महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-58, verse-34

मृदुभावान्सत्यशीलान्सत्यधर्मानुपालकान् ।
आशीविषानिव क्रुद्धांस्तानुपाचरत द्विजान् ॥३४॥

34. mṛdubhāvānsatyaśīlānsatyadharmānupālakān ,
āśīviṣāniva kruddhāṁstānupācarata dvijān.

34. mṛdubhāvān satyaśīlān satyadharmānupālakān
āśīviṣān iva kruddhān tān upācarata dvijān

34. tān dvijān mṛdubhāvān satyaśīlān
satyadharmānupālakān kruddhān āśīviṣān iva upācarata

34. Treat those Brahmins (dvijān)—who are gentle-natured, truthful, and upholders of truth and natural law (dharma)—as if they were venomous snakes when they become angry.

Words meanings summery:

• मृदुभावान् (mṛdubhāvān) - gentle-natured, soft-natured, mild-tempered

• सत्यशीलान् (satyaśīlān) - truthful, righteous, of truthful conduct

• सत्यधर्मानुपालकान् (satyadharmānupālakān) - upholders of truth and natural law

• आशीविषान् (āśīviṣān) - venomous snakes

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• क्रुद्धान् (kruddhān) - angered, enraged, furious

• तान् (tān) - referring to the Brahmins (those)

• उपाचरत (upācarata) - you (plural) should treat, you should deal with, you should approach

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins (the priestly class) (Brahmins, twice-born ones)

Words meanings and morphology

मृदुभावान् (mṛdubhāvān) - gentle-natured, soft-natured, mild-tempered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛdubhāva

mṛdubhāva - gentle nature, soft disposition

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛdu+bhāva)

• mṛdu – soft, gentle, mild
  adjective
• bhāva – nature, state, condition, feeling, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

सत्यशीलान् (satyaśīlān) - truthful, righteous, of truthful conduct

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of satyaśīla

satyaśīla - of truthful conduct, virtuous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (satya+śīla)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• śīla – conduct, habit, character, virtue
  noun (neuter)

सत्यधर्मानुपालकान् (satyadharmānupālakān) - upholders of truth and natural law

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of satyadharmānupālaka

satyadharmānupālaka - upholder of truth and dharma

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (satyadharma+anupālaka)

• satya – truth, true
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• anupālaka – upholder, protector, observer
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'pāl' (to protect, govern) with prefix 'anu'.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: pāl (class 1)

आशीविषान् (āśīviṣān) - venomous snakes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - venomous snake (lit. one whose fangs have poison)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āśīs+viṣa)

• āśīs – fang, serpent's tooth
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धान् (kruddhān) - angered, enraged, furious

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - angered, furious

Past Passive Participle

From root 'krodh' (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

तान् (tān) - referring to the Brahmins (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

उपाचरत (upācarata) - you (plural) should treat, you should deal with, you should approach

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of upācar

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: car (class 1)

द्विजान् (dvijān) - Brahmins (the priestly class) (Brahmins, twice-born ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (referring to Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas after Upanayana ritual; also bird, tooth)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Adjectival suffix from root 'jan'
  From the root 'jan' (to be born, produced) as a suffix.
  Root: jan (class 4)