृष्टा धात्रा गुणार्थिना ।
लोकांस्तारयितुं कृत्स्नान्मर्त्येषु क्षितिदेवताः ॥२॥

2. maheśvara uvāca ,
brāhmaṇā lokasāreṇa sṛṣṭā dhātrā guṇārthinā ,
lokāṁstārayituṁ kṛtsnānmartyeṣu kṣitidevatāḥ.

2. maheśvaraḥ uvāca brāhmaṇāḥ lokasāreṇa sṛṣṭāḥ dhātrā
guṇārthinā lokān tārayitum kṛtsnān martyeṣu kṣitidevatāḥ

2. maheśvaraḥ uvāca.
dhātrā guṇārthinā lokasāreṇa brāhmaṇāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ,
martyeṣu kṣitidevatāḥ,
kṛtsnān lokān tārayitum.

2. Maheśvara said: "Brahmins were created by the Creator (dhātṛ), who desired good qualities, using the essence of the world, to be earth-deities (kṣitidevatāḥ) among mortals, in order to save all the worlds."

Words meanings summery:

• महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheśvara (a name of Shiva)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

• लोकसारेण (lokasāreṇa) - by/with the essence of the world

• सृष्टाः (sṛṣṭāḥ) - created

• धात्रा (dhātrā) - by Brahmā, the Creator (by the Creator)

• गुणार्थिना (guṇārthinā) - by the one desiring qualities/virtues

• लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds

• तारयितुम् (tārayitum) - to cause to cross over, to save, to deliver

• कृत्स्नान् (kṛtsnān) - all, entire

• मर्त्येषु (martyeṣu) - among mortals, in mortal worlds

• क्षितिदेवताः (kṣitidevatāḥ) - earth-deities, gods on earth

Words meanings and morphology

महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ) - Maheśvara (a name of Shiva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheśvara

maheśvara - Great Lord (epithet of Shiva)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

लोकसारेण (lokasāreṇa) - by/with the essence of the world

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lokasāra

lokasāra - essence of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+sāra)

• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)
• sāra – essence, core, strength, best part
  noun (masculine/neuter)

सृष्टाः (sṛṣṭāḥ) - created

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Root: sṛj (class 6)

धात्रा (dhātrā) - by Brahmā, the Creator (by the Creator)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhātṛ

dhātṛ - creator, sustainer (an epithet of Brahmā)

Root: dhā (class 3)

गुणार्थिना (guṇārthinā) - by the one desiring qualities/virtues

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of guṇārthin

guṇārthin - desiring qualities, seeking merit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+arthin)

• guṇa – quality, virtue, attribute, constituent of nature
  noun (masculine)
• arthin – desiring, seeking, supplicant
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: arth (class 10)

लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, people, realm

तारयितुम् (tārayitum) - to cause to cross over, to save, to deliver

(indeclinable)

infinitive (causative)

Root: tṛ (class 1)

कृत्स्नान् (kṛtsnān) - all, entire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - all, entire, whole

Note: Agrees with 'lokān'

मर्त्येषु (martyeṣu) - among mortals, in mortal worlds

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of martya

martya - mortal, human being

क्षितिदेवताः (kṣitidevatāḥ) - earth-deities, gods on earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣitidevatā

kṣitidevatā - earth-deity, gods on earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣiti+devatā)

• kṣiti – earth, land, dwelling
  noun (feminine)
• devatā – deity, divinity
  noun (feminine)

Note: Predicative nominative, describing 'brāhmaṇāḥ'