महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-69, verse-21

वरं कूपशताद्वापी वरं वापीशतात्क्रतुः ।
वरं क्रतुशतात्पुत्रः सत्यं पुत्रशताद्वरम् ॥२१॥

21. varaṁ kūpaśatādvāpī varaṁ vāpīśatātkratuḥ ,
varaṁ kratuśatātputraḥ satyaṁ putraśatādvaram.

21. varam kūpaśatāt vāpī varam vāpīśatāt kratuḥ
varam kratuśatāt putraḥ satyam putraśatāt varam

21. A large step-well is better than a hundred wells. A yagya is better than a hundred large step-wells. A son is better than a hundred yagyas. Truth is better than a hundred sons.

Words meanings summery:

• वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

• कूपशतात् (kūpaśatāt) - than a hundred wells

• वापी (vāpī) - a large step-well, tank, pond

• वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

• वापीशतात् (vāpīśatāt) - than a hundred large step-wells

• क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - yagya, sacrifice

• वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

• क्रतुशतात् (kratuśatāt) - than a hundred yagyas

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

• पुत्रशतात् (putraśatāt) - than a hundred sons

• वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

Words meanings and morphology

वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a blessing

कूपशतात् (kūpaśatāt) - than a hundred wells

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kūpaśata

kūpaśata - a hundred wells

Compound type : tatpurusha (kūpa+śata)

• kūpa – well, pit
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

वापी (vāpī) - a large step-well, tank, pond

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāpī

vāpī - a large pond, tank, step-well

वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a blessing

वापीशतात् (vāpīśatāt) - than a hundred large step-wells

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vāpīśata

vāpīśata - a hundred large step-wells

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāpī+śata)

• vāpī – a large pond, tank, step-well
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - yagya, sacrifice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kratu

kratu - yagya, sacrifice, ritual

वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a blessing

क्रतुशतात् (kratuśatāt) - than a hundred yagyas

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kratuśata

kratuśata - a hundred yagyas

Compound type : tatpurusha (kratu+śata)

• kratu – yagya, sacrifice, ritual
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, veracity

पुत्रशतात् (putraśatāt) - than a hundred sons

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - a hundred sons

Compound type : tatpurusha (putra+śata)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

वरम् (varam) - better, superior, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior; a boon, a blessing