महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-50

अथ वेतसिकां गत्वा पितामहनिषेविताम् ।
अश्वमेधमवाप्नोति गच्छेच्चौशनसीं गतिम् ॥५०॥

50. atha vetasikāṁ gatvā pitāmahaniṣevitām ,
aśvamedhamavāpnoti gaccheccauśanasīṁ gatim.

50. atha vetasikām gatvā pitāmahanisevitām
aśvamedham avāpnoti gacchet ca auśanasīm gatim

50. Then, upon visiting Vetāśikā, a place frequented by the Grandfather (Brahmā), one obtains the benefit of an aśvamedha sacrifice and achieves the status of Uśanas.

50. אחר כך מי שהולך אל וֵטַסִיקָה, שבְּרַהְמָה (הסב הקדמון) מבקר בה, זוכה בפרי טקס אַשְׁוַמֵדְהַא וצועד בדרכו של אוּשַׁנַס.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• वेतसिकाम् (vetasikām) - to the sacred place (tirtha) named Vetāśikā (to Vetāśikā (a sacred place))

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• पितामहनिसेविताम् (pitāmahanisevitām) - frequented by the Grandfather (Brahmā)

• अश्वमेधम् (aśvamedham) - the horse sacrifice (aśvamedha) (horse sacrifice)

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

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one attains (one should go, one should attain)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• औशनसीम् (auśanasīm) - pertaining to Uśanas (Śukra)

• गतिम् (gatim) - state, status (state, condition, destination, path)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वेतसिकाम् (vetasikām) - to the sacred place (tirtha) named Vetāśikā (to Vetāśikā (a sacred place))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vetasikā

vetasikā - name of a sacred place (tirtha)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root gam + suffix -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

पितामहनिसेविताम् (pitāmahanisevitām) - frequented by the Grandfather (Brahmā)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pitāmahanisevitā

pitāmahanisevitā - frequented by the grandfather

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitāmaha+niṣevitā)

• pitāmaha – grandfather; Brahmā
  noun (masculine)
• niṣevitā – frequented, attended, resorted to
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  ni + sev + kta
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sev (class 1)

अश्वमेधम् (aśvamedham) - the horse sacrifice (aśvamedha) (horse sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse sacrifice

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains (attains, obtains)

(verb)

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

present active

ava + āp, 3rd person singular, present tense

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - one attains (one should go, one should attain)

(verb)

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

optative active

3rd person singular, optative mood

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here to imply 'attains' a certain state or destination.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

औशनसीम् (auśanasīm) - pertaining to Uśanas (Śukra)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of auśanasī

auśanasī - relating to Uśanas (Śukra), venusian

derived from Uśanas

गतिम् (gatim) - state, status (state, condition, destination, path)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, way, state, condition, destination

from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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