महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-285, verse-4

सुक्षेत्राच्च सुबीजाच्च पुण्यो भवति संभवः ।
अतोऽन्यतरतो हीनादवरो नाम जायते ॥४॥

4. sukṣetrācca subījācca puṇyo bhavati saṁbhavaḥ ,
ato'nyatarato hīnādavaro nāma jāyate.

4. sukṣetrāt ca subījāt ca puṇyaḥ bhavati saṃbhavaḥ
ataḥ anyatarataḥ hīnāt avaraḥ nāma jāyate

4. sukṣetrāt ca subījāt ca puṇyaḥ saṃbhavaḥ bhavati
ataḥ anyatarataḥ hīnāt avaraḥ nāma jāyate

4. From a good field and from good seed, virtuous progeny (saṃbhava) is born. But from either of these being inferior, an inferior one is indeed born.

Words meanings summery:

• सुक्षेत्रात् (sukṣetrāt) - from a good field (referring to the mother's womb or family) (from a good field)

• च (ca) - and

• सुबीजात् (subījāt) - from good seed (referring to the father's contribution or lineage) (from good seed)

• च (ca) - and

• पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) - virtuous (virtuous, auspicious, holy, merit)

• भवति (bhavati) - is born (becomes, is, exists, is born)

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - progeny (saṃbhava) (birth, origin, production, possibility, progeny)

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this (cause) (hence, therefore, from this)

• अन्यतरतः (anyatarataḥ) - from either (of the two, field or seed) (from either, from one of two)

• हीनात् (hīnāt) - from either of these being inferior (from inferior, from deficient, from abandoned)

• अवरः (avaraḥ) - an inferior one (inferior, lower, junior, later)

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (name, by name, indeed, certainly)

• जायते (jāyate) - is born (is born, arises, comes into being)

Words meanings and morphology

सुक्षेत्रात् (sukṣetrāt) - from a good field (referring to the mother's womb or family) (from a good field)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sukṣetra

sukṣetra - good field, fertile ground

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kṣetra)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating goodness, ease, or excellence.
• kṣetra – field, ground, sacred place, body
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

सुबीजात् (subījāt) - from good seed (referring to the father's contribution or lineage) (from good seed)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of subīja

subīja - good seed, excellent germ

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+bīja)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating goodness, ease, or excellence.
• bīja – seed, germ, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पुण्यः (puṇyaḥ) - virtuous (virtuous, auspicious, holy, merit)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - virtuous, auspicious, holy, righteous; merit, virtue

Root: puṇ (class 1)

भवति (bhavati) - is born (becomes, is, exists, is born)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Present active

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root bhū (class 1).

Root: bhū (class 1)

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - progeny (saṃbhava) (birth, origin, production, possibility, progeny)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - birth, origin, production, cause, source, existence, progeny (saṃbhava)

From sam + root bhū (to be, become).

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhavati'.

अतः (ataḥ) - from this (cause) (hence, therefore, from this)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'idam' or 'tad'.

अन्यतरतः (anyatarataḥ) - from either (of the two, field or seed) (from either, from one of two)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of anyatara

anyatara - either, one of two

Ablative form derived from anyatara.

Note: Refers to 'sukṣetra' and 'subīja'.

हीनात् (hīnāt) - from either of these being inferior (from inferior, from deficient, from abandoned)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hīna

hīna - inferior, deficient, lacking, abandoned, deprived

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root hā (to abandon, quit, fail). Used as an adjective.

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'lacking' or 'inferior'.

अवरः (avaraḥ) - an inferior one (inferior, lower, junior, later)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avara

avara - inferior, lower, later, younger, base, mean

Note: Subject of 'jāyate'.

नाम (nāma) - indeed (name, by name, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Particle used to add emphasis, similar to 'eva'.

जायते (jāyate) - is born (is born, arises, comes into being)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan

Present middle

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice of root jan (4th class).

Root: jan (class 4)