महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-91

श्रीकुञ्जं च सरस्वत्यां तीर्थं भरतसत्तम ।
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्नग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् ॥९१॥

91. śrīkuñjaṁ ca sarasvatyāṁ tīrthaṁ bharatasattama ,
tatra snātvā naro rājannagniṣṭomaphalaṁ labhet.

91. śrīkuñjaṃ ca sarasvatyāṃ tīrthaṃ bharatasattama
tatra snātvā naraḥ rājan agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

91. O best of the Bharatas, O king, there is also the sacred bathing place (tīrtha) called Śrīkuñja on the Sarasvatī river. A man who bathes there will obtain the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.

91. ויש גם שְׁרִיקוּנְג׳ַה, אתר עלייה לרגל על גדות סַרַסְוַטִי, הו הדגול שבצאצאי בְּהַרַטַה. הו מלך, אדם שנרחץ שם מקבל את פרי האַגְנִישְׁטוֹמַה.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीकुञ्जं (śrīkuñjaṁ) - the sacred bathing place (tīrtha) called Śrīkuñja (Śrīkuñja)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सरस्वत्यां (sarasvatyāṁ) - on the Sarasvatī river (on the Sarasvatī)

• तीर्थं (tīrthaṁ) - sacred bathing place, ford, holy place

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• अग्निष्टोमफलं (agniṣṭomaphalaṁ) - the meritorious result obtained from performing the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice (the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice)

• लभेत् (labhet) - he would obtain, he might obtain, one should obtain

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीकुञ्जं (śrīkuñjaṁ) - the sacred bathing place (tīrtha) called Śrīkuñja (Śrīkuñja)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrīkuñja

śrīkuñja - name of a sacred place (tīrtha)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrī+kuñja)

• śrī – prosperity, glory, wealth, beauty, Lakṣmī
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śrī
• kuñja – bower, arbour, grove, thicket
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kuñj

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सरस्वत्यां (sarasvatyāṁ) - on the Sarasvatī river (on the Sarasvatī)

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (name of a sacred river, goddess of learning)

तीर्थं (tīrthaṁ) - sacred bathing place, ford, holy place

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, holy spot, place of pilgrimage

Root: tṛ

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best of the Bharatas, chief of the Bharata lineage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – a Bharata (member of the Bharata lineage), India, name of a king
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ
• sattama – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  Superlative of sat (good)
  Root: as

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad + suffix tra

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: snā (class 2)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, male

Root: nṛ

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

Root: rāj

अग्निष्टोमफलं (agniṣṭomaphalaṁ) - the meritorious result obtained from performing the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice (the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of agniṣṭomaphala

agniṣṭomaphala - the fruit/merit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agniṣṭoma+phala)

• agniṣṭoma – Agniṣṭoma (a principal Vedic Soma sacrifice)
  noun (masculine)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)
  Root: phal

लभेत् (labhet) - he would obtain, he might obtain, one should obtain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of labh

optative active

Root labh, class 1 (ātmanepada), optative, 3rd person singular

Root: labh (class 1)

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