महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-43

भवन्ति निर्विषाः सर्पा यथा तार्क्ष्यस्य दर्शनात् ।
गङ्गाया दर्शनात्तद्वत्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥४३॥

43. bhavanti nirviṣāḥ sarpā yathā tārkṣyasya darśanāt ,
gaṅgāyā darśanāttadvatsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate.

43. bhavanti nirviṣāḥ sarpāḥ yathā tārkṣyasya darśanāt
gaṅgāyāḥ darśanāt tadvat sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

43. Just as serpents become poisonless by merely seeing Tārkṣya (Garuda), similarly, by seeing the Gaṅgā, one is completely liberated from all sins.

Words meanings summery:

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

• निर्विषाः (nirviṣāḥ) - poisonless, free from poison

• सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - serpents, snakes

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तार्क्ष्यस्य (tārkṣyasya) - of Tārkṣya (Garuda)

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from the sight, by seeing, by appearance

• गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the Gaṅgā

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from the sight, by seeing, by appearance

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• सर्वपापैः (sarvapāpaiḥ) - from all sins

• प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate) - is liberated, is released

Words meanings and morphology

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

निर्विषाः (nirviṣāḥ) - poisonless, free from poison

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirviṣa

nirviṣa - without poison, harmless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+viṣa)

• nis/nir – without, out of, free from
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating negation or absence.
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'sarpāḥ'.

सर्पाः (sarpāḥ) - serpents, snakes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तार्क्ष्यस्य (tārkṣyasya) - of Tārkṣya (Garuda)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tārkṣya

tārkṣya - a mythical bird, son of Tṛkṣa, an epithet of Garuda

दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from the sight, by seeing, by appearance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, appearance, vision, doctrine

गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - of the Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from the sight, by seeing, by appearance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, appearance, vision, doctrine

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

सर्वपापैः (sarvapāpaiḥ) - from all sins

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of sarvapāpa

sarvapāpa - all sins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+pāpa)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• pāpa – evil, sin, wickedness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in the sense of 'free from' or 'released from'.

प्रमुच्यते (pramucyate) - is liberated, is released

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: muc (class 6)

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