महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-22

प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ ।
धारां नाम महाप्राज्ञ सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् ।
तत्र स्नात्वा नरव्याघ्र न शोचति नराधिप ॥२२॥

22. pradakṣiṇamupāvṛtya gaccheta bharatarṣabha ,
dhārāṁ nāma mahāprājña sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm ,
tatra snātvā naravyāghra na śocati narādhipa.

22. pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya gaccheta
bharatarṣabha dhārām nāma mahāprājña
sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm tatra snātvā
naravyāghra na śocati narādhipa

22. O best of Bharatas, O greatly wise one, one should circumambulate and then proceed to the place called Dhārā, which completely eradicates all sins. Having bathed there, O tiger among men, O lord of men, one does not grieve.

22. הו אדם דגול מצאצאי בְּהַרַטַה, הו חכם גדול, לאחר שתקיף את המקום בכיוון ימין, לך אל הזרם הנקרא דְהָארָה, המכלה את כל החטאים. הו אדם אדיר ושליט בני אדם, מי שרוחץ שם אינו מצטער.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise, to the right, circumambulation

• उपावृत्य (upāvṛtya) - having turned, having come back, having circumambulated

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

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

• धाराम् (dhārām) - to the holy place named Dhārā (to Dhārā, the stream/current)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, verily

• महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् (sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm) - which destroys all sins

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

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

• न (na) - not

• शोचति (śocati) - grieves, laments

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

Words meanings and morphology

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise, to the right, circumambulation

(indeclinable)

Prefix: pra

Root: dakṣ

Note: Used adverbially

उपावृत्य (upāvṛtya) - having turned, having come back, having circumambulated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

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

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of Bharata, best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a king/dynasty), supporter
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

धाराम् (dhārām) - to the holy place named Dhārā (to Dhārā, the stream/current)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhārā

dhārā - stream, current, flow, edge (of a sword)

Root: dhṛ

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to introduce a name

महाप्राज्ञ (mahāprājña) - O greatly wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, greatly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+prājña)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent
  adjective

सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् (sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm) - which destroys all sins

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarvapāpapraṇāśinī

sarvapāpapraṇāśinī - destroying all sins

Agent noun

Feminine form of praṇāśin, agent noun from pra-√naś

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+pāpa+praṇāśinī)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective
• pāpa – sin, evil
  noun (neuter)
• praṇāśinī – destroyer, annihilator
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun
  Feminine form of praṇāśin
  Prefix: pra
  Root: naś

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root: snā (class 2)

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

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men (idiomatically: best of men)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vyāghra)

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

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शोचति (śocati) - grieves, laments

(verb)

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

Root: śuc (class 1)

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - lord of men, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)

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