महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-35, verse-22

तान्पूजयस्व सततं दानेन परिचर्यया ।
यदीच्छसि महीं भोक्तुमिमां सागरमेखलाम् ॥२२॥

22. tānpūjayasva satataṁ dānena paricaryayā ,
yadīcchasi mahīṁ bhoktumimāṁ sāgaramekhalām.

22. tān pūjayasva satatam dānena paricaryayā yadi
icchasi mahīm bhoktum imām sāgara-mekhalām

22. yadi imām sāgara-mekhalām mahīm bhoktum icchasi
tān dānena paricaryayā satatam pūjayasva

22. Continuously honor them with donations (dāna) and service, if you wish to enjoy this earth, which is girdled by the oceans.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - referring to brahmins (them (masculine, plural, accusative))

• पूजयस्व (pūjayasva) - worship, honor (imperative, middle voice)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• दानेन (dānena) - by giving gifts (to brahmins) (by giving, by donation, by charity)

• परिचर्यया (paricaryayā) - by serving (brahmins) (by service, by attendance, by worship)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (accusative)

• भोक्तुम् (bhoktum) - to govern, to rule (the earth) (to enjoy, to possess, to eat)

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine, accusative)

• सागर-मेखलाम् (sāgara-mekhalām) - referring to the earth as being surrounded by oceans (girdled by oceans (feminine, accusative))

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - referring to brahmins (them (masculine, plural, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, referring to the brahmins mentioned in the previous verse.

पूजयस्व (pūjayasva) - worship, honor (imperative, middle voice)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pūj

Imperative

Derived from root pūj, ātmanepada

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Command to the listener.

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of the neuter accusative singular.

दानेन (dānena) - by giving gifts (to brahmins) (by giving, by donation, by charity)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - giving, gift, donation, charity

From root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Method of worship.

परिचर्यया (paricaryayā) - by serving (brahmins) (by service, by attendance, by worship)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of paricaryā

paricaryā - service, worship, attendance

From root car with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Method of worship, alongside dāna.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Indicative

Root iṣ, class 6, parasmaipada, present active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Verb in the conditional clause.

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground

Note: Object of `bhoktum`.

भोक्तुम् (bhoktum) - to govern, to rule (the earth) (to enjoy, to possess, to eat)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Infinitive expressing purpose.

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine, accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, agreeing with `mahīm`.

सागर-मेखलाम् (sāgara-mekhalām) - referring to the earth as being surrounded by oceans (girdled by oceans (feminine, accusative))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sāgara-mekhalā

sāgara-mekhalā - ocean-girdled (epithet of earth)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sāgara+mekhalā)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• mekhalā – girdle, belt
  noun (feminine)

Note: Compound adjective describing `mahīm`.