महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-350, verse-4

शुक्रो नामासितः पादो यस्य वारिधरोऽम्बरे ।
तोयं सृजति वर्षासु किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥४॥

4. śukro nāmāsitaḥ pādo yasya vāridharo'mbare ,
toyaṁ sṛjati varṣāsu kimāścaryamataḥ param.

4. śukraḥ nāma asitaḥ pādaḥ yasya vāridharaḥ ambare
toyam sṛjati varṣāsu kim āścaryam ataḥ param

4. Whose dark ray, named Śukra, becomes a water-bearing cloud in the sky and releases water during the rainy seasons – what could be more astonishing than this?

Words meanings summery:

• शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - the specific ray of the sun which is named Śukra (bright, white, pure; the planet Venus; a specific ray)

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name, indeed, verily

• असितः (asitaḥ) - dark, black, not white

• पादः (pādaḥ) - a ray or aspect of the sun (foot, quarter, division, ray)

• यस्य (yasya) - of the Sun god (from previous verses) (whose, of which)

• वारिधरः (vāridharaḥ) - cloud (lit. water-bearer)

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

• तोयम् (toyam) - water

• सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, releases, pours

• वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy seasons

• किम् (kim) - what

• अतः (ataḥ) - than this (phenomenon) (from this, than this, therefore)

• परम् (param) - more (astonishing) (beyond, further, more)

Words meanings and morphology

शुक्रः (śukraḥ) - the specific ray of the sun which is named Śukra (bright, white, pure; the planet Venus; a specific ray)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śukra

śukra - bright, white, pure

Root: śuc

Note: Refers to a specific ray of the sun.

नाम (nāma) - named, by name, indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

Can also function as an indeclinable adverb meaning 'indeed' or 'by name'

Note: Qualifies śukraḥ as a name.

असितः (asitaḥ) - dark, black, not white

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asita

asita - dark, black (lit. not white/bright)

Negative compound a-sita

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sita – white, bright, bound
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of √si (to bind), but here related to whiteness/brightness
  Root: si (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective for pādaḥ.

पादः (pādaḥ) - a ray or aspect of the sun (foot, quarter, division, ray)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāda

pāda - foot, quarter, ray, section

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Subject of the first part of the relative clause.

यस्य (yasya) - of the Sun god (from previous verses) (whose, of which)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Genitive of possession, indicating the owner of the pādaḥ.

वारिधरः (vāridharaḥ) - cloud (lit. water-bearer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāridhara

vāridhara - cloud, water-bearer

Compound of vāri (water) and dhara (bearing)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (vāri+dhara)

• vāri – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛ
• dhara – bearing, holding
  adjective (masculine)
  Noun derivative from √dhṛ (to bear)
  Agent noun from √dhṛ (to bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative, implies 'becomes' or 'is'.

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth

Root: am

Note: Locative of place.

तोयम् (toyam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of toya

toya - water

Root: tu

Note: Object of sṛjati.

सृजति (sṛjati) - creates, releases, pours

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sṛj

Present active

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Verb for the action of the cloud/ray.

वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy seasons

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of varṣā

varṣā - rain, rainy season

Root: vṛṣ

Note: Locative of time.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Note: Subject of the interrogative sentence.

अतः (ataḥ) - than this (phenomenon) (from this, than this, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Derived from idam (this)

परम् (param) - more (astonishing) (beyond, further, more)

(indeclinable)

Root: pṛ

Note: Often paired with atas or tatas for 'more than this/that'.