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.

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.