महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-34, verse-21

पृथिव्युवाच ।
ब्राह्मणानेव सेवेत पवित्रं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ।
ब्राह्मणान्सेवमानस्य रजः सर्वं प्रणश्यति ॥२१॥

21. pṛthivyuvāca ,
brāhmaṇāneva seveta pavitraṁ hyetaduttamam ,
brāhmaṇānsevamānasya rajaḥ sarvaṁ praṇaśyati.

21. pṛthvī uvāca brāhmaṇān eva seveta pavitram hi etat
uttamam brāhmaṇān sevamānasya rajaḥ sarvam praṇaśyati

21. pṛthvī uvāca brāhmaṇān eva seveta,
hi etat pavitram uttamam brāhmaṇān sevamānasya sarvam rajaḥ praṇaśyati

21. The Earth (pṛthvī) said: "One should indeed serve only brahmins, for this is pure and supreme. For a person serving brahmins, all mental impurities (rajas) are destroyed."

Words meanings summery:

• पृथ्वी (pṛthvī) - The Earth

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• सेवेत (seveta) - one should serve, should attend upon, should honor

• पवित्रम् (pavitram) - pure, purifying, holy

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• एतत् (etat) - Refers to the act of serving brahmins. (this)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins

• सेवमानस्य (sevamānasya) - of one serving, of one attending upon

• रजः (rajaḥ) - Refers to mental impurities or qualities of rajas (passion, activity). (dust, impurity, passion (rajas))

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire

• प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

पृथ्वी (pṛthvī) - The Earth

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthvī

pṛthvī - Earth, land, world

Feminine of 'pṛthu' (broad).

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense form.

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class, relating to brahma

Note: Object of 'seveta'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

An emphatic particle.

सेवेत (seveta) - one should serve, should attend upon, should honor

(verb)

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

Optative mood, ātmanepada.

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada form.

पवित्रम् (pavitram) - pure, purifying, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pavitra

pavitra - pure, holy, sacred, purifying, a strainer, a filter

From root 'pū' (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'etat'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Explanatory particle.

एतत् (etat) - Refers to the act of serving brahmins. (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that (near speaker)

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of implied "is".

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme, best

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

Superlative of 'ud' (up) or 'ut'.

Note: Predicate adjective for 'etat'.

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class, relating to brahma

Note: Object of the implied action in 'sevamānasya'.

सेवमानस्य (sevamānasya) - of one serving, of one attending upon

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sevamāna

sevamāna - serving, attending, honoring, worshiping

Present Middle Participle

From root 'sev' (to serve) + 'śānac' suffix.

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Of a serving one.

रजः (rajaḥ) - Refers to mental impurities or qualities of rajas (passion, activity). (dust, impurity, passion (rajas))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, impurity, pollen, passion, activity, the quality of rajas

s-stem noun.

Note: Subject of 'praṇaśyati'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, entire

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies 'rajaḥ'.

प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

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

Root 'naś' with prefix 'pra-'. ṇatva due to 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Intransitive verb.