Sutra 4
Devanagari script
स्थलयोरपि प्रभूतपूर्वापरसस्यमल्पवर्षपाकमसक्तारम्भं श्रेयः ॥ कZ_०७.११.०४ ॥
Transliteration
sthalayorapi prabhūtapūrvāparasasyamalpavarṣapākamasaktārambhaṃ śreyaḥ
Translation
Incluso entre tierras secas, es preferible la que produce abundantes cosechas tempranas y tardías, madura con poca lluvia y puede iniciarse sin gran dependencia (de insumos difíciles).
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
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