महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-70, verse-23

विधवाश्च भवन्त्यत्र नृशंसा जायते प्रजा ।
क्वचिद्वर्षति पर्जन्यः क्वचित्सस्यं प्ररोहति ॥२३॥

23. vidhavāśca bhavantyatra nṛśaṁsā jāyate prajā ,
kvacidvarṣati parjanyaḥ kvacitsasyaṁ prarohati.

23. vidhavāḥ ca bhavanti atra nṛśaṃsā jāyate prajā
kvacit varṣati parjanyaḥ kvacit sasyam prarohati

23. atra vidhavāḥ ca bhavanti nṛśaṃsā prajā jāyate
kvacit parjanyaḥ varṣati kvacit sasyam prarohati

23. Furthermore, there are many widows here, and cruel progeny are born. In some regions, rain falls, while in others, crops grow.

Words meanings summery:

• विधवाः (vidhavāḥ) - widows

• च (ca) - and

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• नृशंसा (nṛśaṁsā) - cruel, wicked, fierce

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

• प्रजा (prajā) - progeny, offspring, people, subjects

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place, somewhere

• वर्षति (varṣati) - it rains, he pours

• पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain, rain-cloud, the god of rain

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place, somewhere

• सस्यम् (sasyam) - crop, grain, corn

• प्ररोहति (prarohati) - it grows, sprouts, grows forth

Words meanings and morphology

विधवाः (vidhavāḥ) - widows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vidhavā

vidhavā - widow, a woman without a husband

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Present Active

3rd person plural present active indicative

Root: bhū (class 1)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

नृशंसा (nṛśaṁsā) - cruel, wicked, fierce

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, malicious, fierce

Note: feminine form of nṛśaṃsa

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

(verb)

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

Present Middle

3rd person singular present middle indicative (passive form of jan, class 4)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: often used in a passive sense 'is born'

प्रजा (prajā) - progeny, offspring, people, subjects

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, people, subjects, creation

from pra-jan (to produce, to beget)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place, somewhere

(indeclinable)

वर्षति (varṣati) - it rains, he pours

(verb)

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

Present Active

3rd person singular present active indicative

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain, rain-cloud, the god of rain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain, rain-cloud, storm-cloud, the god of rain

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, in some place, somewhere

(indeclinable)

सस्यम् (sasyam) - crop, grain, corn

(noun)

neuter, singular of sasya

sasya - corn, grain, crop, fruit

Note: can be nominative or accusative singular neuter, but here likely nominative as subject of prarohati

प्ररोहति (prarohati) - it grows, sprouts, grows forth

(verb)

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

Present Active

3rd person singular present active indicative, from pra-ruh

Prefix: pra

Root: ruh (class 1)