महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-226, verse-27

अवर्षति च पर्जन्ये सर्वभूतानि चासकृत् ।
वसिष्ठो जीवयामास प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः ॥२७॥

27. avarṣati ca parjanye sarvabhūtāni cāsakṛt ,
vasiṣṭho jīvayāmāsa prajāpatiriva prajāḥ.

27. avarṣati ca parjanye sarvabhūtāni ca asakṛt
vasiṣṭhaḥ jīvayāmāsa prajāpatiḥ iva prajāḥ

27. parjanye avarṣati ca sarvabhūtāni ca asakṛt
vasiṣṭhaḥ prajāḥ jīvayāmāsa prajāpatiḥ iva

27. Even when Parjanya, the rain god, did not rain, and all beings suffered repeatedly, Vasiṣṭha sustained the creatures, just as Prajāpati sustains his offspring.

Words meanings summery:

• अवर्षति (avarṣati) - when it does not rain (when it does not rain, not raining)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पर्जन्ये (parjanye) - when Parjanya (the rain god) (in Parjanya, on Parjanya)

• सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings (all beings, all creatures)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, not once)

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (the sage) (Vasiṣṭha)

• जीवयामास (jīvayāmāsa) - sustained (caused to live, kept alive, sustained)

• प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati (the creator deity) (lord of creatures, creator, Prajāpati)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - offspring / creatures (creatures, offspring, subjects)

Words meanings and morphology

अवर्षति (avarṣati) - when it does not rain (when it does not rain, not raining)

(participle)

Locative, masculine, singular of avarṣat

avarṣat - not raining, when it does not rain

Present Participle

Formed from na + vṛṣ (root 'to rain') with a- (negative) prefix.

Prefix: a

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, indicating 'when it does not rain'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पर्जन्ये (parjanye) - when Parjanya (the rain god) (in Parjanya, on Parjanya)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - cloud, rain, the rain god, a thundercloud

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, indicating 'when Parjanya'.

सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings (all beings, all creatures)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from the root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, not once)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sakṛt)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• sakṛt – once, at once
  indeclinable

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (the sage) (Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a famous sage), best, most excellent

जीवयामास (jīvayāmāsa) - sustained (caused to live, kept alive, sustained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of jīvayāmāsa

Causative Perfect

Perfect tense form (āmāsa-ending) of the causative stem jīvaya- from root jīv.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: The periphrastic perfect is formed with 'kṛ', 'bhū', or 'as' as auxiliary verbs. Here it's 'ās' (from 'as').

प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - Prajāpati (the creator deity) (lord of creatures, creator, Prajāpati)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creatures, creator, a creator god, Prajāpati

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+pati)

• prajā – offspring, progeny, creatures, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - offspring / creatures (creatures, offspring, subjects)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, creatures, subjects, people