महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-2

ततो गच्छेत धर्मज्ञ कारापतनमुत्तमम् ।
अग्निष्टोममवाप्नोति मुनिलोकं च गच्छति ॥२॥

2. tato gaccheta dharmajña kārāpatanamuttamam ,
agniṣṭomamavāpnoti munilokaṁ ca gacchati.

2. tataḥ gaccheta dharmajña kārāpatanam uttamam
agniṣṭomam avāpnoti munilokam ca gacchati

2. Then, O knower of natural law (dharma), one should go to the excellent Kārāpatana. One attains the benefit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice and reaches the world of sages.

2. הו היודע את דרך היושר, משם יש ללכת אל קָארָאפַּטַנַה המעולה. הוא ישיג את פרי טקס אַגְנִישְׁטוֹמַה וילך אל עולם הקדושים.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (from that, then, thereafter)

• गच्छेत (gaccheta) - one should go (one should go, one may go, he should go)

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (O knower of dharma, O wise one in natural law)

• कारापतनम् (kārāpatanam) - Kārāpatana (name of a specific sacred place) (Kārāpatana (a sacred bathing place/tirtha))

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent (excellent, best, highest)

• अग्निष्टोमम् (agniṣṭomam) - the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains (obtains, attains, procures)

• मुनिलोकम् (munilokam) - the world of sages

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, reaches (goes, attains, reaches)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (from that, then, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ablative ending used as an adverb

Root: tad

गच्छेत (gaccheta) - one should go (one should go, one may go, he should go)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma) (O knower of dharma, O wise one in natural law)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, acquainted with justice/duty/natural law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, knower
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

कारापतनम् (kārāpatanam) - Kārāpatana (name of a specific sacred place) (Kārāpatana (a sacred bathing place/tirtha))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārāpatana

kārāpatana - name of a sacred bathing place (tirtha)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent (excellent, best, highest)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, principal

superlative from ut-tṛ

Note: Agrees with kārāpatanam

अग्निष्टोमम् (agniṣṭomam) - the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agniṣṭoma

agniṣṭoma - name of a particular Vedic sacrifice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+stoma)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• stoma – praise, hymn, a collection of hymns, a sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: stu (class 2)

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains (obtains, attains, procures)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of avāp

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

मुनिलोकम् (munilokam) - the world of sages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muniloka

muniloka - world of sages, abode of holy men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+loka)

• muni – sage, ascetic, silent one
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, reaches (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

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