महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-73

दृषद्वत्यां नरः स्नात्वा तर्पयित्वा च देवताः ।
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां फलं विन्दति भारत ॥७३॥

73. dṛṣadvatyāṁ naraḥ snātvā tarpayitvā ca devatāḥ ,
agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṁ phalaṁ vindati bhārata.

73. dṛṣadvatyām naraḥ snātvā tarpayitvā ca devatāḥ
agniṣṭomātirātrābhyām phalam vindati bhārata

73. O Bhārata, a man who bathes in the Dṛṣadvatī and propitiates the gods obtains the merit of performing both the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra (yajña) sacrifices.

73. מי שמתרחץ בדְרְשַׁדְוַטִי ומרצה את האלים בנתינת מים, משיג, הו בְּהָארַטַה, את פרי הטקסים אַגְנִישְׁטוֹמַה ואַטִירָאטְרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• दृषद्वत्याम् (dṛṣadvatyām) - in the river Dṛṣadvatī

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, person

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• तर्पयित्वा (tarpayitvā) - having propitiated, having satisfied

• च (ca) - and, also

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - gods, deities

• अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्याम् (agniṣṭomātirātrābhyām) - by (performing) the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices

• फलम् (phalam) - merit, reward (fruit, result, reward, merit)

• विन्दति (vindati) - obtains, finds, gains

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

Words meanings and morphology

दृषद्वत्याम् (dṛṣadvatyām) - in the river Dṛṣadvatī

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dṛṣadvatī

dṛṣadvatī - name of a sacred river

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √snā

Root: snā (class 2)

तर्पयित्वा (tarpayitvā) - having propitiated, having satisfied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) of Causal

Derived from causal of √tṛp

Root: tṛp (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god

अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्याम् (agniṣṭomātirātrābhyām) - by (performing) the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of agniṣṭomātirātra

agniṣṭomātirātra - the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices (names of Soma sacrifices)

Compound type : dvandva (agniṣṭoma+atirātra)

• agniṣṭoma – a type of Soma sacrifice, praise of Agni
  noun (masculine)
• atirātra – a type of Soma sacrifice extending beyond one night
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the merit acquired by performing these two yajñas.

फलम् (phalam) - merit, reward (fruit, result, reward, merit)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, merit

विन्दति (vindati) - obtains, finds, gains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √vid

Present Tense

3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: vid (class 6)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a name for Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira

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