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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-110

जातिस्मर उपस्पृश्य शुचिः प्रयतमानसः ।
जातिस्मरत्वं प्राप्नोति स्नात्वा तत्र न संशयः ॥११०॥
110. jātismara upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ,
jātismaratvaṁ prāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṁśayaḥ.
110. jātismara upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamanasaḥ
jātismaratvaṃ prāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṃśayaḥ
110. Having bathed at the Jātismara (tīrtha) and being pure with a focused mind, one attains the ability to recall past lives (jātismaratva); there is no doubt.

Words meanings summery:

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  • जातिस्मर (jātismara) - the holy site (tīrtha) named Jātismara (one who remembers past lives; recalling previous births)
  • उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having ritually bathed (in the holy water of the tīrtha) (having touched; having bathed)
  • शुचिः (śuciḥ) - ritually pure (pure, clean, holy)
  • प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - with a concentrated and controlled mind (as part of ritual preparation) (with a striving mind, with a controlled mind, focused)
  • जातिस्मरत्वं (jātismaratvaṁ) - the state of remembering past lives
  • प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches
  • स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having completed the ritual bath (having bathed)
  • तत्र (tatra) - at the aforementioned holy site (Jātismara tīrtha) (there, in that place)
  • (na) - not, no
  • संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

जातिस्मर (jātismara) - the holy site (tīrtha) named Jātismara (one who remembers past lives; recalling previous births)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jātismara
jātismara - one who remembers past lives, recalling previous births
A compound meaning "remembering births".
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jāti+smara)
  • jāti – birth, lineage, species, class
    noun (feminine)
    from jan (to be born) + ktin
    Root: jan (class 4)
  • smara – remembering, recollection; one who remembers
    noun (masculine)
    from smṛ (to remember) + ac (kṛt affix)
    Root: smṛ (class 1)
Note: Implied as the name of a tīrtha, with an implied 'gata' or similar, referring to the agent of the actions.
उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having ritually bathed (in the holy water of the tīrtha) (having touched; having bathed)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
from upa- + spṛś + LyaP
Prefix: upa
Root: spṛś (class 6)
शुचिः (śuciḥ) - ritually pure (pure, clean, holy)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci
śuci - pure, clean, holy, bright
प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - with a concentrated and controlled mind (as part of ritual preparation) (with a striving mind, with a controlled mind, focused)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prayatamanas
prayatamanas - with a striving mind, having a controlled mind
Bahuvrīhi compound: prayata (controlled) + manas (mind)
Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (prayatā+manas)
  • prayatā – controlled, restrained, striving, diligent
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    from pra- + yat + kta
    Prefix: pra
    Root: yat (class 1)
  • manas – mind, intellect, thought
    noun (neuter)
    Root: man (class 4)
जातिस्मरत्वं (jātismaratvaṁ) - the state of remembering past lives
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jātismaratva
jātismaratva - the state or condition of remembering previous births
from jātismara + tva (abstract noun suffix)
प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prāp
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having completed the ritual bath (having bathed)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
from snā + ktvā
Root: snā (class 2)
Note: Reinforces the ritual bathing action described earlier or implies a final bath at the location.
तत्र (tatra) - at the aforementioned holy site (Jātismara tīrtha) (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
from tad + tral
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya
saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation
from sam- + śī (to doubt) + aya
Prefix: sam
Root: śī (class 2)