महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-131, verse-53

ब्राह्मणो हि महत्क्षेत्रं लोके चरति पादवत् ।
यत्तत्र बीजं वपति सा कृषिः पारलौकिकी ॥५३॥

53. brāhmaṇo hi mahatkṣetraṁ loke carati pādavat ,
yattatra bījaṁ vapati sā kṛṣiḥ pāralaukikī.

53. brāhmaṇaḥ hi mahat kṣetram loke carati pādavat
yat tatra bījam vapati sā kṛṣiḥ pāralaukikī

53. hi brāhmaṇaḥ loke mahat pādavat kṣetram carati
yat bījam tatra vapati sā pāralaukikī kṛṣiḥ

53. Indeed, a (brāhmaṇa) is a great field (kṣetram) in the world, ever moving. Whatever seed one sows in it, that cultivation (kṛṣi) leads to the other world.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, extensive

• क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - field, tract of land, sacred place

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in this realm

• चरति (carati) - moves, walks, acts, behaves

• पादवत् (pādavat) - ever moving, mobile (having feet, footed, moving, mobile (like a tree/bird/person))

• यत् (yat) - whatever, which (relative pronoun)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that field (the Brahmin) (there, in that (place/field))

• बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

• वपति (vapati) - sows, scatters, plants

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• कृषिः (kṛṣiḥ) - agriculture, cultivation, farming

• पारलौकिकी (pāralaukikī) - otherworldly, pertaining to the next world

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class, related to (brahman)

Note: Subject of the sentence, equated to a field.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, mighty

Note: Qualifies 'kṣetram'.

क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - field, tract of land, sacred place

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, land, sacred space, body (as a field of action)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'brāhmaṇaḥ'.

लोके (loke) - in the world, in this realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Refers to the earthly realm.

चरति (carati) - moves, walks, acts, behaves

(verb)

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

Root: car (class 1)

Note: The Brahmin (as the field) is mobile.

पादवत् (pādavat) - ever moving, mobile (having feet, footed, moving, mobile (like a tree/bird/person))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pādavat

pādavat - having feet, footed, mobile, like a tree (pādapa = 'drinking with feet/roots')

From pāda (foot/root) + matup suffix

Note: Modifies the implied subject of 'carati' (brāhmaṇaḥ / kṣetram).

यत् (yat) - whatever, which (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever

Note: Antecedent is 'bījam'.

तत्र (tatra) - in that field (the Brahmin) (there, in that (place/field))

(indeclinable)

from tad + tral

Note: Refers to the Brahmin (the field).

बीजम् (bījam) - seed, germ, origin

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, germ, origin, cause

Note: Object of 'vapati'.

वपति (vapati) - sows, scatters, plants

(verb)

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

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Implied subject is 'one' or 'the person who sows'.

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Correlate of 'yat', referring to 'kṛṣiḥ'.

कृषिः (kṛṣiḥ) - agriculture, cultivation, farming

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣi

kṛṣi - agriculture, cultivation, farming

from root kṛṣ (to plough)

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

पारलौकिकी (pāralaukikī) - otherworldly, pertaining to the next world

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pāralaukika

pāralaukika - pertaining to the next world, otherworldly

derived from paraloka + ṭhak

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+loka)

• para – other, next, supreme
  adjective
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kṛṣiḥ'.