महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-32

अपहत्य तमस्तीव्रं यथा भात्युदये रविः ।
तथापहत्य पाप्मानं भाति गङ्गाजलोक्षितः ॥३२॥

32. apahatya tamastīvraṁ yathā bhātyudaye raviḥ ,
tathāpahatya pāpmānaṁ bhāti gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ.

32. apahatya tamaḥ tīvram yathā bhāti udaye raviḥ
tathā apahatya pāpmānam bhāti gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ

32. yathā raviḥ udaye tīvram tamaḥ apahatya bhāti
tathā gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ pāpmānam apahatya bhāti

32. Just as the sun shines at dawn, having dispelled intense darkness, so too, one sprinkled with Gaṅgā water shines, having dispelled sin.

Words meanings summery:

• अपहत्य (apahatya) - having dispelled, having removed, having destroyed

• तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, ignorance

• तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense, strong, fierce

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

• उदये (udaye) - at rising, at dawn, at sunrise

• रविः (raviḥ) - the sun

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• अपहत्य (apahatya) - having dispelled, having removed, having destroyed

• पाप्मानम् (pāpmānam) - sin, wickedness

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

• गङ्गाजलोक्षितः (gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ) - one who has been purified by Ganges water (one sprinkled with Ganges water)

Words meanings and morphology

अपहत्य (apahatya) - having dispelled, having removed, having destroyed

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerunds)

From root han with prefix apa and suffix lyaP (ya)

Prefix: apa

Root: han (class 2)

तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness, ignorance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance

Root: tam (class 4)

Note: Object of 'apahatya'.

तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense, strong, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīvra

tīvra - intense, strong, fierce, sharp

Root: tij

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root bhā (2nd class)

Root: bhā (class 2)

उदये (udaye) - at rising, at dawn, at sunrise

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of udaya

udaya - rising, dawn, prosperity

From ud-i (to go up)

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

रविः (raviḥ) - the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun god

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'bhāti'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb

अपहत्य (apahatya) - having dispelled, having removed, having destroyed

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerunds)

From root han with prefix apa and suffix lyaP (ya)

Prefix: apa

Root: han (class 2)

पाप्मानम् (pāpmānam) - sin, wickedness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāpman

pāpman - sin, evil, wickedness

From pāpa + man suffix

Note: Object of 'apahatya'.

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

Root bhā (2nd class)

Root: bhā (class 2)

गङ्गाजलोक्षितः (gaṅgājalokṣitaḥ) - one who has been purified by Ganges water (one sprinkled with Ganges water)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaṅgājalokṣita

gaṅgājalokṣita - sprinkled with Ganges water

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'one having been sprinkled with Ganges water'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gaṅgājala+ukṣita)

• gaṅgājala – water of the Ganges
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound of Gaṅgā and jala
• ukṣita – sprinkled, moistened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ukṣ + kta suffix
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

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