महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-159, verse-45

सुरापो वारुणीमुष्णां पीत्वा पापाद्विमुच्यते ।
तया स काये निर्दग्धे मृत्युना प्रेत्य शुध्यति ।
लोकांश्च लभते विप्रो नान्यथा लभते हि सः ॥४५॥

45. surāpo vāruṇīmuṣṇāṁ pītvā pāpādvimucyate ,
tayā sa kāye nirdagdhe mṛtyunā pretya śudhyati ,
lokāṁśca labhate vipro nānyathā labhate hi saḥ.

45. surāpaḥ vāruṇīm uṣṇām pītvā pāpāt
vimucyate tayā saḥ kāye nirdagdhe
mṛtyunā pretya śudhyati lokān ca labhate
vipraḥ na anyathā labhate hi saḥ

45. surāpaḥ vipraḥ uṣṇām vāruṇīm pītvā
pāpāt vimucyate tayā kāye nirdagdhe
saḥ mṛtyunā pretya śudhyati saḥ
lokān ca labhate hi na anyathā labhate

45. A Brahmin (vipraḥ) who has consumed alcohol (surāpaḥ), by drinking hot liquor (vāruṇī), is freed from sin. When his body is completely consumed by that (liquor) and he dies, he is purified after death. Such a Brahmin indeed attains the [celestial] worlds; he does not attain them otherwise.

Words meanings summery:

• सुरापः (surāpaḥ) - a liquor-drinker, an alcoholic

• वारुणीम् (vāruṇīm) - liquor, specifically a type of strong drink (liquor, spirituous drink, daughter of Varuṇa)

• उष्णाम् (uṣṇām) - hot (hot, warm, ardent)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• पापात् (pāpāt) - from sin (from sin, from evil)

• विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - is freed (from sin) (is liberated, is released, is freed)

• तया (tayā) - by that (hot liquor) (by that, with her/it)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin liquor-drinker) (he, that)

• काये (kāye) - in his body (in the body)

• निर्दग्धे (nirdagdhe) - completely consumed (by the hot liquor) (completely burned, consumed)

• मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - by means of death (by death)

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, after departing from this world (having died, after death)

• शुध्यति (śudhyati) - is purified (becomes pure, is purified)

• लोकान् (lokān) - heavenly worlds or realms (worlds, regions, people)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• लभते (labhate) - attains ( obtains, gains, receives)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin (the one committing the sin) (a Brahmin, a sage, inspired)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, in another way)

• लभते (labhate) - attains ( obtains, gains, receives)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)

Words meanings and morphology

सुरापः (surāpaḥ) - a liquor-drinker, an alcoholic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of surāpa

surāpa - one who drinks liquor, a drunkard

compound of surā (liquor) and pa (drinker, from root pā- to drink)

Compound type : tatpurusha (surā+pa)

• surā – spirituous liquor, wine
  noun (feminine)
• pa – drinker
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root pā
  formed with suffix -a
  Root: pā (class 1)

वारुणीम् (vāruṇīm) - liquor, specifically a type of strong drink (liquor, spirituous drink, daughter of Varuṇa)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāruṇī

vāruṇī - liquor, spirituous drink, a goddess associated with Varuṇa, the western direction

derived from Varuṇa

उष्णाम् (uṣṇām) - hot (hot, warm, ardent)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm, ardent, fiery

Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: agrees with vāruṇīm

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

absolutative (gerund)

formed from root pā (to drink) with suffix -tvā

Root: pā (class 1)

पापात् (pāpāt) - from sin (from sin, from evil)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, bad

विमुच्यते (vimucyate) - is freed (from sin) (is liberated, is released, is freed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vimuc

present passive

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

तया (tayā) - by that (hot liquor) (by that, with her/it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin liquor-drinker) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

काये (kāye) - in his body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body

निर्दग्धे (nirdagdhe) - completely consumed (by the hot liquor) (completely burned, consumed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nirdagdha

nirdagdha - completely burnt, consumed, destroyed

past passive participle

from root dah (to burn) with upasarga nir

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kāye (locative absolute construction)

मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - by means of death (by death)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, after departing from this world (having died, after death)

(indeclinable)

absolutative (gerund)

formed from root i (to go) with upasarga pra and suffix -ya (after a prefix)

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

शुध्यति (śudhyati) - is purified (becomes pure, is purified)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śudh

present active

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Often used in a passive sense 'is purified' due to the root's meaning.

लोकान् (lokān) - heavenly worlds or realms (worlds, regions, people)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, space, people

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

particle

लभते (labhate) - attains ( obtains, gains, receives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

present middle

Root: labh (class 1)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - a Brahmin (the one committing the sin) (a Brahmin, a sage, inspired)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

Root: vip

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (otherwise, in another way)

(indeclinable)

adverb formed from anya (other)

लभते (labhate) - attains ( obtains, gains, receives)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

present middle

Root: labh (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

particle

सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it