महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-31

यावदस्थि मनुष्यस्य गङ्गातोयेषु तिष्ठति ।
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गं प्राप्य महीयते ॥३१॥

31. yāvadasthi manuṣyasya gaṅgātoyeṣu tiṣṭhati ,
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaṁ prāpya mahīyate.

31. yāvat asthi manuṣyasya gaṅgātoyeṣu tiṣṭhati
tāvat varṣasahasrāṇi svargam prāpya mahīyate

31. yāvat manuṣyasya asthi gaṅgātoyeṣu tiṣṭhati
tāvat sa svargam prāpya varṣasahasrāṇi mahīyate

31. As long as a person's bone remains in the Gaṅgā waters, for so many thousands of years, having attained heaven, he is honored.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

• अस्थि (asthi) - bone

• मनुष्यस्य (manuṣyasya) - of a man, of a human being

• गङ्गातोयेषु (gaṅgātoyeṣu) - in the Ganges waters

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stays, remains, stands

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, for so much time

• वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained, having reached

• महीयते (mahīyate) - he is honored, he is glorified

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb/conjunction

अस्थि (asthi) - bone

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asthi

asthi - bone

Note: Subject of 'tiṣṭhati'.

मनुष्यस्य (manuṣyasya) - of a man, of a human being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being

From manu + ṣya suffix

गङ्गातोयेषु (gaṅgātoyeṣu) - in the Ganges waters

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gaṅgātoya

gaṅgātoya - Ganges water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaṅgā+toya)

• gaṅgā – the river Ganges
  proper noun (feminine)
• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tu

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stays, remains, stands

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root sthā (1st class) with reduplication and nasalization

Root: sthā (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, for so much time

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb/adjective

वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - a thousand years

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative of duration of time.

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial world

Compound of su (good) + gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having attained, having reached

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerunds)

From root āp with prefix pra and suffix lyaP (ya)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

महीयते (mahīyate) - he is honored, he is glorified

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Ātmanepada, 3rd Person Singular

Denominative verb from mahā (great) or from root mah (to rejoice, honor)

Root: mah (class 10)

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