महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-99, verse-11

शरत्काले तु सलिलं तडागे यस्य तिष्ठति ।
गोसहस्रस्य स प्रेत्य लभते फलमुत्तमम् ॥११॥

11. śaratkāle tu salilaṁ taḍāge yasya tiṣṭhati ,
gosahasrasya sa pretya labhate phalamuttamam.

11. śaratkāle tu salilam taḍāge yasya tiṣṭhati
saḥ pretya gosahasrasya labhate phalam uttamam

11. yasya taḍāge śaratkāle tu salilam tiṣṭhati
saḥ pretya gosahasrasya uttamam phalam labhate

11. The person in whose pond water remains during the autumn season obtains, after death, the excellent reward of (donating) a thousand cows.

Words meanings summery:

• शरत्काले (śaratkāle) - in the autumn season (in the autumn season, during autumn)

• तु (tu) - indeed, moreover (but, indeed, however, moreover)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water

• तडागे (taḍāge) - in the pond (in the pond, in the tank)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (referring to the person) (whose, of whom, of which)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (referring to water) (stands, stays, remains, exists)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the person whose pond holds water) (he, that (person))

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death (having died, after death)

• गोसहस्रस्य (gosahasrasya) - of a thousand cows (implying the merit of donating them) (of a thousand cows)

• लभते (labhate) - obtains (obtains, receives, gains)

• फलम् (phalam) - reward (fruit, result, reward)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme (excellent, best, supreme)

Words meanings and morphology

शरत्काले (śaratkāle) - in the autumn season (in the autumn season, during autumn)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śaratkāla

śaratkāla - autumn season, time of autumn

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarad+kāla)

• śarad – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time, season
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - indeed, moreover (but, indeed, however, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सलिलम् (salilam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

तडागे (taḍāge) - in the pond (in the pond, in the tank)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of taḍāga

taḍāga - pond, tank, reservoir

यस्य (yasya) - whose (referring to the person) (whose, of whom, of which)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Agreement with an implied 'person' (pum̐saḥ).

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains (referring to water) (stands, stays, remains, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present indicative, 3rd person singular. Root sthā (1st conjugation, Parasmaipada).

Root: sthā (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (the person whose pond holds water) (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to the 'person' implied by yasya.

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death (having died, after death)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root i (to go) with prefix pra-. The final i changes to ī and then tya suffix is added after ī.

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Functions adverbially.

गोसहस्रस्य (gosahasrasya) - of a thousand cows (implying the merit of donating them) (of a thousand cows)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of gosahasra

gosahasra - a thousand cows

Compound type : dvigu (go+sahasra)

• go – cow, ox
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the reward of donating a thousand cows.

लभते (labhate) - obtains (obtains, receives, gains)

(verb)

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

Present indicative, 3rd person singular. Root labh (1st conjugation, Ātmanepada).

Root: labh (class 1)

फलम् (phalam) - reward (fruit, result, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of labhate.

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme (excellent, best, supreme)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, best, supreme, highest

Superlative degree of ud (up) or ut.

Note: Adjective modifying phalam.

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