महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-32, verse-24

तद्राजञ्जीवमानस्त्वं प्रायश्चित्तं चरिष्यसि ।
प्रायश्चित्तमकृत्वा तु प्रेत्य तप्तासि भारत ॥२४॥

24. tadrājañjīvamānastvaṁ prāyaścittaṁ cariṣyasi ,
prāyaścittamakṛtvā tu pretya taptāsi bhārata.

24. tat rājan jīvamānaḥ tvam prāyaścittam cariṣyasi
prāyaścittam akṛtvā tu pretya taptāsi bhārata

24. rājan tvam jīvamānaḥ tat prāyaścittam cariṣyasi
tu prāyaścittam akṛtvā pretya taptāsi bhārata

24. O king, while you are still alive, you will perform the expiation for that. If you do not perform the expiation, O Bhārata, you will suffer after death.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• जीवमानः (jīvamānaḥ) - being alive, while living

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

• चरिष्यसि (cariṣyasi) - you will perform, you will practice

• प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

• अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - not having done, without doing

• तु (tu) - but, however

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - having departed, after death

• तप्तासि (taptāsi) - you will suffer, you will be tormented

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

जीवमानः (jīvamānaḥ) - being alive, while living

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvamāna

jīvamāna - living, being alive

Present active participle

from root jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, atonement, penance

चरिष्यसि (cariṣyasi) - you will perform, you will practice

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lr̥ṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, atonement, penance

अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - not having done, without doing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from a + kṛ with -tvā

Prefix: a

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तु (tu) - but, however

(indeclinable)

प्रेत्य (pretya) - having departed, after death

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from pra + i with -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

तप्तासि (taptāsi) - you will suffer, you will be tormented

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, periphrastic future (luṭ) of tap

periphrastic future

taptā + asi

Root: tap (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata

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