महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-82, verse-110
जातिस्मर उपस्पृश्य शुचिः प्रयतमानसः ।
जातिस्मरत्वं प्राप्नोति स्नात्वा तत्र न संशयः ॥११०॥
जातिस्मरत्वं प्राप्नोति स्नात्वा तत्र न संशयः ॥११०॥
110. jātismara upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ,
jātismaratvaṁ prāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṁśayaḥ.
jātismaratvaṁ prāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṁśayaḥ.
110.
jātismara upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamanasaḥ
jātismaratvaṃ prāpnoti snātvā tatra na saṃśayaḥ
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)
- न (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
न (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)