महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-79, verse-4

इत्याचम्य जपेत्सायं प्रातश्च पुरुषः सदा ।
यदह्ना कुरुते पापं तस्मात्स परिमुच्यते ॥४॥

4. ityācamya japetsāyaṁ prātaśca puruṣaḥ sadā ,
yadahnā kurute pāpaṁ tasmātsa parimucyate.

4. iti ācamya japet sāyam prātaḥ ca puruṣaḥ sadā
yat ahnā kurute pāpam tasmāt saḥ parimucyate

4. iti ācamya puruṣaḥ sadā sāyam ca prātaḥ japet.
saḥ tasmāt pāpam yat ahnā kurute parimucyate.

4. Thus, having sipped water, a man (puruṣa) should always chant in the evening and in the morning. He is freed from whatever sin he commits during the day.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• आचम्य (ācamya) - having sipped water, having performed ācamana

• जपेत् (japet) - he should chant, he should murmur

• सायम् (sāyam) - in the evening

• प्रातः (prātaḥ) - in the morning

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man, a person, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• अह्ना (ahnā) - by day, during the day

• कुरुते (kurute) - he does, he makes

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, vice

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (man)

• परिमुच्यते (parimucyate) - he is liberated, he is freed

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

आचम्य (ācamya) - having sipped water, having performed ācamana

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root cam (to sip) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: cam (class 1)

जपेत् (japet) - he should chant, he should murmur

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (present) (vidhi-liṅ) of jap

Optative Mood, Present Tense

3rd person singular active

Root: jap (class 1)

सायम् (sāyam) - in the evening

(indeclinable)

प्रातः (prātaḥ) - in the morning

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man, a person, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, soul, spirit, the supreme cosmic person

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, perpetually

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अह्ना (ahnā) - by day, during the day

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

कुरुते (kurute) - he does, he makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Tense

3rd person singular middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, vice

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sin, misfortune

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सः (saḥ) - he, that (man)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परिमुच्यते (parimucyate) - he is liberated, he is freed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present Tense, Passive Voice

Derived from root muc with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: muc (class 6)

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