महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-101, verse-4

क्षीणेषु च ब्राह्मणेषु पृथिवी क्षयमेष्यति ।
ततः पृथिव्यां क्षीणायां त्रिदिवं क्षयमेष्यति ॥४॥

4. kṣīṇeṣu ca brāhmaṇeṣu pṛthivī kṣayameṣyati ,
tataḥ pṛthivyāṁ kṣīṇāyāṁ tridivaṁ kṣayameṣyati.

4. kṣīṇeṣu ca brāhmaṇeṣu pṛthivī kṣayam eṣyati
tataḥ pṛthivyām kṣīṇāyām tridivam kṣayam eṣyati

4. And when the Brahmins are destroyed, the earth will decline. Then, when the earth declines, heaven will also decline.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीणेषु (kṣīṇeṣu) - when destroyed (diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted)

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - when the Brahmins (among the Brahmins, concerning the Brahmins)

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, world

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - decline (destruction, decay, end, loss)

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - will decline (will go, will attain, will reach)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - when the earth (on the earth, in the earth)

• क्षीणायाम् (kṣīṇāyām) - when declined/destroyed (diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted)

• त्रिदिवम् (tridivam) - heaven (heaven, celestial world)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - decline (destruction, decay, end, loss)

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - will decline (will go, will attain, will reach)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीणेषु (kṣīṇeṣu) - when destroyed (diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇeṣu) - when the Brahmins (among the Brahmins, concerning the Brahmins)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, related to brahman

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, world

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world, ground

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - decline (destruction, decay, end, loss)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, end, loss, diminution

Note: Object of 'eṣyati'

एष्यति (eṣyati) - will decline (will go, will attain, will reach)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √i

Future Indicative

Class 2 verb, 3rd person singular active

Root: i (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - when the earth (on the earth, in the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world, ground

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction

क्षीणायाम् (kṣīṇāyām) - when declined/destroyed (diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, exhausted, destroyed, wasted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, agrees with 'pṛthivyām'

त्रिदिवम् (tridivam) - heaven (heaven, celestial world)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tridiva

tridiva - heaven, celestial world, triple heaven

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - decline (destruction, decay, end, loss)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, end, loss, diminution

Note: Object of 'eṣyati'

एष्यति (eṣyati) - will decline (will go, will attain, will reach)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √i

Future Indicative

Class 2 verb, 3rd person singular active

Root: i (class 2)