महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-190, verse-8

रागेण जापको जप्यं कुरुते तत्र मोहितः ।
यत्रास्य रागः पतति तत्र तत्रोपजायते ॥८॥

8. rāgeṇa jāpako japyaṁ kurute tatra mohitaḥ ,
yatrāsya rāgaḥ patati tatra tatropajāyate.

8. rāgeṇa jāpakaḥ japyām kurute tatra mohitaḥ
yatra asya rāgaḥ patati tatra tatra upajāyate

8. rāgeṇa mohitaḥ jāpakaḥ tatra japyām kurute yatra asya rāgaḥ patati,
tatra tatra upajāyate

8. The reciter, deluded by attachment, performs a sacred recitation. Wherever his attachment settles, he is reborn in that very place.

Words meanings summery:

• रागेण (rāgeṇa) - by attachment, by passion, by desire

• जापकः (jāpakaḥ) - reciter, one who performs japa

• जप्याम् (japyām) - sacred recitation, what is to be recited

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs, does

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that, in this case

• मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, confused

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

• रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment, passion, desire

• पतति (patati) - falls, descends, rests, is directed

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - emphasizes repetition, 'in each of those places' (there, in that place)

• उपजायते (upajāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being, is produced

Words meanings and morphology

रागेण (rāgeṇa) - by attachment, by passion, by desire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāga

rāga - color, passion, emotion, attachment, desire

जापकः (jāpakaḥ) - reciter, one who performs japa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāpaka

jāpaka - reciter, one who mutters prayers

Agent noun

Derived from root jap (to mutter, to recite)

Root: jap (class 1)

जप्याम् (japyām) - sacred recitation, what is to be recited

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of japya

japya - to be recited, fit for recitation

Gerundive

Derived from root jap with suffix -ya

Root: jap (class 1)

कुरुते (kurute) - performs, does

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that, in this case

(indeclinable)

मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - deluded, bewildered, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mohita

mohita - deluded, bewildered, fascinated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muh with suffix -ita

Root: muh (class 4)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment, passion, desire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāga

rāga - color, passion, emotion, attachment, desire

पतति (patati) - falls, descends, rests, is directed

(verb)

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

Root: pat (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - emphasizes repetition, 'in each of those places' (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

उपजायते (upajāyate) - is born, arises, comes into being, is produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upa-jan

Prefix: upa

Root: jan (class 4)