महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-68

महाकालं ततो गच्छेन्नियतो नियताशनः ।
कोटितीर्थमुपस्पृश्य हयमेधफलं लभेत् ॥६८॥

68. mahākālaṁ tato gacchenniyato niyatāśanaḥ ,
koṭitīrthamupaspṛśya hayamedhaphalaṁ labhet.

68. mahākālam tataḥ gacchet niyataḥ niyatāśanaḥ
koṭitīrtham upaspṛśya hayamedhaphalam labhet

68. Then, being self-controlled and maintaining a regulated diet, one should go to Mahākāla. After bathing in Koṭitīrtha, one would obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice (hayamedha yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• महाकालम् (mahākālam) - to Mahākāla (a holy place) (to Mahākāla (a name of Shiva or a place))

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one should go (one should go, he might go)

• नियतः (niyataḥ) - self-controlled (self-controlled, restrained, disciplined)

• नियताशनः (niyatāśanaḥ) - maintaining a regulated diet (having regulated eating, one with controlled diet)

• कोटितीर्थम् (koṭitīrtham) - to Koṭitīrtha (to Koṭitīrtha (a sacred bathing place))

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - after bathing in (having touched, having bathed in, having consecrated oneself by touching water)

• हयमेधफलम् (hayamedhaphalam) - the fruit of a horse sacrifice (hayamedha yajña) (the fruit/result of a horse sacrifice)

• लभेत् (labhet) - one would obtain (one should obtain, would obtain, might obtain)

Words meanings and morphology

महाकालम् (mahākālam) - to Mahākāla (a holy place) (to Mahākāla (a name of Shiva or a place))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahākāla

mahākāla - Great Time, name of Lord Shiva, name of a Jyotirlinga shrine (Ujjain)

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kāla)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• kāla – time, black, death
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of motion (gacchet).

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronoun tad.

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one should go (one should go, he might go)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of gam

Optative Active

Root gam (1st class), parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)

नियतः (niyataḥ) - self-controlled (self-controlled, restrained, disciplined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata

niyata - restrained, regulated, self-controlled, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yam with upasarga ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the implied subject of the action.

नियताशनः (niyatāśanaḥ) - maintaining a regulated diet (having regulated eating, one with controlled diet)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyatāśana

niyatāśana - having regulated eating, abstemious

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niyata+āśana)

• niyata – restrained, regulated, self-controlled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yam with upasarga ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• āśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Refers to the implied subject.

कोटितीर्थम् (koṭitīrtham) - to Koṭitīrtha (to Koṭitīrtha (a sacred bathing place))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of koṭitīrtha

koṭitīrtha - a crore of tirthas, name of a specific holy bathing place

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (koṭi+tīrtha)

• koṭi – ten million, a crore, multitude
  noun (feminine)
• tīrtha – bathing place, ford, holy place
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tṝ (class 1)

Note: Object of upaspṛśya.

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - after bathing in (having touched, having bathed in, having consecrated oneself by touching water)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root spṛś (6th class), with upasarga upa-. ya suffix for absolutive in compound verbs.

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

हयमेधफलम् (hayamedhaphalam) - the fruit of a horse sacrifice (hayamedha yajña) (the fruit/result of a horse sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hayamedhaphala

hayamedhaphala - result of a horse sacrifice

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (hayamedha+phala)

• hayamedha – horse sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of labhet.

लभेत् (labhet) - one would obtain (one should obtain, would obtain, might obtain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi liṅ) of labh

Optative Middle

Root labh (1st class), ātmanepada.

Root: labh (class 1)