Sutra 4
Devanagari script
स्थलयोरपि प्रभूतपूर्वापरसस्यमल्पवर्षपाकमसक्तारम्भं श्रेयः ॥ कZ_०७.११.०४ ॥
Transliteration
sthalayorapi prabhūtapūrvāparasasyamalpavarṣapākamasaktārambhaṃ śreyaḥ
Translation
Even between dry tracts, preferable is that which yields abundant early and late crops, ripens with little rainfall, and can be begun without heavy dependence (on difficult inputs).
Word by Word
स्थलयोःin the two lands/grounds (i.e., in both sites)
स्थलयोः:
TypeNoun
Rootस्थल
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी? द्विवचन; here: सप्तमी-द्विवचन (locative dual) ‘in/among the two kinds of land/grounds’
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeParticle
Rootअपि
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक ‘even/also’
प्रभूतabundant
प्रभूत:
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootप्र-भू
Formकृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुं/नपुं/स्त्री—here used adjectivally in compound; meaning ‘abundant’
पूर्वprevious/former
पूर्व:
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
Formविशेषण; ‘former/previous’ (in compound)
अपरlater/other
अपर:
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
Formविशेषण; ‘later/other’ (in compound)
सस्यम्crop; agricultural produce
सस्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसस्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; here: द्वितीया-एकवचन as object within compound sense ‘crop/produce’
अल्पscanty; little
अल्प:
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प
Formविशेषण; ‘little/scanty’ (in compound)
वर्षrain; rainfall
वर्ष:
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; (in compound) ‘rain/rainfall’
पाकम्ripening; maturation
पाकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपाक
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘ripening/maturation (of crop)’
असक्तunimpeded; not getting stuck
असक्त:
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-सञ्ज् (सक्त < सञ्ज्)
Formनञ्-समासपूर्वक विशेषण; ‘not attached/not clinging; unimpeded’ (in compound)
आरम्भम्undertaking; enterprise; commencement
आरम्भम्:
TypeNoun
Rootआ-रभ्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘undertaking/commencement; enterprise’
श्रेयःis better; preferable
श्रेयः:
TypeNoun (Predicative)
Rootश्रेयस्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; comparative ‘better/superior (choice)’; predicate of implied ‘(is)’
Entities Mentioned
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sasya (crops)V
varṣa (rain)FAQs
Select locations with resilient agro-ecology: multi-season productivity, low water sensitivity, and low dependency on scarce inputs—reducing failure risk for new settlements.