महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-225, verse-3

भूमेरपि गुणं गन्धमाप आददते यदा ।
आत्तगन्धा तदा भूमिः प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते ॥३॥

3. bhūmerapi guṇaṁ gandhamāpa ādadate yadā ,
āttagandhā tadā bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate.

3. bhūmeḥ api guṇam gandham āpaḥ ādadate yadā
āttagandhā tadā bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate

3. yadā āpaḥ bhūmeḥ api guṇam gandham ādadate,
tadā āttagandhā bhūmiḥ pralayatyāya kalpate

3. When the waters absorb the quality of scent (gandha) even from the earth, then the earth, from which the scent has been taken, becomes destined for dissolution.

Words meanings summery:

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - from the earth, of the earth

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• गुणम् (guṇam) - quality, attribute

• गन्धम् (gandham) - the specific quality of smell that characterizes earth (scent, odor, fragrance)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

• आददते (ādadate) - they take, they absorb, they withdraw

• यदा (yadā) - when

• आत्तगन्धा (āttagandhā) - the earth, having had its distinctive quality of scent withdrawn (whose scent has been taken, deprived of scent)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth

• प्रलयत्वाय (pralayatvāya) - for the state of dissolution, for destruction

• कल्पते (kalpate) - it becomes fit, it prepares itself, it is destined

Words meanings and morphology

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - from the earth, of the earth

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Often takes ablative sense 'from'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

गुणम् (guṇam) - quality, attribute

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, virtue, strand

गन्धम् (gandham) - the specific quality of smell that characterizes earth (scent, odor, fragrance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gandha

gandha - scent, odor, fragrance, smell

आपः (āpaḥ) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Note: Irregular feminine plural noun.

आददते (ādadate) - they take, they absorb, they withdraw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of dā

With 'ā', it means 'to take, to receive, to withdraw'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Root 'dā' (3rd class, middle voice) with prefix 'ā'.

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

आत्तगन्धा (āttagandhā) - the earth, having had its distinctive quality of scent withdrawn (whose scent has been taken, deprived of scent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āttagandha

āttagandha - whose scent has been taken, deprived of scent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ātta+gandha)

• ātta – taken, seized, received
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dā' with 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• gandha – scent, odor
  noun (masculine)

Note: Feminine nominative singular form matching 'bhūmiḥ'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

प्रलयत्वाय (pralayatvāya) - for the state of dissolution, for destruction

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of pralayatva

pralayatva - state of dissolution, destruction, annihilation

Derived from 'pralaya' with suffix '-tva'.

Note: Dative case indicating purpose 'for dissolution'.

कल्पते (kalpate) - it becomes fit, it prepares itself, it is destined

(verb)

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

Root: kḷp (class 1)