महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-84

अहश्च सुदिनं चैव द्वे तीर्थे च सुदुर्लभे ।
तयोः स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र सूर्यलोकमवाप्नुयात् ॥८४॥

84. ahaśca sudinaṁ caiva dve tīrthe ca sudurlabhe ,
tayoḥ snātvā naravyāghra sūryalokamavāpnuyāt.

84. ahaḥ ca su-dinam ca eva dve tīrthe ca su-durlabhe
| tayoḥ snātvā nara-vyāghra sūrya-lokam avāpnuyāt

84. The two sacred places (tīrtha) called Aha and Sudina are indeed extremely rare. O best of men, one who bathes in them attains the realm of the sun.

84. אַהַהְ וְסוּדִינַה הם שני אתרי עלייה לרגל נדירים מאוד. הו נמר בין אנשים, מי שנרחץ בשניהם משיג את עולם השמש.

Words meanings summery:

• अहः (ahaḥ) - the sacred place (tīrtha) named Aha (day, daytime)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सुदिनम् (sudinam) - the sacred place (tīrtha) named Sudina (auspicious day, good day)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एव (eva) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, just, only, emphasis)

• द्वे (dve) - two

• तीर्थे (tīrthe) - sacred places (tīrtha) (sacred bathing place, ford, shrine, holy place)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सुदुर्लभे (sudurlabhe) - extremely rare (very difficult to obtain, very rare)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - in them (referring to the two tīrthas) (of them, in them, from them (dual))

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

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

• सूर्यलोकम् (sūryalokam) - the realm of the sun (sun world, realm of the sun)

• अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - one attains (one would attain, should attain, may attain)

Words meanings and morphology

अहः (ahaḥ) - the sacred place (tīrtha) named Aha (day, daytime)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day, daytime

Note: The 's' from 'ahan' drops before 'ca', resulting in 'ḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सुदिनम् (sudinam) - the sacred place (tīrtha) named Sudina (auspicious day, good day)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sudina

sudina - auspicious day, good day

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dina)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• dina – day
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, just, only, emphasis)

(indeclinable)

द्वे (dve) - two

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of dvi

dvi - two

Note: Agrees with 'tīrthe'.

तीर्थे (tīrthe) - sacred places (tīrtha) (sacred bathing place, ford, shrine, holy place)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of tīrtha

tīrtha - sacred bathing place, ford, shrine, holy place, pilgrimage site

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सुदुर्लभे (sudurlabhe) - extremely rare (very difficult to obtain, very rare)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of sudurlabha

sudurlabha - very difficult to obtain, very rare

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+durlabha)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• durlabha – difficult to obtain, rare
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root labh with prefix dur and suffix -a
  Prefix: dur
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tīrthe'.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - in them (referring to the two tīrthas) (of them, in them, from them (dual))

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, those, them

Note: Forms for dual genitive and locative are the same. Context indicates locative.

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed by adding 'tvā' suffix to the root 'snā'.

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Gerund/Absolutive indicates a completed action preceding the main verb.

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

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Exclamatory address.

सूर्यलोकम् (sūryalokam) - the realm of the sun (sun world, realm of the sun)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūryaloka

sūryaloka - sun world, realm of the sun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūrya+loka)

• sūrya – sun, the Sun god
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'avāpnuyāt'.

अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - one attains (one would attain, should attain, may attain)

(verb)

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

Optative (vidhiliṅ)

Root 'āp' (5th class), with prefix 'ava'.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

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