महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-64

य इच्छेत्सफलं जन्म जीवितं श्रुतमेव च ।
स पितॄंस्तर्पयेद्गङ्गामभिगम्य सुरांस्तथा ॥६४॥

64. ya icchetsaphalaṁ janma jīvitaṁ śrutameva ca ,
sa pitṝṁstarpayedgaṅgāmabhigamya surāṁstathā.

64. yaḥ icchet saphalam janma jīvitam śrutam eva ca
saḥ pitṝn tarpayet gaṅgām abhigamya surān tathā

64. Whoever desires a successful birth, a prosperous life, and sacred knowledge, should approach the Ganga to offer libations to his ancestors and similarly to the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, may desire

• सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful, successful

• जन्म (janma) - birth, existence, life

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - a prosperous life (life, livelihood, existence)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - sacred knowledge (heard, knowledge, sacred knowledge)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• सः (saḥ) - he

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors

• तर्पयेत् (tarpayet) - should satisfy, should offer libations to

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Ganga river

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, having gone to

• सुरान् (surān) - gods, deities

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, may desire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of iṣ

root of class 6, optative mood

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सफलम् (saphalam) - fruitful, successful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saphala

saphala - fruitful, successful, effective

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+phala)

• sa – with, endowed with
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

जन्म (janma) - birth, existence, life

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, existence, life, origin

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - a prosperous life (life, livelihood, existence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Root: jīv (class 1)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - sacred knowledge (heard, knowledge, sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, revealed, sacred knowledge, Vedic lore

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Root: śru (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers, ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

तर्पयेत् (tarpayet) - should satisfy, should offer libations to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of tṛp

root of class 10 (or 4), optative mood

Root: tṛp (class 10)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Ganga river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, having gone to

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

सुरान् (surān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

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