महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-310, verse-28

यथा ह्यग्निर्यथा वायुर्यथा भूमिर्यथा जलम् ।
यथा च खं तथा शुद्धो भविष्यति सुतो महान् ॥२८॥

28. yathā hyagniryathā vāyuryathā bhūmiryathā jalam ,
yathā ca khaṁ tathā śuddho bhaviṣyati suto mahān.

28. yathā hi agniḥ yathā vāyuḥ yathā bhūmiḥ yathā jalam
| yathā ca kham tathā śuddhaḥ bhaviṣyati sutaḥ mahān

28. yathā hi agniḥ yathā vāyuḥ yathā bhūmiḥ yathā jalam
yathā ca kham tathā mahān śuddhaḥ sutaḥ bhaviṣyati

28. Just as fire, just as wind, just as earth, just as water, and just as space (kha), so too will your great son be pure.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, god of wind

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure, clean, undefiled

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind, air, god of wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, god of wind

Root: vā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil

Root: bhū (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Nominative neuter singular form of jala.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

खम् (kham) - space, ether, sky

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - space, ether, sky

Note: Nominative neuter singular form of kha.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yathā.

शुद्धः (śuddhaḥ) - pure, clean, undefiled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuddha

śuddha - pure, clean, clear, undefiled

Past Passive Participle

From root śudh (to be pure).

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Describes the son.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Tense

3rd singular future active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son

Past Passive Participle

From root sū (to bring forth, to beget).

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Can also be derived from su (to press out soma) but here means 'son'.

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Describes the son.