महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-77, verse-18

गोमयेन सदा स्नायाद्गोकरीषे च संविशेत् ।
श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि प्रतिघातं च वर्जयेत् ॥१८॥

18. gomayena sadā snāyādgokarīṣe ca saṁviśet ,
śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi pratighātaṁ ca varjayet.

18. gomayena sadā snāyāt gokarīṣe ca saṃviśet
śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi pratighātaṃ ca varjayet

18. sadā gomayena snāyāt ca gokarīṣe saṃviśet
śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi ca pratighātaṃ varjayet

18. One should always bathe with cow dung and sleep on cow dung. One should avoid phlegm, urine, and feces, as well as suppressing the natural urges related to them.

Words meanings summery:

• गोमयेन (gomayena) - by cow dung

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• स्नायात् (snāyāt) - one should bathe

• गोकरीषे (gokarīṣe) - in cow dung, on a bed of cow dung

• च (ca) - and, also

• संविशेत् (saṁviśet) - one should lie down, one should sleep

• श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि (śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi) - phlegm, urine, and feces

• प्रतिघातं (pratighātaṁ) - the suppression of natural urges (like urination or defecation) (obstruction, suppression, striking back)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, one should shun

Words meanings and morphology

गोमयेन (gomayena) - by cow dung

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of gomaya

gomaya - made of cow dung, cow dung

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

स्नायात् (snāyāt) - one should bathe

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of snā

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: snā (class 2)

गोकरीषे (gokarīṣe) - in cow dung, on a bed of cow dung

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gokarīṣa

gokarīṣa - cow dung

Compound type : tatpurusha (go+karīṣa)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (masculine)
• karīṣa – dung, feces (especially of cattle)
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संविशेत् (saṁviśet) - one should lie down, one should sleep

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of saṃviś

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: sam

Root: viś (class 6)

श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि (śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi) - phlegm, urine, and feces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śleṣmamūtrapurīṣa

śleṣmamūtrapurīṣa - phlegm, urine, and feces (as a collective noun)

Compound type : dvandva (śleṣma+mūtra+purīṣa)

• śleṣma – phlegm, mucus
  noun (neuter)
• mūtra – urine
  noun (neuter)
• purīṣa – feces, excrement, dung
  noun (neuter)

प्रतिघातं (pratighātaṁ) - the suppression of natural urges (like urination or defecation) (obstruction, suppression, striking back)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratighāta

pratighāta - obstruction, suppression, resistance, striking back

Derived from prati + √han (to strike/kill) with suffix -a

Prefix: prati

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Here used metaphorically for suppressing natural urges.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, one should shun

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of varjay

Causative of √vṛj

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice (from causative stem varjaya-)

Root: vṛj (class 10)

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