महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-120, verse-36

अग्निस्तोको वर्धते ह्याज्यसिक्तो बीजं चैकं बहुसाहस्रमेति ।
क्षयोदयौ विपुलौ संनिशाम्य तस्मादल्पं नावमन्येत विद्वान् ॥३६॥

36. agnistoko vardhate hyājyasikto; bījaṁ caikaṁ bahusāhasrameti ,
kṣayodayau vipulau saṁniśāmya; tasmādalpaṁ nāvamanyeta vidvān.

36. agni-stokaḥ vardhate hi ājya-siktaḥ
bījam ca ekam bahusāhasram
eti kṣayodayau vipulau saṃniśāmya
tasmāt alpam na avamanyeta vidvān

36. vidvān tasmāt alpam na avamanyeta
hi ājya-siktaḥ agni-stokaḥ
vardhate ca ekam bījam bahusāhasram
eti vipulau kṣayodayau saṃniśāmya

36. A small spark of fire, when sprinkled with ghee, certainly grows. And a single seed yields thousands. Therefore, a wise person, having carefully observed these vast cycles of decline and growth, should not despise anything, however small.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्नि-स्तोकः (agni-stokaḥ) - a small spark of fire, a tiny flame

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• आज्य-सिक्तः (ājya-siktaḥ) - sprinkled with ghee, moistened with clarified butter

• बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

• च (ca) - and

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• बहुसाहस्रम् (bahusāhasram) - many thousands, multiplying into thousands

• एति (eti) - goes, comes, becomes, obtains

• क्षयोदयौ (kṣayodayau) - decline and growth, destruction and prosperity

• विपुलौ (vipulau) - vast, extensive, great

• संनिशाम्य (saṁniśāmya) - having observed carefully, having considered well

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अल्पम् (alpam) - a small thing, little

• न (na) - not

• अवमन्येत (avamanyeta) - one should despise, one should belittle

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - a wise person, a learned man

Words meanings and morphology

अग्नि-स्तोकः (agni-stokaḥ) - a small spark of fire, a tiny flame

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni-stoka

agni-stoka - a small spark of fire, a tiny flame

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+stoka)

• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)
• stoka – drop, particle, little quantity, spark
  noun (masculine)

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

root vṛdh (1st class, Ātmanepada)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

आज्य-सिक्तः (ājya-siktaḥ) - sprinkled with ghee, moistened with clarified butter

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ājya-sikta

ājya-sikta - sprinkled with ghee

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ājya+sikta)

• ājya – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
• sikta – sprinkled, moistened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sic (to sprinkle)
  Root: sic (class 6)

Note: Agrees with agni-stokaḥ.

बीजम् (bījam) - a seed

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

Note: Can also be accusative. In this context, it's nominative as the subject of 'eti'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Agrees with bījam.

बहुसाहस्रम् (bahusāhasram) - many thousands, multiplying into thousands

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahusāhasra

bahusāhasra - consisting of many thousands, numbering many thousands

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bahu+sāhasra)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (neuter)
• sāhasra – consisting of a thousand, thousandfold
  adjective (neuter)
  from sahasra (thousand)

Note: Agrees with bījam. Could also function as an adverb meaning "into many thousands".

एति (eti) - goes, comes, becomes, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

root i (2nd class, Parasmaipada)

Root: i (class 2)

क्षयोदयौ (kṣayodayau) - decline and growth, destruction and prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of kṣayodaya

kṣayodaya - decline and growth, destruction and rise, wane and increase

Compound type : dvandva (kṣaya+udaya)

• kṣaya – decline, loss, destruction, wane
  noun (masculine)
• udaya – rise, growth, prosperity, increase
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of saṃniśāmya.

विपुलौ (vipulau) - vast, extensive, great

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vipula

vipula - vast, extensive, great, broad

Note: Agrees with kṣayodayau.

संनिशाम्य (saṁniśāmya) - having observed carefully, having considered well

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root śam with prefixes saṃ and ni.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: śam (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative singular of tad, used adverbially.

अल्पम् (alpam) - a small thing, little

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of alpa

alpa - small, little, insignificant

Note: Object of avamanyeta.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवमन्येत (avamanyeta) - one should despise, one should belittle

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of ava-man

Root man (4th class, Ātmanepada) with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

विद्वान् (vidvān) - a wise person, a learned man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing; a wise person

Past Active Participle

Derived from root vid (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of avamanyeta.