महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-121

ब्रह्मयोनिं समासाद्य शुचिः प्रयतमानसः ।
तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र ब्रह्मलोकं प्रपद्यते ।
पुनात्यासप्तमं चैव कुलं नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥१२१॥

121. brahmayoniṁ samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ,
tatra snātvā naravyāghra brahmalokaṁ prapadyate ,
punātyāsaptamaṁ caiva kulaṁ nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ.

121. brahmayonim samāsādya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ
tatra snātvā naravyāghra
brahmalokam prapadyate punāti āsaptamam
ca eva kulam na asti atra saṃśayaḥ

121. O tiger among men (naravyāghra), having attained the source of the supreme reality (brahmayoni), a person who is pure (śuci) and self-controlled (prayatamanasaḥ) attains the world of the supreme reality (brahmaloka) by bathing there. Moreover, he purifies his family up to the seventh generation; there is no doubt about this.

121. מי שמגיע אל בְּרַהְמַיוֹנִי, כשהוא טהור ורוחו מרוכזת, ומתרחץ שם, הו אדם דגול, מגיע לעולם בְּרַהְמָה. הוא גם מטהר את משפחתו עד הדור השביעי, אין בכך ספק.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मयोनिम् (brahmayonim) - the source of Brahman (supreme reality)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

• प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - with a controlled mind, self-controlled

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men, O best of men

• ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - the world of Brahman (supreme reality)

• प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - attains, reaches, obtains

• पुनाति (punāti) - purifies

• आसप्तमम् (āsaptamam) - up to the seventh (generation)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

• कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage, race

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, on this point

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मयोनिम् (brahmayonim) - the source of Brahman (supreme reality)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brahmayoni

brahmayoni - source of Brahman, origin of the supreme reality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+yoni)

• brahman – the Absolute, the supreme reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -ya after upasargas

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright

Root: śuc (class 1)

प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - with a controlled mind, self-controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayatamanasa

prayatamanasa - one whose mind is controlled, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prayatā+manas)

• prayatā – controlled, restrained
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from pra-yat (to strive, to restrain)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yat (class 1)
• manas – mind, intellect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: snā (class 2)

नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men, O best of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men (an idiom for a preeminent man)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ (class 1)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: ghrā (class 1)

ब्रह्मलोकम् (brahmalokam) - the world of Brahman (supreme reality)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahmaloka

brahmaloka - the world of Brahman

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+loka)

• brahman – the Absolute, the supreme reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - attains, reaches, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prapad

present middle

4th class Atmanepada

Prefix: pra

Root: pad (class 4)

पुनाति (punāti) - purifies

(verb)

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

present active

9th class Parasmaipada

Root: pū (class 9)

आसप्तमम् (āsaptamam) - up to the seventh (generation)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsaptama

āsaptama - up to the seventh, including the seventh

Compound type : avyayībhāva (ā+saptama)

• ā – up to, until, inclusive of
  indeclinable
  preposition/prefix
• saptama – seventh
  adjective (neuter)
  ordinal number

Note: Modifies 'kulam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just, only

(indeclinable)

कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage, race

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, house

Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Object of 'punāti'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

present active

2nd class Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, on this point

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

from sam-śī with suffix -a

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'na asti'.

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