महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-5, verse-67

कच्चिद्राष्ट्रे तडागानि पूर्णानि च महान्ति च ।
भागशो विनिविष्टानि न कृषिर्देवमातृका ॥६७॥

67. kaccidrāṣṭre taḍāgāni pūrṇāni ca mahānti ca ,
bhāgaśo viniviṣṭāni na kṛṣirdevamātṛkā.

67. kaccit rāṣṭre taḍāgāni pūrṇāni ca mahānti
ca bhāgaśaḥ viniviṣṭāni na kṛṣiḥ devamātṛkā

67. Is it true that in the kingdom, there are large and full tanks, properly distributed in various parts, so that agriculture is not dependent solely on rain (devamātṛkā)?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it that? perhaps?

• राष्ट्रे (rāṣṭre) - in the kingdom, in the realm, in the state

• तडागानि (taḍāgāni) - tanks, ponds, reservoirs

• पूर्णानि (pūrṇāni) - full, complete, filled

• च (ca) - and, also

• महान्ति (mahānti) - great, large, vast

• च (ca) - and, also

• भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts, proportionally, by divisions, everywhere

• विनिविष्टानि (viniviṣṭāni) - well-placed, properly distributed, well-arranged

• न (na) - not, no

• कृषिः (kṛṣiḥ) - agriculture, cultivation, farming

• देवमातृका (devamātṛkā) - agriculture dependent on natural rainfall, not on artificial irrigation (rain-fed, dependent on the gods (rain) as mother)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it that? perhaps?

(indeclinable)

राष्ट्रे (rāṣṭre) - in the kingdom, in the realm, in the state

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, realm, state, country

तडागानि (taḍāgāni) - tanks, ponds, reservoirs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of taḍāga

taḍāga - tank, pond, reservoir

पूर्णानि (pūrṇāni) - full, complete, filled

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, filled, perfect

Past Passive Participle

From root pṛ (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'taḍāgāni'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महान्ति (mahānti) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Modifies 'taḍāgāni'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts, proportionally, by divisions, everywhere

(indeclinable)

Derived from bhāga with the suffix -śas

विनिविष्टानि (viniviṣṭāni) - well-placed, properly distributed, well-arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of viniviṣṭa

viniviṣṭa - placed, fixed, settled, distributed, arranged

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root viś with prefixes vi and ni

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'taḍāgāni'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कृषिः (kṛṣiḥ) - agriculture, cultivation, farming

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣi

kṛṣi - agriculture, cultivation, farming

From root kṛṣ (to plough)

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

देवमातृका (devamātṛkā) - agriculture dependent on natural rainfall, not on artificial irrigation (rain-fed, dependent on the gods (rain) as mother)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devamātṛka

devamātṛka - whose mother is a god; dependent on the gods/rain as mother (said of a country or agriculture)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (deva+mātṛkā)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• mātṛkā – mother, source, origin
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from mātṛ (mother)

Note: Modifies 'kṛṣiḥ'.