महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-37

अरुन्धतीवटं गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप ।
सामुद्रकमुपस्पृश्य त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः ।
गोसहस्रफलं विन्देत्कुलं चैव समुद्धरेत् ॥३७॥

37. arundhatīvaṭaṁ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa ,
sāmudrakamupaspṛśya trirātropoṣito naraḥ ,
gosahasraphalaṁ vindetkulaṁ caiva samuddharet.

37. arundhatīvaṭam gacchet tīrthasevī
narādhipa sāmudrakam upaspṛśya
trirātroṣitaḥ naraḥ go-sahasra-phalam
vindet kulam ca eva samuddharet

37. O king (narādhipa), a pilgrim (tīrthasevī) should visit Arundhatīvaṭa. A person who touches the ocean and fasts for three nights at that spot obtains the fruit of donating a thousand cows and saves their family (kula).

37. הו שליט בני אדם, המבקר באתרי הרחצה הקדושים ילך אל אַרוּנְדְהַטִיוַתַה. מי שנוגע שם במימי סָאמוּדְרַקַה וצם שלושה לילות, יזכה בפרי אלף פרות ויגאל את משפחתו.

Words meanings summery:

• अरुन्धतीवटम् (arundhatīvaṭam) - to Arundhatīvaṭa

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go, may go

• तीर्थसेवी (tīrthasevī) - a pilgrim, one who visits holy places

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

• सामुद्रकम् (sāmudrakam) - the ocean (or a specific body of water at the confluence) (the ocean, the sea)

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched, having come in contact with

• त्रिरात्रोषितः (trirātroṣitaḥ) - one who has fasted for three nights

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• गो-सहस्र-फलम् (go-sahasra-phalam) - the fruit/merit of donating a thousand cows (the fruit/result of a thousand cows)

• विन्देत् (vindet) - would obtain, would find

• कुलम् (kulam) - family (kula) (family, lineage, race)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - certainly, indeed, only

• समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - would deliver, would save, would uplift

Words meanings and morphology

अरुन्धतीवटम् (arundhatīvaṭam) - to Arundhatīvaṭa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arundhatīvaṭa

arundhatīvaṭa - Arundhatī's Banyan tree, name of a sacred place

genitive tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arundhatī+vaṭa)

• arundhatī – name of a star (Alcor), wife of sage Vasishtha
  proper noun (feminine)
• vaṭa – banyan tree, Ficus indica
  noun (masculine)

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go, may go

(verb)

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

optative stem

class 1 (śap), from √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तीर्थसेवी (tīrthasevī) - a pilgrim, one who visits holy places

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrthasevin

tīrthasevin - a pilgrim, one who frequents or serves holy places

upapada tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (tīrtha+sevin)

• tīrtha – holy place, ford, sacred bathing place, shrine
  noun (neuter)
• sevin – serving, frequenting, worshipping, inhabiting (adjective/noun)
  adjective (masculine)
  from √sev (class 1) + in suffix
  Root: sev (class 1)

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king, ruler of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, ruler of men, sovereign

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

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

सामुद्रकम् (sāmudrakam) - the ocean (or a specific body of water at the confluence) (the ocean, the sea)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāmudraka

sāmudraka - relating to the sea; the ocean; a sea-shell

from samudra + ka (suffix)

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched, having come in contact with

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from upa + √spṛś (class 6) + ya suffix

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

त्रिरात्रोषितः (trirātroṣitaḥ) - one who has fasted for three nights

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trirātroṣita

trirātroṣita - one who has fasted for three nights

Past Passive Participle compound

bahuvrīhi compound: tri-rātra (for three nights) + upoṣita (fasted); internal sandhi a+u=o

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+rātra+upoṣita)

• tri – three
  numeral
• rātra – night (usually as part of a compound for duration), a day-and-night
  noun (neuter)
• upoṣita – fasted, abstained from food, having kept a fast
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from upa + √vas (class 2) + kta suffix
  Prefix: upa
  Root: vas (class 2)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, male

गो-सहस्र-फलम् (go-sahasra-phalam) - the fruit/merit of donating a thousand cows (the fruit/result of a thousand cows)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of go-sahasra-phala

go-sahasra-phala - the fruit/result of a thousand cows

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go-sahasra+phala)

• go-sahasra – a thousand cows
  compound noun (neuter)
  dvigu/tatpuruṣa compound
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)

विन्देत् (vindet) - would obtain, would find

(verb)

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

optative stem

class 6 (śā), from √vid

Root: vid (class 6)

कुलम् (kulam) - family (kula) (family, lineage, race)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan, noble extraction

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

समुद्धरेत् (samuddharet) - would deliver, would save, would uplift

(verb)

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

optative stem

class 1 (śap), from sam + ud + √dhṛ

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

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