महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-33, verse-44

पृथिवीं लाङ्गलेनैव भित्त्वा बीजं वपत्युत ।
आस्तेऽथ कर्षकस्तूष्णीं पर्जन्यस्तत्र कारणम् ॥४४॥

44. pṛthivīṁ lāṅgalenaiva bhittvā bījaṁ vapatyuta ,
āste'tha karṣakastūṣṇīṁ parjanyastatra kāraṇam.

44. pṛthivīm lāṅgalena eva bhittvā bījam vapati uta |
āste atha karṣakaḥ tūṣṇīm parjanyaḥ tatra kāraṇam

44. A farmer first breaks the earth with a plough and sows the seed. Then, he sits silently, for the rain (parjanya) is the ultimate cause there.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (the earth, ground)

• लाङ्गलेन (lāṅgalena) - with a plough

• एव (eva) - just (with a plough) (only, just, indeed)

• भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having broken (the earth), having ploughed (having broken, having split, having ploughed)

• बीजम् (bījam) - the seed (seed, origin)

• वपति (vapati) - sows (sows, scatters)

• उत (uta) - and (and, moreover, also)

• आस्ते (āste) - sits (sits, remains, dwells)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• कर्षकः (karṣakaḥ) - the farmer (farmer, ploughman)

• तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently (silently, quietly)

• पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - Rain (parjanya) (rain, rain-god)

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

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason, instrument)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (the earth, ground)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground

लाङ्गलेन (lāṅgalena) - with a plough

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of lāṅgala

lāṅgala - plough

एव (eva) - just (with a plough) (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having broken (the earth), having ploughed (having broken, having split, having ploughed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'bhid' with suffix 'ktvā'.

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Expresses prior action.

बीजम् (bījam) - the seed (seed, origin)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bīja

bīja - seed, origin, element

वपति (vapati) - sows (sows, scatters)

(verb)

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

present active

Root 'vap' (bhvādi, 1st class), Parasmaipada, Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular.

Root: vap (class 1)

उत (uta) - and (and, moreover, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

आस्ते (āste) - sits (sits, remains, dwells)

(verb)

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

present middle

Root 'ās' (adādi, 2nd class), Atmanepada, Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular.

Root: ās (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

कर्षकः (karṣakaḥ) - the farmer (farmer, ploughman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṣaka

karṣaka - farmer, ploughman

From root 'kṛṣ' with suffix 'ṇvul' (aka).

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) - silently (silently, quietly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - Rain (parjanya) (rain, rain-god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain, rain-cloud, the god of rain

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

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the cause (cause, reason, instrument)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

From root 'kṛ' with suffix 'lyuṭ' (ana).

Root: kṛ (class 8)