महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-350, verse-5

योऽष्टमासांस्तु शुचिना किरणेनोज्झितं पयः ।
पर्यादत्ते पुनः काले किमाश्चर्यमतः परम् ॥५॥

5. yo'ṣṭamāsāṁstu śucinā kiraṇenojjhitaṁ payaḥ ,
paryādatte punaḥ kāle kimāścaryamataḥ param.

5. yaḥ aṣṭamāsān tu śucinā kiraṇena ujjhitam payaḥ
paryādatte punaḥ kāle kim āścaryam ataḥ param

5. What greater wonder is there than that which, for eight months, absorbs water that has been purified by its rays, and then gives it back again in due season?

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

• अष्टमासान् (aṣṭamāsān) - for eight months

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, moreover

• शुचिना (śucinā) - by the pure, by the bright, by the clear

• किरणेन (kiraṇena) - by the ray, by the beam

• उज्झितम् (ujjhitam) - purified (referring to water becoming vapor through sun's rays) (abandoned, given up, left, thrown off, purified)

• पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk, fluid

• पर्यादत्ते (paryādatte) - absorbs (as the sun absorbs water) (takes around, takes entirely, absorbs, receives)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the right time, in season

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, surprise, astonishing thing

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

• परम् (param) - superior, higher, greater, supreme, beyond

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अष्टमासान् (aṣṭamāsān) - for eight months

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aṣṭamāsa

aṣṭamāsa - eight months

Compound type : dvigu (aṣṭan+māsa)

• aṣṭan – eight
  numeral
• māsa – month
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

शुचिना (śucinā) - by the pure, by the bright, by the clear

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clear, bright, clean

Note: Qualifies kiraṇena.

किरणेन (kiraṇena) - by the ray, by the beam

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kiraṇa

kiraṇa - ray, beam of light

From root √kṛ 'to scatter, to throw'

Root: kṛ (class 6)

उज्झितम् (ujjhitam) - purified (referring to water becoming vapor through sun's rays) (abandoned, given up, left, thrown off, purified)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ujjhita

ujjhita - abandoned, left, thrown off, purified

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ud- and root √hyā 'to abandon, quit'

Prefix: ud

Root: hyā (class 4)

Note: Qualifies payaḥ.

पयः (payaḥ) - water, milk, fluid

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of payas

payas - water, milk, fluid, juice

Note: Object of paryādatte.

पर्यादत्ते (paryādatte) - absorbs (as the sun absorbs water) (takes around, takes entirely, absorbs, receives)

(verb)

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

From root √dā 'to give' (here 'to take' in middle voice) with prefixes pari- and ā-

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The subject is implied, 'that which' (referring to the sun).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - in time, at the right time, in season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

Note: Refers to the rainy season.

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, surprise, astonishing thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, surprise, marvelous thing

अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - superior, higher, greater, supreme, beyond

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, beyond, supreme, excellent, greater

Note: Modifies āścaryam.