महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-30

ततो ललितिकां गच्छेच्छंतनोस्तीर्थमुत्तमम् ।
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्न दुर्गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥३०॥

30. tato lalitikāṁ gacchecchaṁtanostīrthamuttamam ,
tatra snātvā naro rājanna durgatimavāpnuyāt.

30. tataḥ lalitikām gacchet śaṃtanoḥ tīrtham uttamam
tatra snātvā naraḥ rājan na durgatim avāpnuyāt

30. O king, one should then go to Lalitikā, the excellent sacred place (tīrtha) of Śaṃtanu. A person who bathes there will not experience misfortune (durgati).

Words meanings summery:

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

• ललितिकाम् (lalitikām) - to the sacred place (tīrtha) named Lalitikā (to Lalitikā)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one should go, he should go

• शंतनोः (śaṁtanoḥ) - of Śaṃtanu

• तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - a sacred bathing place or pilgrimage site (tīrtha) (sacred place, ford, holy bathing place)

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

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (a man, a person)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• न (na) - not, no

• दुर्गतिम् (durgatim) - misfortune (durgati), a bad destination or fate (bad state, misery, misfortune, evil destiny)

• अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - may attain, should attain

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'tad' with suffix '-tas'

ललितिकाम् (lalitikām) - to the sacred place (tīrtha) named Lalitikā (to Lalitikā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of lalitikā

lalitikā - a woman's name, a particular sacred place

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one should go, he should go

(verb)

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

Optative mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular optative of 'gam' (1st class)

Root: gam (class 1)

शंतनोः (śaṁtanoḥ) - of Śaṃtanu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaṃtanu

śaṁtanu - a legendary king of the Lunar dynasty, father of Bhīṣma

तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - a sacred bathing place or pilgrimage site (tīrtha) (sacred place, ford, holy bathing place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place, holy place, place of pilgrimage (tīrtha)

Note: Can also be nominative, but accusative fits better with 'gacchet'

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

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme, chief

Superlative of 'ud'

Note: Agrees with 'tīrtham'

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'tad' with suffix '-tra'

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root 'snā' (2nd class)

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Often classified as an indeclinable participle or gerund.

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (a man, a person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दुर्गतिम् (durgatim) - misfortune (durgati), a bad destination or fate (bad state, misery, misfortune, evil destiny)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durgati

durgati - bad state, misery, misfortune, evil destiny, hellish existence (durgati)

Compound of 'dur' (bad) and 'gati' (going, state)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+gati)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  Prefix/indeclinable
• gati – going, motion, course, way, state, condition, destination
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - may attain, should attain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of avāp

Optative mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular optative of root 'āp' with upasarga 'ava' (5th class)

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)