महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-199, verse-19

कृषिं साध्विति मन्यन्ते तत्र हिंसा परा स्मृता ।
कर्षन्तो लाङ्गलैः पुंसो घ्नन्ति भूमिशयान्बहून् ।
जीवानन्यांश्च बहुशस्तत्र किं प्रतिभाति ते ॥१९॥

19. kṛṣiṁ sādhviti manyante tatra hiṁsā parā smṛtā ,
karṣanto lāṅgalaiḥ puṁso ghnanti bhūmiśayānbahūn ,
jīvānanyāṁśca bahuśastatra kiṁ pratibhāti te.

19. kṛṣim sādhu iti manyante tatra hiṃsā
parā smṛtā karṣantaḥ lāṅgalaiḥ puṃsaḥ
ghnanti bhūmiśayān bahūn jīvān
anyān ca bahuśaḥ tatra kim pratibhāti te

19. People consider agriculture to be good, yet it is said that great violence (hiṃsā) is involved in it. When they plow with ploughs, they kill many earth-dwelling creatures and numerous other living beings. What do you think about this?

Words meanings summery:

• कृषिम् (kṛṣim) - agriculture, cultivation, plowing

• साधु (sādhu) - good, excellent, proper, virtuous, well

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, as, so called

• मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they think, they believe, they consider

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter

• हिंसा (hiṁsā) - violence, injury, harm, slaughter

• परा (parā) - supreme, highest, greatest, extreme, ultimate

• स्मृता (smṛtā) - remembered, considered, taught, prescribed

• कर्षन्तः (karṣantaḥ) - plowing, cultivators, those who plow

• लाङ्गलैः (lāṅgalaiḥ) - by ploughs, with ploughshares

• पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - living beings, creatures, men

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike

• भूमिशयान् (bhūmiśayān) - earth-dwellers, those lying in the earth

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous, abundant

• जीवान् (jīvān) - living beings, creatures, souls

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other, different

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - frequently, repeatedly, manifoldly, numerously

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter

• किम् (kim) - what? why? whether

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it occurs, it becomes clear, it shines forth

• ते (te) - to you, for you

Words meanings and morphology

कृषिम् (kṛṣim) - agriculture, cultivation, plowing

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛṣi

kṛṣi - agriculture, cultivation, plowing

साधु (sādhu) - good, excellent, proper, virtuous, well

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, excellent, proper, virtuous, well, holy man

Note: Used here adverbially, 'as good'.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, as, so called

(indeclinable)

मन्यन्ते (manyante) - they think, they believe, they consider

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter

(indeclinable)

हिंसा (hiṁsā) - violence, injury, harm, slaughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hiṃsā

hiṁsā - violence, injury, harm, slaughter

Root: hiṃs

परा (parā) - supreme, highest, greatest, extreme, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, greatest, ultimate, other, distant

स्मृता (smṛtā) - remembered, considered, taught, prescribed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, considered, taught, prescribed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ (to remember) + suffix -ta

Root: smṛ (class 1)

कर्षन्तः (karṣantaḥ) - plowing, cultivators, those who plow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karṣat

karṣat - plowing, drawing, dragging, cultivators

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kṛṣ (to plow) + present participle suffix -at

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

लाङ्गलैः (lāṅgalaiḥ) - by ploughs, with ploughshares

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of lāṅgala

lāṅgala - plough, plowshare

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - living beings, creatures, men

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, person, male, living being, creature

Note: Can also be gen. sg. or nom. pl., but contextually functions as object of 'ghnanti'.

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of han

Root: han (class 2)

भूमिशयान् (bhūmiśayān) - earth-dwellers, those lying in the earth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhūmiśaya

bhūmiśaya - earth-dwelling, lying in the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+śaya)

• bhūmi – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• śaya – lying, resting, sleeping; one who lies/sleeps
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root śī (to lie, sleep)
  Root: śī (class 2)

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous, abundant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, abundant

जीवान् (jīvān) - living beings, creatures, souls

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, creature, soul, life

Root: jīv

अन्यान् (anyān) - other, different

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - frequently, repeatedly, manifoldly, numerously

(indeclinable)

Formed from bahu with suffix -śaḥ

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what? why? whether

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, whether

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it occurs, it becomes clear, it shines forth

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Alternate form of dat. sg. for 'you'.