महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-41

अग्नौ प्राप्तं प्रधूयेत यथा तूलं द्विजोत्तम ।
तथा गङ्गावगाढस्य सर्वं पापं प्रधूयते ॥४१॥

41. agnau prāptaṁ pradhūyeta yathā tūlaṁ dvijottama ,
tathā gaṅgāvagāḍhasya sarvaṁ pāpaṁ pradhūyate.

41. agnau prāptam pradhūyeta yathā tūlam dvijottama
tathā gaṅgāvagaḍhasya sarvam pāpam pradhūyate

41. O best of brahmins, just as cotton, when it reaches fire, is completely consumed, similarly, all the sin of one who has immersed themselves in the Gaṅgā is burnt away.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्नौ (agnau) - in fire

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, reached, encountered

• प्रधूयेत (pradhūyeta) - would be burnt away, would be consumed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तूलम् (tūlam) - cotton

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born, O best brahmin

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

• गङ्गावगढस्य (gaṅgāvagaḍhasya) - of one who has immersed themselves in the Gaṅgā

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, impurity

• प्रधूयते (pradhūyate) - is burnt away, is consumed

Words meanings and morphology

अग्नौ (agnau) - in fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, reached, encountered

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'tūlam'.

प्रधूयेत (pradhūyeta) - would be burnt away, would be consumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pradhū

Prefix: pra

Root: dhū (class 9)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तूलम् (tūlam) - cotton

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tūla

tūla - cotton

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of the twice-born, O best brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best among the twice-born (brahmins)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (a brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya; also bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

(indeclinable)

गङ्गावगढस्य (gaṅgāvagaḍhasya) - of one who has immersed themselves in the Gaṅgā

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gaṅgāvagaḍha

gaṅgāvagaḍha - one immersed in the Gaṅgā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaṅgā+avagāḍha)

• gaṅgā – the river Ganges
  proper noun (feminine)
• avagāḍha – immersed, plunged, entered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'gāh' with prefix 'ava'.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: gāh (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Modifies 'pāpam'.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, impurity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, sin, vice, wickedness

प्रधूयते (pradhūyate) - is burnt away, is consumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pradhū

Prefix: pra

Root: dhū (class 9)

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