महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-80, verse-39

गावः पवित्राः पुण्याश्च पावनं परमं महत् ।
ताश्च दत्त्वा द्विजातिभ्यो नरः स्वर्गमुपाश्नुते ॥३९॥

39. gāvaḥ pavitrāḥ puṇyāśca pāvanaṁ paramaṁ mahat ,
tāśca dattvā dvijātibhyo naraḥ svargamupāśnute.

39. gāvaḥ pavitrāḥ puṇyāḥ ca pāvanam paramam mahat
tāḥ ca dattvā dvijātibhyaḥ naraḥ svargam upāśnute

39. gāvaḥ pavitrāḥ puṇyāḥ ca paramam mahat pāvanam
naraḥ tāḥ ca dvijātibhyaḥ dattvā svargam upāśnute

39. Cows are pure and sacred, and they are the supreme, great purifiers. By donating them to the twice-born, a person attains heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

• पवित्राः (pavitrāḥ) - pure, sacred, holy

• पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - meritorious, auspicious, holy

• च (ca) - and

• पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifier, purificatory

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural, referring to cows)

• च (ca) - and

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given

• द्विजातिभ्यः (dvijātibhyaḥ) - to the twice-born, to brahmins

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, heavenly abode

• उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - attains, reaches, enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows, cattle

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, bull, ox, earth, ray of light

पवित्राः (pavitrāḥ) - pure, sacred, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pavitra

pavitra - pure, holy, sacred; a purifier

Derived from root pū- 'to purify'.

Root: pū

पुण्याः (puṇyāḥ) - meritorious, auspicious, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, holy, auspicious

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifier, purificatory

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāvana

pāvana - purifying, purificatory; a purifier

Derived from root pū- 'to purify'.

Root: pū (class 1)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, best, ultimate

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine plural, referring to cows)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having given

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from root dā- 'to give'.

Root: dā (class 3)

द्विजातिभ्यः (dvijātibhyaḥ) - to the twice-born, to brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), a bird, a tooth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• jāti – birth, class, species
  noun (feminine)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, heavenly abode

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, abode of the gods

उपाश्नुते (upāśnute) - attains, reaches, enjoys

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of aś

Present tense, ātmanepada, 3rd person singular of root aś- with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: aś (class 5)