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.

44. החקלאי בוקע את האדמה במחרשה וזורע זרע, ואחר כך הוא יושב בשקט, ואל הגשם (פַּרְג׳ַנְיַה) הוא הגורם שם.

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)

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