महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-23, verse-11

पृथिव्युवाच ।
यथा महार्णवे क्षिप्तः क्षिप्रं लोष्टो विनश्यति ।
तथा दुश्चरितं सर्वं त्रय्यावृत्त्या विनश्यति ॥११॥

11. pṛthivyuvāca ,
yathā mahārṇave kṣiptaḥ kṣipraṁ loṣṭo vinaśyati ,
tathā duścaritaṁ sarvaṁ trayyāvṛttyā vinaśyati.

11. pṛthivī uvāca yathā mahā arṇave kṣiptaḥ kṣipram loṣṭaḥ
vinaśyati tathā duścaritam sarvam trayyā āvṛttyā vinaśyati

11. Earth said: "Just as a lump of clay, thrown into the great ocean, quickly perishes, so too does all evil conduct perish through the performance of Vedic rituals (yajña) based on the three Vedas."

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - Earth, the Earth (pṛthivī)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• महा (mahā) - great, large

• अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

• क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - thrown, cast

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• लोष्टः (loṣṭaḥ) - lump of clay/earth, clod

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• दुश्चरितम् (duścaritam) - evil conduct, bad deed, wickedness

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, every

• त्रय्या (trayyā) - of the three Vedas, triadic

• आवृत्त्या (āvṛttyā) - through the practice or performance (of Vedic rituals) (by repetition, by practice, by performance)

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - Earth, the Earth (pṛthivī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, soil, ground

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

महा (mahā) - great, large

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahā

mahā - great, large, mighty

अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood

क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - thrown, cast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, thrown away, placed

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṣip (class 6)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial accusative of neuter adjective.

लोष्टः (loṣṭaḥ) - lump of clay/earth, clod

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loṣṭa

loṣṭa - lump of earth, clod, brickbat

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vinaś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

दुश्चरितम् (duścaritam) - evil conduct, bad deed, wickedness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duścarita

duścarita - bad conduct, evil deed, wickedness

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dus+carita)

• dus – bad, evil, difficult (prefix)
  indeclinable
• carita – conduct, behavior, deed, action
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (of car)
  Root: car (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire, every

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

त्रय्या (trayyā) - of the three Vedas, triadic

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of trayī

trayī - the three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman)

आवृत्त्या (āvṛttyā) - through the practice or performance (of Vedic rituals) (by repetition, by practice, by performance)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āvṛtti

āvṛtti - repetition, recurrence, performance, practice

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vinaś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)