महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-47

यथाश्रित्य महावृक्षं कक्षः संवर्धते महान् ।
ततस्तं संवृणोत्येव तमतीत्य च वर्धते ॥४७॥

47. yathāśritya mahāvṛkṣaṁ kakṣaḥ saṁvardhate mahān ,
tatastaṁ saṁvṛṇotyeva tamatītya ca vardhate.

47. yathā āśritya mahāvṛkṣam kakṣaḥ saṃvardhate mahān
tataḥ tam saṃvṛṇoti eva tam atītya ca vardhate

47. yathā mahān kakṣaḥ mahāvṛkṣam āśritya saṃvardhate,
tataḥ tam eva saṃvṛṇoti,
ca tam atītya vardhate.

47. Just as a great thicket, relying on a large tree, grows, then completely engulfs that tree, and subsequently grows even beyond it.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having relied upon, depending on, taking refuge in

• महावृक्षम् (mahāvṛkṣam) - large tree, great tree

• कक्षः (kakṣaḥ) - thicket, dry grass, jungle

• संवर्धते (saṁvardhate) - grows, develops, increases

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• तम् (tam) - referring to the 'mahāvṛkṣam' (large tree) (him, it (masculine))

• संवृणोति (saṁvṛṇoti) - covers, envelops, surrounds

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the complete covering (indeed, certainly, only)

• तम् (tam) - referring to the 'mahāvṛkṣam' (large tree) (him, it (masculine))

• अतीत्य (atītya) - having gone beyond, surpassing, transgressing

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, develops, increases

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having relied upon, depending on, taking refuge in

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form of root śri (to resort to, lean on) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

महावृक्षम् (mahāvṛkṣam) - large tree, great tree

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāvṛkṣa

mahāvṛkṣa - a large or great tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vṛkṣa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)

कक्षः (kakṣaḥ) - thicket, dry grass, jungle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

kakṣa - thicket, dry grass, jungle, an armpit

संवर्धते (saṁvardhate) - grows, develops, increases

(verb)

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

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Adjective modifying 'kakṣaḥ'

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - referring to the 'mahāvṛkṣam' (large tree) (him, it (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संवृणोति (saṁvṛṇoti) - covers, envelops, surrounds

(verb)

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

Derived from root vṛ (to cover) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛ (class 5)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the complete covering (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - referring to the 'mahāvṛkṣam' (large tree) (him, it (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अतीत्य (atītya) - having gone beyond, surpassing, transgressing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form of root i (to go) with prefix ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, develops, increases

(verb)

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

Root: vṛdh (class 1)