महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-56

अभिषेककृतस्तत्र नियतो नियताशनः ।
गवामयस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति भारत ।
पुनात्यासप्तमं चैव कुलं भरतसत्तम ॥५६॥

56. abhiṣekakṛtastatra niyato niyatāśanaḥ ,
gavāmayasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti bhārata ,
punātyāsaptamaṁ caiva kulaṁ bharatasattama.

56. abhīṣekakṛtaḥ tatra niyataḥ
niyatāśanaḥ gavāmayasya yajñasya phalam
prāpnoti bhārata punāti ā
saptamam ca eva kulam bharatasattama

56. bhārata bharatasattama tatra
abhīṣekakṛtaḥ niyataḥ niyatāśanaḥ
gavāmayasya yajñasya phalam prāpnoti
ca eva ā saptamam kulam punāti

56. O Bhārata, a person who has performed an ablution there, being self-controlled and eating sparingly, attains the fruit of the Gavāmayana (Vedic ritual). And indeed, O best of the Bhāratas, he purifies his family up to the seventh generation.

56. הו בְּהָארַטַה, מי שמתרחץ שם (בנַיִמִישַׁה) בטקס רחצה, ומקפיד על ריסון עצמי ועל אכילה מדודה, זוכה בפרי של הטקס הוודי גַוָאמַיַה, והוא גם מטהר את משפחתו עד הדור השביעי, הו אדם דגול מבית בְּהַרַטַה.

Words meanings summery:

• अभीषेककृतः (abhīṣekakṛtaḥ) - a person who has taken the ritual bath (one who has performed an ablution or consecration)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• नियतः (niyataḥ) - having disciplined oneself, especially regarding bodily functions or senses (self-controlled, restrained, disciplined)

• नियताशनः (niyatāśanaḥ) - observing a controlled diet as part of spiritual discipline (one whose food is regulated, one who eats sparingly)

• गवामयस्य (gavāmayasya) - of the Gavāmayana (Vedic ritual), a type of Soma ritual lasting one year (of the Gavāmayana)

• यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the ritual action or offering (of the (Vedic ritual), of the offering)

• फलम् (phalam) - the beneficial outcome or merit gained from the ritual (fruit, result, reward)

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

• भारत (bhārata) - Vocative address, likely to King Yudhiṣṭhira or Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

• पुनाति (punāti) - cleanses from sin or ritual impurity, elevates in status (purifies, cleanses, consecrates)

• आ (ā) - inclusive preposition meaning 'up to' (up to, until, even, near)

• सप्तमम् (saptamam) - the seventh generation (of family) (seventh)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• कुलम् (kulam) - one's ancestral line (family, lineage, race, community)

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - Vocative address, likely to King Yudhiṣṭhira (O best of the Bhāratas)

Words meanings and morphology

अभीषेककृतः (abhīṣekakṛtaḥ) - a person who has taken the ritual bath (one who has performed an ablution or consecration)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhīṣekakṛta

abhīṣekakṛta - one who has performed ablution/consecration

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhīṣeka+kṛta)

• abhīṣeka – ablution, bathing, consecration
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sic (to sprinkle) with prefix abhi-.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: sic (class 6)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used substantively to refer to 'one who has performed'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) + tral (suffix for place).

नियतः (niyataḥ) - having disciplined oneself, especially regarding bodily functions or senses (self-controlled, restrained, disciplined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata

niyata - restrained, self-controlled, regulated, disciplined, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root yam (to restrain) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Used substantively.

नियताशनः (niyatāśanaḥ) - observing a controlled diet as part of spiritual discipline (one whose food is regulated, one who eats sparingly)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyatāśana

niyatāśana - one whose food is regulated, one who eats sparingly

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niyata+āśana)

• niyata – restrained, regulated, controlled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root yam (to restrain) with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• āśana – eating, food, act of eating
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Used substantively.

गवामयस्य (gavāmayasya) - of the Gavāmayana (Vedic ritual), a type of Soma ritual lasting one year (of the Gavāmayana)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gavāmayana

gavāmayana - a particular Soma (Vedic ritual) lasting one year, also called Gavām Ayana ('the course of the cows')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+ayana)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• ayana – going, path, course, year
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root i (to go).
  Root: i (class 2)

यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the ritual action or offering (of the (Vedic ritual), of the offering)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, offering, adoration, worship

Derived from root yaj (to worship, offer).

Root: yaj (class 1)

फलम् (phalam) - the beneficial outcome or merit gained from the ritual (fruit, result, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, advantage

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains, reaches

(verb)

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

Present indicative active

Present indicative active 3rd person singular of root āp (class 5) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

भारत (bhārata) - Vocative address, likely to King Yudhiṣṭhira or Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, an inhabitant of Bhāratavarṣa (India)

Derived from Bharata.

पुनाति (punāti) - cleanses from sin or ritual impurity, elevates in status (purifies, cleanses, consecrates)

(verb)

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

Present indicative active

Present indicative active 3rd person singular of root pū (class 9).

Root: pū (class 9)

आ (ā) - inclusive preposition meaning 'up to' (up to, until, even, near)

(indeclinable)

Preposition or indeclinable particle.

सप्तमम् (saptamam) - the seventh generation (of family) (seventh)

(numeral)

Note: Used here adverbially or as part of a compound with 'ā' (āsaptamam meaning up to seventh generation).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

कुलम् (kulam) - one's ancestral line (family, lineage, race, community)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan, community

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - Vocative address, likely to King Yudhiṣṭhira (O best of the Bhāratas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best among the Bhāratas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a king, a sage
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama applied to sat (good, excellent).

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