महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-62

श्रुताभिलषिता दृष्टा स्पृष्टा पीतावगाहिता ।
गङ्गा तारयते नॄणामुभौ वंशौ विशेषतः ॥६२॥

62. śrutābhilaṣitā dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭā pītāvagāhitā ,
gaṅgā tārayate nṝṇāmubhau vaṁśau viśeṣataḥ.

62. śrutābhilaṣitā dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭā pītāvagāhitā
gaṅgā tārayate nṝṇām ubhau vaṃśau viśeṣataḥ

62. The Ganga, whether heard of, longed for, seen, touched, drunk, or bathed in, particularly liberates both the ancestral and descendant lineages of humans.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुताभिलषिता (śrutābhilaṣitā) - heard and longed for

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

• स्पृष्टा (spṛṣṭā) - touched

• पीतावगाहिता (pītāvagāhitā) - drunk and bathed in

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the Ganga river

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

• नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - of men, of humans

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• वंशौ (vaṁśau) - lineages, families

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुताभिलषिता (śrutābhilaṣitā) - heard and longed for

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrutābhilaṣitā

śrutābhilaṣitā - heard and longed for

Compound type : Dvandva (śruta+abhilaṣita)

• śruta – heard, revealed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: śru (class 1)
• abhilaṣita – longed for, desired
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: laṣ (class 1)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्पृष्टा (spṛṣṭā) - touched

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of spṛṣṭa

spṛṣṭa - touched

Past Passive Participle

Root: spṛś (class 6)

पीतावगाहिता (pītāvagāhitā) - drunk and bathed in

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pītāvagāhitā

pītāvagāhitā - drunk and bathed in

Compound type : Dvandva (pīta+avagāhita)

• pīta – drunk
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: pā (class 1)
• avagāhita – bathed in, plunged into
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ava
  Root: gāh (class 1)

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the Ganga river

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

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

(verb)

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

causative

Root: tṝ (class 1)

नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - of men, of humans

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

वंशौ (vaṁśau) - lineages, families

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - lineage, family, race, bamboo

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially, particularly

(indeclinable)

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