भवत्येकैव सा क्षमा

जन्मप्रभृति वक्रस्य हलस्य च खलस्य च ।

सोढुं तयोर्मुखाक्षेपं भवत्येकैव सा क्षमा॥

janmaprabhṛti vakrasya halasya ca khalasya ca|

soḍhuṁ tayormukhākṣepaṁ bhavatyekaiva sā kṣamā||

The crooked man and the plough are sharp and curved at their mouth right from the time of their birth. The violence wrought out by them can only be tolerated and countered by Kshama, Kshama meaning the earth, in the case of plough and Kshama meaning patience in the case of an evil minded fellow.

Here the essence of the slokam and its aesthetic beauty lies in the fact that the work Kshama connotes the earth, and also would indicate the quality of patience.

The evil fellow, from his birth onward, is having a very sharp and cutting tongue which can cause damage anywhere and everywhere. Patience is the only weapon that can counter the onslaughts of such a tongue.

The plough rips through the surface of the earth. But in spite of all the furrows caused by it the earth would close the damages in time.

So earth and patience are both Kshama, and both have a lot in common too.