महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-35, verse-40

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तत्त्वानि यो वेदयते यथातथं गुणांश्च सर्वानखिलाश्च देवताः ।
विधूतपाप्मा प्रविमुच्य बन्धनं स सर्वलोकानमलान्समश्नुते ॥४०॥

40. tattvāni yo vedayate yathātathaṁ; guṇāṁśca sarvānakhilāśca devatāḥ ,
vidhūtapāpmā pravimucya bandhanaṁ; sa sarvalokānamalānsamaśnute.

40. tattvāni yaḥ vedayate yathātatham
guṇān ca sarvān akhilān ca devatāḥ
vidhūtapāpmā pravimucya bandhanam
sa sarvalokān amalān samaśnute

40. yaḥ tattvāni yathātatham vedayate ca
sarvān akhilān guṇān ca devatāḥ
(veda) sa vidhūtapāpmā bandhanam
pravimucya amalān sarvalokān samaśnute

40. Whoever truly knows the principles (tattvas), and all qualities (guṇas) completely, and the deities (devatās); that person, having shaken off all wrongdoing, and having been completely freed from bondage (bandhanam), attains all the pure realms.

Words meanings summery:

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तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) - Referring to the categories of existence in philosophical systems (principles, realities)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever (masculine)

वेदयते (vedayate) - Understands deeply and thoroughly (knows, makes known, teaches)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - truly, accurately, correctly, as it is

गुणान् (guṇān) - The three fundamental qualities of nature (prakṛti): sattva, rajas, and tamas (qualities, attributes)

च (ca) - and, also

सर्वान् (sarvān) - All types or aspects of the qualities (guṇas) (all)

अखिलान् (akhilān) - Emphasizing completeness, without any part left out (all, whole, entire, without remainder)

च (ca) - and, also

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

विधूतपाप्मा (vidhūtapāpmā) - One who has purified oneself from all negative actions or karmic impurities (whose sin is shaken off, sinless)

प्रविमुच्य (pravimucya) - Having attained complete liberation or release (having completely freed oneself, having released)

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - The entanglement in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) due to action (karma) and ignorance (bondage, fetter, tie)

स (sa) - Refers to the person described by the relative pronoun 'yaḥ' (that (masculine))

सर्वलोकान् (sarvalokān) - All levels of existence or planes of consciousness (all worlds/realms)

अमलान् (amalān) - Worlds free from impurity, defilement, or imperfection (pure, spotless, stainless)

समश्नुते (samaśnute) - Achieves or experiences the pure realms (attains, reaches, enjoys)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्त्वानि (tattvāni) - Referring to the categories of existence in philosophical systems (principles, realities)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tattva

tattva - reality, truth, principle, element, essential nature, category of existence

From tad (that) + tva (suffix for 'ness')

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

वेदयते (vedayate) - Understands deeply and thoroughly (knows, makes known, teaches)

(verb)

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

Derived from root vid (to know), often used in causative or 10th class sense.

Root: vid (class 10)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - truly, accurately, correctly, as it is

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tatham)

yathā – as, just as, according to
indeclinable
tatham – true, real, correct
indeclinable

गुणान् (guṇān) - The three fundamental qualities of nature (prakṛti): sattva, rajas, and tamas (qualities, attributes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti), virtue, thread

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - All types or aspects of the qualities (guṇas) (all)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with guṇān.

अखिलान् (akhilān) - Emphasizing completeness, without any part left out (all, whole, entire, without remainder)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akhila

akhila - whole, entire, complete, without remainder, perfect

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+khila)

a – not, non-, un-
indeclinable
khila – gap, vacant place, deficiency, remainder
noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with guṇān.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god, goddess

From deva (god) with suffix -tā (for abstract nouns, or collectivity)

Note: Object of 'vedayate'.

विधूतपाप्मा (vidhūtapāpmā) - One who has purified oneself from all negative actions or karmic impurities (whose sin is shaken off, sinless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhūtapāpman

vidhūtapāpman - having sin shaken off, sinless, purified from evil

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vidhūta+pāpman)

vidhūta – shaken off, cleansed, purified, removed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root dhū (to shake) with prefix vi-
Prefix: vi
Root: dhū (class 5)
pāpman – sin, evil, wickedness
noun (masculine)

प्रविमुच्य (pravimucya) - Having attained complete liberation or release (having completely freed oneself, having released)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root muc (to free, release) with upasargas pra- and vi-.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: muc (class 6)

बन्धनम् (bandhanam) - The entanglement in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra) due to action (karma) and ignorance (bondage, fetter, tie)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bandhana

bandhana - binding, bondage, fetter, tie, imprisonment

From root bandh (to bind)

Root: bandh (class 9)