महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-3, verse-14

स्वयं विनाश्य पृथिवीं यज्ञार्थे द्विजसत्तम ।
करमाहारयिष्यामि कथं शोकपरायणान् ॥१४॥

14. svayaṁ vināśya pṛthivīṁ yajñārthe dvijasattama ,
karamāhārayiṣyāmi kathaṁ śokaparāyaṇān.

14. svayam vināśya pṛthivīm yajñārthe dvijasattama
karam āhārayiṣyāmi katham śokaparāyaṇān

14. dvijasattama svayam pṛthivīm yajñārthe vināśya
śokaparāyaṇān karam katham āhārayiṣyāmi

14. O best of twice-born ones (dvija), after personally destroying the earth for the sake of the Vedic ritual (yajña), how shall I collect taxes from those who are overwhelmed by grief?

Words meanings summery:

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally

• विनाश्य (vināśya) - having destroyed, after destroying

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth, land

• यज्ञार्थे (yajñārthe) - for the purpose of a Vedic ritual

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of brahmins, O best of twice-born ones

• करम् (karam) - tax, tribute

• आहारयिष्यामि (āhārayiṣyāmi) - I shall collect, I shall cause to bring

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• शोकपरायणान् (śokaparāyaṇān) - overwhelmed by grief, devoted to sorrow

Words meanings and morphology

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

विनाश्य (vināśya) - having destroyed, after destroying

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

absolutive form from root naś with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Absolutive (gerund).

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, land, ground

Note: Feminine accusative singular.

यज्ञार्थे (yajñārthe) - for the purpose of a Vedic ritual

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajñārtha

yajñārtha - for the sake of yajña, purpose of yajña

Compound type : tatpurusha (yajña+artha)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, devotion, worship
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Masculine locative singular of yajñārtha.

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of brahmins, O best of twice-born ones

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama

Note: Vocative singular.

करम् (karam) - tax, tribute

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - tax, tribute, hand, ray

Note: Masculine accusative singular.

आहारयिष्यामि (āhārayiṣyāmi) - I shall collect, I shall cause to bring

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of hṛ

future, causal, 1st person singular

causal verb from root hṛ with upasarga ā, future tense

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Causal future, 1st person singular.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

शोकपरायणान् (śokaparāyaṇān) - overwhelmed by grief, devoted to sorrow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śokaparāyaṇa

śokaparāyaṇa - chiefly devoted to sorrow, overwhelmed by grief

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoka+parāyaṇa)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
• parāyaṇa – chiefly devoted to, ultimate aim, refuge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Masculine accusative plural of śokaparāyaṇa.