महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-26, verse-6

उपस्पृश्य फलं किं स्यात्तेषु तीर्थेषु वै मुने ।
प्रेत्यभावे महाप्राज्ञ तद्यथास्ति तथा वद ॥६॥

6. upaspṛśya phalaṁ kiṁ syātteṣu tīrtheṣu vai mune ,
pretyabhāve mahāprājña tadyathāsti tathā vada.

6. upaspṛśya phalam kim syāt teṣu tīrtheṣu vai mune
pretyabhāve mahāprājña tat yathā asti tathā vada

6. mune mahāprājña teṣu tīrtheṣu upaspṛśya pretyabhāve
kim phalam vai syāt tat yathā asti tathā vada

6. O sage (muni), O greatly wise one, what indeed would be the spiritual benefit in the afterlife from bathing in those sacred places (tīrthas)? Please tell me exactly how it is.

Words meanings summery:

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having taken a ritual bath in the sacred waters. (having touched, having bathed, having performed ablution)

• फलम् (phalam) - the spiritual merit or consequence. (fruit, result, consequence, benefit)

• किम् (kim) - asking about the nature of the result. (what?, why?, whether)

• स्यात् (syāt) - expresses a hypothetical or desired state. (may be, should be, would be)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those previously mentioned or implied sacred places. (in those)

• तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in those particular holy bathing sites. (in sacred places (tīrthas))

• वै (vai) - emphasizes the question. (indeed, surely, verily (particle))

• मुने (mune) - Addressing Aṅgirasa. (O sage (muni))

• प्रेत्यभावे (pretyabhāve) - referring to the effects of actions in a future existence. (in the afterlife, in the state after death)

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Addressing Aṅgirasa, acknowledging his wisdom. (O great wise one, O greatly intelligent one)

• तत् (tat) - that explanation. (that, it)

• यथा (yathā) - exactly as it is. (as, just as, according to)

• अस्ति (asti) - as the truth exists. (is, exists)

• तथा (tathā) - in that truthful manner. (so, thus, in that manner)

• वद (vada) - please explain/tell. (tell, speak, declare)

Words meanings and morphology

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having taken a ritual bath in the sacred waters. (having touched, having bathed, having performed ablution)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Absolutive form of √spṛś with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Formed with suffix 'lya' after a prefix.

फलम् (phalam) - the spiritual merit or consequence. (fruit, result, consequence, benefit)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, benefit

Root: phal (class 1)

किम् (kim) - asking about the nature of the result. (what?, why?, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun/adverb)

स्यात् (syāt) - expresses a hypothetical or desired state. (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative active

3rd person singular optative active of √as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

तेषु (teṣu) - in those previously mentioned or implied sacred places. (in those)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in those particular holy bathing sites. (in sacred places (tīrthas))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

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

Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the places where 'upaspṛśya' (bathing) is performed.

वै (vai) - emphasizes the question. (indeed, surely, verily (particle))

(indeclinable)

मुने (mune) - Addressing Aṅgirasa. (O sage (muni))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, silent one, seer (muni)

प्रेत्यभावे (pretyabhāve) - referring to the effects of actions in a future existence. (in the afterlife, in the state after death)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pretyabhāva

pretyabhāva - state after death, future existence, afterlife

Compound of 'pretya' and 'bhāva'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pretya+bhāva)

• pretya – having died, after death
  indeclinable
  Gerund (absolutive)
  From pra-√i (to go, with 'to die').
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature, being
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - Addressing Aṅgirasa, acknowledging his wisdom. (O great wise one, O greatly intelligent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - greatly wise, highly intelligent, very discerning

Compound of 'mahā' and 'prājña'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi or karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• prājña – wise, knowing, intelligent, discerning
  adjective
  From pra-√jñā (to know well).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - that explanation. (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

यथा (yathā) - exactly as it is. (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - as the truth exists. (is, exists)

(verb)

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

Present active

3rd person singular present active of √as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - in that truthful manner. (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Correlative to 'yathā'.

वद (vada) - please explain/tell. (tell, speak, declare)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Imperative active

2nd person singular imperative active of √vad (to speak).

Root: vad (class 1)