महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-1

पुलस्त्य उवाच ।
ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र कुरुक्षेत्रमभिष्टुतम् ।
पापेभ्यो विप्रमुच्यन्ते तद्गताः सर्वजन्तवः ॥१॥

1. pulastya uvāca ,
tato gaccheta rājendra kurukṣetramabhiṣṭutam ,
pāpebhyo vipramucyante tadgatāḥ sarvajantavaḥ.

1. pulastya uvāca tataḥ gacchet rājendra kurukṣetram
abhiṣṭutam pāpebhyaḥ vipramucyante tadgatāḥ sarvajantavaḥ

1. Pulastya said: O King, thereafter one should go to Kurukṣetra, which is highly glorified. All beings who go there are liberated from sins.

1. פּוּלַסְטְיַה אמר, הו מלך המלכים, אחר כך עליך ללכת לקוּרוּקְשֵׁטְרַה המהוללת. כל היצורים החיים שהולכים אליה משתחררים לגמרי מחטאיהם.

Words meanings summery:

• पुलस्त्य (pulastya) - Pulastya (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

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

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one should go, one may go

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O King, O Indra among kings

• कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukṣetra (a holy region)

• अभिष्टुतम् (abhiṣṭutam) - highly praised, glorified, extolled

• पापेभ्यः (pāpebhyaḥ) - from sins, from evil deeds

• विप्रमुच्यन्ते (vipramucyante) - they are liberated, they are freed

• तद्गताः (tadgatāḥ) - those who have gone there, having arrived there

• सर्वजन्तवः (sarvajantavaḥ) - all beings, all creatures

Words meanings and morphology

पुलस्त्य (pulastya) - Pulastya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulastya

pulastya - Pulastya (name of a great sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular. Irregular formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that).

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one should go, one may go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O King, O Indra among kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king, chief of kings (lit. Indra of kings)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (name of a deity), chief, best
  noun (masculine)

कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukṣetra (a holy region)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kurukṣetra

kurukṣetra - Kurukṣetra (name of a sacred plain, battlefield of the Mahabharata)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+kṣetra)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king, or his descendants)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣetra – field, region, place, sacred ground
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of gacchet.

अभिष्टुतम् (abhiṣṭutam) - highly praised, glorified, extolled

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhiṣṭuta

abhiṣṭuta - praised, glorified, extolled

Past Passive Participle

From prefix abhi- + root stu (to praise).

Prefix: abhi

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: Agrees with kurukṣetram.

पापेभ्यः (pāpebhyaḥ) - from sins, from evil deeds

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wicked

Note: With vipramucyante implies ablative of separation.

विप्रमुच्यन्ते (vipramucyante) - they are liberated, they are freed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle/passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present tense, Middle voice, 3rd person plural. Formed with prefixes vi- and pra-. Root muc + ya (passive/middle infix).

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Syntactically passive here.

तद्गताः (tadgatāḥ) - those who have gone there, having arrived there

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadgata

tadgata - gone there, arrived there, situated in that

Compound. tad (that) + gata (gone).

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+gata)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to sarvajantavaḥ.

सर्वजन्तवः (sarvajantavaḥ) - all beings, all creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvajantu

sarvajantu - all beings, all creatures

Compound sarva (all) + jantu (being/creature).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+jantu)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• jantu – living being, creature, animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of vipramucyante.

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