महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-95

प्रसाद्य देवान्सविभून्समस्तान्भगीरथस्तपसोग्रेण गङ्गाम् ।
गामानयत्तामभिगम्य शश्वन्पुमान्भयं नेह नामुत्र विद्यात् ॥९५॥

95. prasādya devānsavibhūnsamastā;nbhagīrathastapasogreṇa gaṅgām ,
gāmānayattāmabhigamya śaśva;npumānbhayaṁ neha nāmutra vidyāt.

95. prasādya devān savibhūn samastān
bhāgīrathaḥ tapasā ugreṇa gaṅgām
gām ānayat tām abhigamya śaśvat
pumān bhayam na iha na amutra vidyāt

95. Having propitiated all the gods, along with their respective lords, through severe asceticism (tapas), Bhagīratha brought Gaṅgā to the earth. A person who constantly approaches her should experience no fear, neither in this world nor in the next.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having propitiated, having pleased, having calmed

• देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

• सविभून् (savibhūn) - with their lords/masters, along with their powers

• समस्तान् (samastān) - all, entire, complete

• भागीरथः (bhāgīrathaḥ) - Bhagīratha (a legendary king)

• तपसा (tapasā) - by asceticism, by penance

• उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - by severe, fierce, dreadful

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the river Gaṅgā

• गाम् (gām) - to the earth (to the earth, cow, speech)

• आनयत् (ānayat) - he brought, led down

• ताम् (tām) - her (accusative)

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, having attained

• शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always, constantly, perpetually

• पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

• न (na) - not

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• न (na) - not

• अमुत्र (amutra) - there, in the other world

• विद्यात् (vidyāt) - should know, should experience

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having propitiated, having pleased, having calmed

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

from pra-√sad

Prefix: pra

Root: √sad (class 1)

देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

सविभून् (savibhūn) - with their lords/masters, along with their powers

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of savibhu

savibhu - having lords/masters, accompanied by powers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+vibhu)

• sa – with, together with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• vibhu – lord, master, omnipresent, powerful
  noun (masculine)

समस्तान् (samastān) - all, entire, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samasta

samasta - all, entire, whole, complete, collected

Past Passive Participle

from sam-√as

Prefix: sam

Root: √as (class 2)

भागीरथः (bhāgīrathaḥ) - Bhagīratha (a legendary king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāgīratha

bhāgīratha - Bhagīratha (name of a king who brought Gaṅgā to earth)

तपसा (tapasā) - by asceticism, by penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - by severe, fierce, dreadful

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, severe, dreadful, powerful

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the river Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Gaṅgā

गाम् (gām) - to the earth (to the earth, cow, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, earth, speech, ray of light

आनयत् (ānayat) - he brought, led down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √nī

Prefix: ā

Root: √nī (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - her (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

from abhi-√gam

Prefix: abhi

Root: √gam (class 1)

शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

पुमान् (pumān) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अमुत्र (amutra) - there, in the other world

(indeclinable)

विद्यात् (vidyāt) - should know, should experience

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √vid

Root: √vid (class 2)

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