महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-11

पृथिव्यास्तीर्थमासाद्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ।
ततः शालूकिनीं गत्वा तीर्थसेवी नराधिप ।
दशाश्वमेधिके स्नात्वा तदेव लभते फलम् ॥११॥

11. pṛthivyāstīrthamāsādya gosahasraphalaṁ labhet ,
tataḥ śālūkinīṁ gatvā tīrthasevī narādhipa ,
daśāśvamedhike snātvā tadeva labhate phalam.

11. pṛthivyāḥ tīrtham āsādya gosahasraphalam
labhet | tataḥ śālukinīm
gatvā tīrthasevī narādhipa | daśāśvamedhike
snātvā tat eva labhate phalam

11. Having reached a sacred bathing place (tīrtha) on earth, one obtains the reward of a thousand cows. O ruler of men, thereafter, a person who frequents sacred places, having gone to Shālukinī and bathed in Daśāśvamedhika, obtains that very same reward.

11. מי שמגיע לעליית הרגל של האדמה (פְּרִיתְהְוִי) ישיג את פרי נתינת אלף פרות. אחר כך, הו שליט האנשים, המבקר בעליות רגל, כשהולך לשָׁאלוּקִינִי ורוחץ בדַשַׁאשְׁוַמֵדְהִיקַה, הוא משיג את אותו פרי.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

• तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - sacred bathing place, holy place

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained

• गोसहस्रफलम् (gosahasraphalam) - the reward of a thousand cows

• लभेत् (labhet) - one would obtain, one may obtain

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

• शालुकिनीम् (śālukinīm) - Shālukinī (name of a sacred place)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• तीर्थसेवी (tīrthasevī) - one who frequents sacred places, worshipper of tīrthas

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O ruler of men, O king

• दशाश्वमेधिके (daśāśvamedhike) - in Daśāśvamedhika (name of a sacred place)

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• तत् (tat) - that very same reward (of a thousand cows) (that, that reward)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground

तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - sacred bathing place, holy place

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - sacred bathing place, holy place, ford, sacred water

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √sad (to sit, approach) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

गोसहस्रफलम् (gosahasraphalam) - the reward of a thousand cows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gosahasraphala

gosahasraphala - fruit/reward of a thousand cows

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (go+sahasra+phala)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

लभेत् (labhet) - one would obtain, one may obtain

(verb)

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

Optative mood, Ātmanepada

3rd person singular, optative, middle voice, from root labh (1st class).

Root: labh (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter, from there, then

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb derived from 'tad' with suffix -tas.

शालुकिनीम् (śālukinīm) - Shālukinī (name of a sacred place)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śālukinī

śālukinī - Shālukinī (a proper name, likely of a tīrtha)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √gam (to go) with suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

तीर्थसेवी (tīrthasevī) - one who frequents sacred places, worshipper of tīrthas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrthasevin

tīrthasevin - one who frequents sacred places, worshipper of tīrthas

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (tīrtha+sevin)

• tīrtha – sacred bathing place, holy place
  noun (neuter)
• sevin – serving, frequenting, worshipping
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √sev (to serve) with suffix -in.
  Root: sev (class 1)

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O ruler of men, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - ruler of men, king

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √pā (to protect) with prefix adhi-.
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

दशाश्वमेधिके (daśāśvamedhike) - in Daśāśvamedhika (name of a sacred place)

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of daśāśvamedhika

daśāśvamedhika - Daśāśvamedhika (name of a sacred bathing place, lit. 'related to ten horse sacrifices')

Derived from 'daśāśvamedha' (ten horse sacrifices) with the suffix -ika, indicating a place or ceremony related to it.

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root √snā (to bathe) with suffix -tvā.

Root: snā (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that very same reward (of a thousand cows) (that, that reward)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

लभते (labhate) - obtains, gains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of labh

Present tense, Ātmanepada

3rd person singular, present indicative, middle voice, from root labh (1st class).

Root: labh (class 1)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, reward, consequence

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