महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-6

गत्वा हि श्रद्धया युक्तः कुरुक्षेत्रं कुरूद्वह ।
राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥६॥

6. gatvā hi śraddhayā yuktaḥ kurukṣetraṁ kurūdvaha ,
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṁ phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ.

6. gatvā hi śraddhayā yuktaḥ kurukṣetram kurūdvaha
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyām phalam prāpnoti mānavaḥ

6. Indeed (hi), O foremost among the Kurus (kurūdvaha), a human being (mānavaḥ) who has gone to Kurukshetra imbued with (yuktaḥ) (śraddhā) obtains the fruit (phalam) of performing both the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (yajña)s.

6. הו שגשוג הקוּרוּ, אדם שהולך לקוּרוּקְשֵׁטְרַה מתוך אמונה משיג את פרי הטקסים הוודיים רָאג׳ַסוּיַה ואַשְׁוַמֵדְהַא.

Words meanings summery:

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - with faith, by means of faith

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with, joined with, equipped with

• कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukshetra

• कुरूद्वह (kurūdvaha) - Referring to Yudhishthira. (O foremost among the Kurus, O leader of the Kurus)

• राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्याम् (rājasūyāśvamedhābhyām) - from the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (yajña)s; by the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (yajña)s

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - he obtains, he achieves, he gets

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being, a man, descendant of Manu

Words meanings and morphology

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, after going

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as an indeclinable participle.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis.

श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - with faith, by means of faith

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śraddhā

śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, devotion (śraddhā)

Root: dhā

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed with, joined with, equipped with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged in, proper, concentrated (past passive participle of yuj)

Past Passive Participle

from root yuj with suffix -ta

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'mānavaḥ'.

कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - Kurukshetra

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kurukṣetra

kurukṣetra - the field of the Kurus, Kurukshetra

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+kṣetra)

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

Note: Object of 'gatvā'.

कुरूद्वह (kurūdvaha) - Referring to Yudhishthira. (O foremost among the Kurus, O leader of the Kurus)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurūdvaha

kurūdvaha - leader of the Kurus, best of the Kurus (kuru 'Kuru' + udvaha 'bearing, carrying, leading', from ud-vah)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+udvaha)

• kuru – Kuru (dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• udvaha – bearing, carrying, leading, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from ud-vah, with -a suffix
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira.

राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्याम् (rājasūyāśvamedhābhyām) - from the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (yajña)s; by the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (yajña)s

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of rājasūyāśvamedha

rājasūyāśvamedha - the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices (dvandva compound of rājasūya and aśvamedha)

Compound type : dvandva (rājasūya+aśvamedha)

• rājasūya – Rājasūya sacrifice (royal consecration (yajña))
  noun (masculine)
• aśvamedha – Aśvamedha sacrifice (horse (yajña))
  noun (masculine)

Note: The sense implies 'the fruit of the two sacrifices'.

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of 'prāpnoti'.

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - he obtains, he achieves, he gets

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-āp

present stem

from root āp, present class 5 (āpnoti) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Subject is 'mānavaḥ'.

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being, a man, descendant of Manu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human being, man, descendant of Manu

from Manu with suffix -a (aptya-pratyaya)

Note: Subject of 'prāpnoti'.

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