महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-190, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
गतीनामुत्तमा प्राप्तिः कथिता जापकेष्विह ।
एकैवैषा गतिस्तेषामुत यान्त्यपरामपि ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
gatīnāmuttamā prāptiḥ kathitā jāpakeṣviha ,
ekaivaiṣā gatisteṣāmuta yāntyaparāmapi.

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca gatīnām uttamā prāptiḥ kathitā jāpakeṣu
iha ekā eva eṣā gatiḥ teṣām uta yānti aparām api

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca iha jāpakeṣu gatīnām uttamā prāptiḥ
kathitā eṣā ekā eva gatiḥ teṣām uta aparām api yānti ?

1. Yudhisthira said: It has been declared here that the supreme destination (gati) is attained by those who chant. Is this the only destination for them, or do they also reach another?

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhisthira (name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• गतीनाम् (gatīnām) - of states, of destinations, of courses

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, excellent, highest

• प्राप्तिः (prāptiḥ) - attainment, achievement, acquisition

• कथिता (kathitā) - told, declared, spoken

• जापकेषु (jāpakeṣu) - among chanters, among reciters

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

• एका (ekā) - one, single

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - state, destination, course

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for the chanters (jāpaka) (of them, for them)

• उत (uta) - or, and, moreover

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they attain

• अपराम् (aparām) - another, different

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhisthira (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhisthira, the eldest Pandava

Compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

Compound type : aluk-ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

गतीनाम् (gatīnām) - of states, of destinations, of courses

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of gati

gati - movement, course, path, state, condition, destination, fate

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

उत्तमा (uttamā) - supreme, excellent, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

Superlative of ud (up)

Note: Agrees with prāptiḥ

प्राप्तिः (prāptiḥ) - attainment, achievement, acquisition

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāpti

prāpti - attainment, acquisition, achievement

From pra-āp (to obtain)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

कथिता (kathitā) - told, declared, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kath (to tell)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with prāptiḥ

जापकेषु (jāpakeṣu) - among chanters, among reciters

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of jāpaka

jāpaka - a chanter, reciter (of mantras)

From root jap (to mutter, whisper, chant)

Root: jap (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this context

(indeclinable)

एका (ekā) - one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

Note: Agrees with gatiḥ

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with gatiḥ

गतिः (gatiḥ) - state, destination, course

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, course, path, state, condition, destination, fate

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for the chanters (jāpaka) (of them, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to jāpakas

उत (uta) - or, and, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative particle here

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they attain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present active

3rd person plural present active of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

अपराम् (aparām) - another, different

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

Note: Agrees with (implied) gatim

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)