महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-96

ब्रह्मतुङ्गं समासाद्य शुचिः प्रयतमानसः ।
ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति सुकृती विरजा नरः ॥९६॥

96. brahmatuṅgaṁ samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ,
brahmalokamavāpnoti sukṛtī virajā naraḥ.

96. brahmatuṅgam samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamanasaḥ
brahmalokam avāpnoti sukṛtī virajā naraḥ

96. A person (nara) who is pure (śuci), has a disciplined mind (prayatamanas), has performed good deeds (sukṛtin), and is free from impurities (virajā), attains Brahma's realm (brahmaloka) by approaching Brahmatuṅga (Brahma's peak).

96. לאחר שהגיע אל בְּרַהְמַטוּנְגַה, טהור ובעל רוח מרוסנת, האדם בעל המעשים הטובים, השוחרר מתשוקה, מגיע אל עולמו של בְּרַהְמָה.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मतुङ्गम् (brahmatuṅgam) - Refers to a specific holy mountain or lofty place dedicated to Brahma. (Brahma's peak, a high place sacred to Brahma.)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - Refers to visiting or arriving at the holy place. (Having approached, having reached, having obtained.)

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - Morally and ritually pure. (pure, clean, holy.)

• प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - One whose mind is disciplined/controlled.

• ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - The celestial abode of the creator deity Brahma. (Brahma's realm/world.)

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches.

• सुकृती (sukṛtī) - one who has performed good deeds, virtuous, meritorious.

• विरजा (virajā) - Free from mental and moral impurities. (free from passion/dust, spotless, pure.)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person, a human being.

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मतुङ्गम् (brahmatuṅgam) - Refers to a specific holy mountain or lofty place dedicated to Brahma. (Brahma's peak, a high place sacred to Brahma.)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmatuṅga

brahmatuṅga - Brahma's peak, a high place of Brahma.

Compound of Brahma (the creator deity) and tuṅga (peak, high, lofty).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahma+tuṅga)

• brahma – Brahma (the creator deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• tuṅga – high, lofty, prominent, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of samāsādya.

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - Refers to visiting or arriving at the holy place. (Having approached, having reached, having obtained.)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root sad with prefixes sam and ā, suffix ya.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - Morally and ritually pure. (pure, clean, holy.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright, holy, virtuous.

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Agrees with naraḥ.

प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - One whose mind is disciplined/controlled.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayatamanas

prayatamanas - one with a disciplined mind, pure-minded.

Compound of prayata (disciplined, controlled) and manas (mind).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prayata+manas)

• prayata – disciplined, restrained, pure
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-yam + kta
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yam (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Agrees with naraḥ.

ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - The celestial abode of the creator deity Brahma. (Brahma's realm/world.)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahmaloka

brahmaloka - the world or realm of Brahma.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahma+loka)

• brahma – Brahma (the creator deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, abode, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Object of avāpnoti.

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches.

(verb)

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

From root āp with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

सुकृती (sukṛtī) - one who has performed good deeds, virtuous, meritorious.

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sukṛtin

sukṛtin - one who has performed good deeds, virtuous, righteous, meritorious.

Compound of su (good) and kṛtin (doer, performer).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+kṛtin)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• kṛtin – active, clever, one who has done, intelligent
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root kṛ + suffix -in
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with naraḥ.

विरजा (virajā) - Free from mental and moral impurities. (free from passion/dust, spotless, pure.)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virajas

virajas - free from dust, spotless, pure, free from passion/ignorance.

Compound of vi (without) and rajas (dust, passion, impurity).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+rajas)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
• rajas – dust, dirt, impurity; menstrual fluid; passion (one of the three guṇas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with naraḥ.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person, a human being.

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person.

Root: nṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of avāpnoti.

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