महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-210, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
सोऽपरान्तेषु तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ।
सर्वाण्येवानुपूर्व्येण जगामामितविक्रमः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
so'parānteṣu tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca ,
sarvāṇyevānupūrvyeṇa jagāmāmitavikramaḥ.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca saḥ aparānteṣu tīrthāni puṇyāni
āyatanāni ca sarvāṇi eva ānupūrvyeṇa jagāma amita-vikramaḥ

1. Vaiśampāyana said: He, the one of immense prowess, visited all the sacred places (tīrthas) and shrines in the western regions, proceeding through them in proper order.

1. וַישַׁמְפָּאיַנַה אמר, הוא, בעל הגבורה שאין לה מידה, עבר לפי הסדר בכל מקומות העלייה לרגל הקדושים ובכל המקדשים באזורי המערב (אַפַּרָאנְטַה).

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (the narrator of the Mahabharata) (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)

• अपरान्तेषु (aparānteṣu) - in the western regions (in the western regions/ends)

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places (tīrthas) (holy places, sacred bathing places, fords)

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred (sacred, holy, meritorious, pure)

• आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - shrines (shrines, temples, sanctuaries, abodes)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (of them) (all, every, whole)

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (indeed, only, just, even)

• आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in proper order, in sequence (in due order, successively, in sequence)

• जगाम (jagāma) - he visited, he went to (he went, he visited)

• अमित-विक्रमः (amita-vikramaḥ) - one of immense prowess (Arjuna) (of immeasurable valor, of immense prowess)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (the narrator of the Mahabharata) (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyasa, narrator of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

अपरान्तेषु (aparānteṣu) - in the western regions (in the western regions/ends)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of aparānta

aparānta - western end, western region

Compound type : Tatpurusha (apara+anta)

• apara – other, subsequent, western
  adjective (masculine)
• anta – end, border, region
  noun (masculine)

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred places (tīrthas) (holy places, sacred bathing places, fords)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - a ford, a bathing place, a sacred place, a holy site

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - sacred (sacred, holy, meritorious, pure)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - auspicious, sacred, holy, virtuous, good, meritorious

Note: Agrees with tīrthāni and āyatanāni

आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - shrines (shrines, temples, sanctuaries, abodes)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āyatana

āyatana - a place of refuge, a residence, a sanctuary, a temple, a shrine

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (of them) (all, every, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with tīrthāni and āyatanāni

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in proper order, in sequence (in due order, successively, in sequence)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ānupūrvya

ānupūrvya - order, sequence, succession

Note: Functions adverbially, 'by means of proper order'.

जगाम (jagāma) - he visited, he went to (he went, he visited)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अमित-विक्रमः (amita-vikramaḥ) - one of immense prowess (Arjuna) (of immeasurable valor, of immense prowess)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amita-vikrama

amita-vikrama - of immeasurable valor, of boundless strength

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (amita+vikrama)

• amita – unmeasured, immeasurable, boundless
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mā (to measure) with prefix a- (negation)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mā (class 2)
• vikrama – valor, prowess, heroism, power, stride
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Used here as an epithet for Arjuna.

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