महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-29

पुलस्त्य उवाच ।
हन्त तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि यदृषीणां परायणम् ।
तदेकाग्रमनास्तात शृणु तीर्थेषु यत्फलम् ॥२९॥

29. pulastya uvāca ,
hanta te'haṁ pravakṣyāmi yadṛṣīṇāṁ parāyaṇam ,
tadekāgramanāstāta śṛṇu tīrtheṣu yatphalam.

29. pulastyaḥ uvāca hanta te aham pravakṣyāmi yat ṛṣīṇām
parāyaṇam tat ekāgramanāḥ tāta śṛṇu tīrtheṣu yat phalam

29. Pulastya said: "Indeed, I will now explain to you that which is the supreme goal (parāyaṇam) of the sages. Therefore, dear child, listen with a concentrated mind to the results (phalam) obtained from visiting sacred pilgrimage sites (tīrtha-s)."

Words meanings summery:

• पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हन्त (hanta) - indeed, oh!, well, now

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare, I will tell

• यत् (yat) - which, what, that

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages, of the seers

• परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - supreme goal, ultimate resort, highest refuge

• तत् (tat) - that, therefore

• एकाग्रमनाः (ekāgramanāḥ) - with one-pointed mind, with concentrated mind

• तात (tāta) - dear one, child, father (honorific address)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in sacred bathing places, at pilgrimage sites

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

Words meanings and morphology

पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulastya

pulastya - Pulastya (name of a great sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

From √vac (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - indeed, oh!, well, now

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Variant for tvayi (locative) or tava (genitive) or tubhyam (dative). Here used in dative sense 'to you'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will declare, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Active

From √vac (to speak) with prefix pra-, future tense, 1st person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what, that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'parāyaṇam'.

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages, of the seers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, a Vedic priest

परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - supreme goal, ultimate resort, highest refuge

(noun)

neuter, singular of parāyaṇam

parāyaṇam - chief or highest aim, ultimate resort, supreme goal, final object, principal support

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+ayaṇa)

• para – supreme, ultimate, highest, other
  adjective
• ayaṇa – going, movement, path, resort, refuge
  noun (neuter)
  From √i (to go) + Suff. lyuṭ
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Acts as the object of 'pravakṣyāmi' and is in apposition to 'yat'.

तत् (tat) - that, therefore

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here adverbially as 'therefore' or 'thus'.

एकाग्रमनाः (ekāgramanāḥ) - with one-pointed mind, with concentrated mind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekāgramanas

ekāgramanas - having a concentrated mind, attentive, one-pointed mind

Compound type : bahuvrihi (eka+agra+manas)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral
• agra – point, tip, front, chief, best
  noun (neuter)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, understanding
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied listener (tāta).

तात (tāta) - dear one, child, father (honorific address)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, child (an address of affection or respect)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Active

From √śru (to hear), imperative mood, 2nd person singular.

Root: śru (class 5)

तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in sacred bathing places, at pilgrimage sites

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - a ford, a bathing place, a sacred place, a place of pilgrimage, a holy shrine

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'phalam'.

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

(noun)

neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Acts as the object of 'śṛṇu'.