महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-199, verse-10

पृथिवीरूपतो रूपमपामिह महत्तरम् ।
अद्भ्यो महत्तरं तेजस्तेजसः पवनो महान् ॥१०॥

10. pṛthivīrūpato rūpamapāmiha mahattaram ,
adbhyo mahattaraṁ tejastejasaḥ pavano mahān.

10. pṛthivīrūpataḥ rūpam apām iha mahattaram
adbhyaḥ mahattaram tejaḥ tejasaḥ pavanaḥ mahān

10. iha apām rūpam pṛthivīrūpataḥ mahattaram
adbhyaḥ tejaḥ mahattaram tejasaḥ mahān pavanaḥ

10. Here, the form of water is greater than the form of earth. Fire (tejas) is greater than water, and the great wind is greater than fire (tejas).

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिवीरूपतः (pṛthivīrūpataḥ) - from the form of earth, from the nature of earth

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

• अपाम् (apām) - of waters

• इह (iha) - here, in this context

• महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - greater, superior

• अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ) - than waters

• महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - greater, superior

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire, brilliance, energy

• तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - than fire, than brilliance

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind, air

• महान् (mahān) - great, large

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवीरूपतः (pṛthivīrūpataḥ) - from the form of earth, from the nature of earth

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+rūpa)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• rūpa – form, shape, nature, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: The suffix -taḥ forms an adverbial indeclinable indicating origin or cause, functioning as an ablative.

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, nature, beauty

अपाम् (apām) - of waters

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

इह (iha) - here, in this context

(indeclinable)

महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - greater, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Comparative adjective, agreeing with 'rūpam' and 'tejaḥ'.

अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ) - than waters

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - greater, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Comparative adjective, agreeing with 'tejaḥ'.

तेजः (tejaḥ) - fire, brilliance, energy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, energy, fire, light, spiritual power

तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - than fire, than brilliance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, energy, fire, light, spiritual power

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifier

Root: pu (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

Note: Agreeing with 'pavanaḥ'.