महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-67

शतसाहस्रिकं तत्र तीर्थं भरतसत्तम ।
तत्रोपस्पर्शनं कृत्वा नियतो नियताशनः ।
गोसहस्रफलं पुण्यं प्राप्नोति भरतर्षभ ॥६७॥

67. śatasāhasrikaṁ tatra tīrthaṁ bharatasattama ,
tatropasparśanaṁ kṛtvā niyato niyatāśanaḥ ,
gosahasraphalaṁ puṇyaṁ prāpnoti bharatarṣabha.

67. śatasāhasrikam tatra tīrtham
bharatasattama tatra upasparśanam kṛtvā
niyataḥ niyatāśanaḥ gosahasraphalam
puṇyam prāpnoti bharatarṣabha

67. O best of Bharatas, there is a holy place (tīrtha) there worth a hundred thousand. Having performed a ritual ablution there, restrained and with regulated food intake, one attains the merit of a thousand cows, O bull among Bharatas.

67. הו אדם דגול מבית בְּהַרַטַה, שם נמצא המקום הקדוש שַׁטַסָאהַסְרִיקַה. מי שמקיים שם רחצה טקסית, ומקפיד על ריסון עצמי ועל אכילה מדודה, זוכה בפרי הטהור השווה לאלף פרות, הו מצטיין מבית בְּהַרַטַה.

Words meanings summery:

• शतसाहस्रिकम् (śatasāhasrikam) - worth a hundred thousand, of a hundred thousand

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - a holy bathing place, shrine

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• उपस्पर्शनम् (upasparśanam) - a ritual ablution, touching sacred water

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• नियतः (niyataḥ) - restrained, self-controlled, disciplined

• नियताशनः (niyatāśanaḥ) - with regulated food, having controlled diet

• गोसहस्रफलम् (gosahasraphalam) - the fruit of a thousand cows

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, righteousness

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among Bharatas, O foremost of Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

शतसाहस्रिकम् (śatasāhasrikam) - worth a hundred thousand, of a hundred thousand

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śatasāhasrika

śatasāhasrika - consisting of a hundred thousand, worth a hundred thousand

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - a holy bathing place, shrine

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - a holy bathing place, sacred ford, shrine

Root: tṛ (class 1)

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best of the Bharatas (a designation for a member of the Bharata lineage, often Arjuna or Yudhiṣṭhira)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

उपस्पर्शनम् (upasparśanam) - a ritual ablution, touching sacred water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upasparśana

upasparśana - touching, ablution, bathing, performing ritual cleansing

Derived from root √spṛś with upasarga upa

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, make) with the suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नियतः (niyataḥ) - restrained, self-controlled, disciplined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata

niyata - restrained, disciplined, controlled, fixed

past passive participle

Derived from root √yam (to restrain) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

नियताशनः (niyatāśanaḥ) - with regulated food, having controlled diet

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyatāśana

niyatāśana - one whose food is regulated, having a controlled diet

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niyata+āśana)

• niyata – regulated, restrained, controlled
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root √yam with upasarga ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• āśana – food, eating
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)

गोसहस्रफलम् (gosahasraphalam) - the fruit of a thousand cows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gosahasraphala

gosahasraphala - the fruit or reward of (giving) a thousand cows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+sahasra+phala)

• go – cow
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, reward
  noun (neuter)

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit, virtue, righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed, righteousness

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of prāpnoti

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull among Bharatas, O foremost of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, foremost of Bharatas (an epithet for a great warrior or leader of the Bharata lineage)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, best, foremost
  noun (masculine)

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