महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-61, verse-4

यावद्भूमेरायुरिह तावद्भूमिद एधते ।
न भूमिदानादस्तीह परं किंचिद्युधिष्ठिर ॥४॥

4. yāvadbhūmerāyuriha tāvadbhūmida edhate ,
na bhūmidānādastīha paraṁ kiṁcidyudhiṣṭhira.

4. yāvat bhūmeḥ āyuḥ iha tāvat bhūmidaḥ edhate |
na bhūmidānāt asti iha param kiñcit yudhiṣṭhira

4. yāvat bhūmeḥ āyuḥ iha,
tāvat bhūmidaḥ edhate yudhiṣṭhira,
iha bhūmidānāt param kiñcit na asti

4. As long as the earth's lifespan endures in this world, so long does the giver of land prosper. O Yudhishthira, there is nothing superior to the gift of land here.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as, until)

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, from the earth)

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifespan, duration

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long (so long, so much, to that extent)

• भूमिदः (bhūmidaḥ) - giver of land

• एधते (edhate) - prospers, thrives, grows

• न (na) - not, no

• भूमिदानात् (bhūmidānāt) - than the gift of land (for comparison) (than the gift of land, from the gift of land)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• परम् (param) - supreme, higher, superior

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something, a little)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - (addressing Yudhishthira) (Yudhishthira)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as much as, until)

(indeclinable)

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth (of the earth, from the earth)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, land, ground, soil

Note: Possessive case for 'āyuḥ'.

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, lifespan, duration

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, life-duration, vitality

Note: Subject of the first clause.

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long (so long, so much, to that extent)

(indeclinable)

भूमिदः (bhūmidaḥ) - giver of land

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūmida

bhūmida - giver of land

From bhūmi (earth) + √dā (to give)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+da)

• bhūmi – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• da – giver, bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent suffix
  From root √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

एधते (edhate) - prospers, thrives, grows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of edh

Present Middle

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada) of root √edh

Root: edh (class 1)

Note: Verb for bhūmidaḥ.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

भूमिदानात् (bhūmidānāt) - than the gift of land (for comparison) (than the gift of land, from the gift of land)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhūmidāna

bhūmidāna - gift of land

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+dāna)

• bhūmi – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• dāna – gift, donation, giving
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Used with 'param' to indicate 'superior to'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root √as

Root: as (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

परम् (param) - supreme, higher, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, higher, ultimate

Note: Agrees with implicit 'kāryam' or some neuter noun, used as 'a superior thing'.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything (anything, something, a little)

(indeclinable)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - (addressing Yudhishthira) (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)