महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-61

सप्तावरान्सप्त परान्पितॄंस्तेभ्यश्च ये परे ।
पुमांस्तारयते गङ्गां वीक्ष्य स्पृष्ट्वावगाह्य च ॥६१॥

61. saptāvarānsapta parānpitṝṁstebhyaśca ye pare ,
pumāṁstārayate gaṅgāṁ vīkṣya spṛṣṭvāvagāhya ca.

61. sapta avarān sapta parān pitṝn tebhyaḥ ca ye pare
pumān tārayate gaṅgām vīkṣya spṛṣṭvā avagāhya ca

61. By seeing, touching, and bathing in the Ganga, a person liberates his seven preceding ancestors, his seven succeeding descendants, and even those beyond them.

Words meanings summery:

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• अवरान् (avarān) - seven succeeding descendants (lower ones, descendants)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• परान् (parān) - seven preceding ancestors (higher ones, ancestors)

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors

• तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to/from them

• च (ca) - and, also

• ये (ye) - who, which

• परे (pare) - those who are beyond them (ancestors and descendants mentioned) (others, those beyond)

• पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

• तारयते (tārayate) - causes to cross, liberates, saves

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Ganga river

• वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen, having looked at

• स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

• अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having plunged into, having bathed in

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(indeclinable)

अवरान् (avarān) - seven succeeding descendants (lower ones, descendants)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of avara

avara - lower, inferior, subsequent, descendant

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(indeclinable)

परान् (parān) - seven preceding ancestors (higher ones, ancestors)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of para

para - higher, superior, preceding, other, supreme

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - to/from them

(pronoun)

masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which

परे (pare) - those who are beyond them (ancestors and descendants mentioned) (others, those beyond)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, subsequent, supreme, beyond

पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person

तारयते (tārayate) - causes to cross, liberates, saves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of tṝ

causative

Root: tṝ (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Ganga river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen, having looked at

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Prefix: vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having plunged into, having bathed in

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Prefix: ava

Root: gāh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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