महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-26

तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण यज्ञैस्त्यागेन वा पुनः ।
गतिं तां न लभेज्जन्तुर्गङ्गां संसेव्य यां लभेत् ॥२६॥

26. tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñaistyāgena vā punaḥ ,
gatiṁ tāṁ na labhejjanturgaṅgāṁ saṁsevya yāṁ labhet.

26. tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñaiḥ tyāgena vā punaḥ gatim
tām na labhet jantuḥ gaṅgām saṃsevya yām labhet

26. jantuḥ yām gatim gaṅgām saṃsevya labhet tām gatim
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñaiḥ tyāgena vā punaḥ na labhet

26. A living being will not attain that destination which one achieves by devoutly serving the Ganga, even through austerity (tapas), celibacy (brahmacarya), Vedic rituals (yajña), or renunciation.

Words meanings summery:

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, by penance

• ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - by celibacy, by student life

• यज्ञैः (yajñaiḥ) - by Vedic rituals

• त्यागेन (tyāgena) - by renunciation, by abandonment

• वा (vā) - or

• पुनः (punaḥ) - furthermore, or else (emphasizing the alternative) (again, moreover)

• गतिम् (gatim) - the spiritual state or destination (destination, state, movement)

• ताम् (tām) - that (destination) (that)

• न (na) - not

• लभेत् (labhet) - one would attain (would attain, should attain, may attain)

• जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - any living being (a living being, creature, man)

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Ganga (river)

• संसेव्य (saṁsevya) - by devoutly serving or resorting to the Ganga (having served, having resorted to, by devoutly attending)

• याम् (yām) - which (destination) (which)

• लभेत् (labhet) - one would attain (would attain, should attain, may attain)

Words meanings and morphology

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, by penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - heat, asceticism, austerity, penance

Root: tap (class 1)

ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) - by celibacy, by student life

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of brahmacarya

brahmacarya - religious student life, chastity, celibacy, practice of (brahman)

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya)

• brahman – sacred knowledge, Veda, ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• carya – practice, conduct, observance
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'car' (to move, to practice)
  Root: car (class 1)

यज्ञैः (yajñaiḥ) - by Vedic rituals

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, devotion, offering

Derived from root 'yaj' (to worship, to sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

त्यागेन (tyāgena) - by renunciation, by abandonment

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tyāga

tyāga - abandonment, relinquishment, renunciation

Derived from root 'tyaj' (to abandon)

Root: tyaj (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - furthermore, or else (emphasizing the alternative) (again, moreover)

(indeclinable)

गतिम् (gatim) - the spiritual state or destination (destination, state, movement)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, destination, state, course

Derived from root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (destination) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

लभेत् (labhet) - one would attain (would attain, should attain, may attain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of labh

Optative mood, 3rd person singular active

Root: labh (class 1)

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - any living being (a living being, creature, man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, man

Root: jan (class 4)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Ganga (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

Root: gam (class 1)

संसेव्य (saṁsevya) - by devoutly serving or resorting to the Ganga (having served, having resorted to, by devoutly attending)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Gerund (absolutive) formed from root 'sev' (to serve) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: sev (class 1)

याम् (yām) - which (destination) (which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

लभेत् (labhet) - one would attain (would attain, should attain, may attain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of labh

Optative mood, 3rd person singular active

Root: labh (class 1)

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