महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-156

बदरीपाचनं गच्छेद्वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं ततः ।
बदरं भक्षयेत्तत्र त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः ॥१५६॥

156. badarīpācanaṁ gacchedvasiṣṭhasyāśramaṁ tataḥ ,
badaraṁ bhakṣayettatra trirātropoṣito naraḥ.

156. badarīpācanam gacchet vasiṣṭhasya āśramam tataḥ
badaram bhakṣayet tatra trirātropoṣitaḥ naraḥ

156. Then, a person should go to the hermitage (āśrama) of Vasiṣṭha at Badarīpācana. There, fasting for three nights, he should eat jujube fruits.

156. אחר כך יש ללכת אל בַּדַרִיפָּאצ׳ַנַה, משכנו של וַסִישְׁתְהַא. אדם שצם שם שלושה לילות, יאכל שם שזיפים הודיים (בַּדַרַה).

Words meanings summery:

• बदरीपाचनम् (badarīpācanam) - Badarīpācana (a specific place name)

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

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - to the hermitage, to the retreat

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

• बदरम् (badaram) - jujube fruit

• भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - he should eat, one should eat

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• त्रिरात्रोपोषितः (trirātropoṣitaḥ) - one who has fasted for three nights, having fasted for three nights

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

Words meanings and morphology

बदरीपाचनम् (badarīpācanam) - Badarīpācana (a specific place name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of badarīpācana

badarīpācana - name of a place, specifically the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha

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

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: gam (class 1)

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - name of a revered Vedic sage

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - to the hermitage, to the retreat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, afterwards

(indeclinable)

बदरम् (badaram) - jujube fruit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of badara

badara - jujube fruit (Ziziphus mauritiana), jujube tree

भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - he should eat, one should eat

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice; desiderative of root *bhaj*

Root: bhaj (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

त्रिरात्रोपोषितः (trirātropoṣitaḥ) - one who has fasted for three nights, having fasted for three nights

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trirātropoṣita

trirātropoṣita - one who has fasted for three nights

Past Passive Participle

Compound of tri-rātra (three nights) and upoṣita (fasted), from root *vas* (to dwell) with *upa*.

Compound type : tatpurusha (trirātra+upoṣita)

• trirātra – three nights
  noun (neuter)
• upoṣita – fasted, abstained, dwelt near
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root *vas* (to dwell) with prefix *upa*.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Acts as an agent noun here.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

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