महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-288, verse-7

ब्राह्मणा हि महाभागाः पूजिताः पृथिवीपते ।
तारणाय समर्थाः स्युर्विपरीते वधाय च ॥७॥

7. brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāgāḥ pūjitāḥ pṛthivīpate ,
tāraṇāya samarthāḥ syurviparīte vadhāya ca.

7. brāhmaṇāḥ hi mahābhāgāḥ pūjitāḥ pṛthivīpate
tāraṇāya samarthāḥ syuḥ viparīte vadhāya ca

7. Indeed, O Lord of the earth (pṛthivīpati), highly fortunate (mahābhāga) brahmins (brāhmaṇa), when honored, are capable of bringing salvation (tāraṇa). Conversely, if treated otherwise, they can also cause destruction (vadha).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - highly fortunate, esteemed (highly fortunate, illustrious, highly endowed)

• पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - when honored, respected (honored, worshipped)

• पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O Lord of the earth (pṛthivīpati) (O Lord of the earth)

• तारणाय (tāraṇāya) - for providing salvation (tāraṇa) (for crossing over, for saving, for deliverance)

• समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable (capable, able, competent)

• स्युः (syuḥ) - are capable of being / may be (may be, should be)

• विपरीते (viparīte) - conversely, if treated otherwise/offended (in the opposite (case), when reversed, when adverse)

• वधाय (vadhāya) - for causing destruction (vadha) (for killing, for destruction)

• च (ca) - and, also (and)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, pertaining to brahman (brahman)

From `brahman`.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

Particle of emphasis or cause.

महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - highly fortunate, esteemed (highly fortunate, illustrious, highly endowed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - highly fortunate, illustrious, noble, eminent

`mahā` (great) + `bhāga` (fortune, share).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Prefix for 'great'.
• bhāga – fortune, share, portion, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  From root `bhaj` (to divide, obtain).
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - when honored, respected (honored, worshipped)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pūjita

pūjita - honored, worshipped, revered

Past Passive Participle

From verb root `pūj` (to honor, worship).

Root: pūj (class 10)

पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O Lord of the earth (pṛthivīpati) (O Lord of the earth)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king, ruler

`pṛthivī` (earth) + `pati` (lord, master).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

तारणाय (tāraṇāya) - for providing salvation (tāraṇa) (for crossing over, for saving, for deliverance)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of tāraṇa

tāraṇa - causing to cross over, saving, salvation, deliverance

action noun

From causal of root `tṛ` (to cross).

Root: tṛ (class 1)

समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable (capable, able, competent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samartha

samartha - capable, able, competent, suitable

From `sam` (together, with) + `artha` (purpose, meaning).

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective for `brāhmaṇāḥ`.

स्युः (syuḥ) - are capable of being / may be (may be, should be)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative

Root: as (class 2)

विपरीते (viparīte) - conversely, if treated otherwise/offended (in the opposite (case), when reversed, when adverse)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of viparīta

viparīta - opposite, reversed, contrary, adverse, wrong

Past Passive Participle

From root `i` (to go) with prefixes `vi-` and `pari-`.

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used substantively.

वधाय (vadhāya) - for causing destruction (vadha) (for killing, for destruction)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction, striking

action noun

From root `han` (to strike, kill), forms `vadha`.

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also (and)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.