महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-89

ततो राजगृहं गच्छेत्तीर्थसेवी नराधिप ।
उपस्पृश्य तपोदेषु काक्षीवानिव मोदते ॥८९॥

89. tato rājagṛhaṁ gacchettīrthasevī narādhipa ,
upaspṛśya tapodeṣu kākṣīvāniva modate.

89. tataḥ rājagṛham gacchet tīrthasevī narādhipa
upaspṛśya tapodeṣu kākṣīvān iva modate

89. O king, a pilgrim (tīrthasevī) should then go to Rājagṛha. Having bathed in the Tapoda waters (hot springs), one rejoices as if fulfilling a desire.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, after the previous action (thereafter, then)

• राजगृहम् (rājagṛham) - to the city named Rājagṛha (Rājagṛha (name of a city))

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

• तीर्थसेवी (tīrthasevī) - a pilgrim who visits sacred places (tīrtha) (one who frequents sacred places, a pilgrim)

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

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having bathed (having touched, having bathed)

• तपोदेषु (tapodeṣu) - in the Tapoda waters (hot springs) (in the hot springs, in the Tapoda (waters))

• काक्षीवान् (kākṣīvān) - like one desiring (pleasure), as if desiring (desirous, longing, wishing)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• मोदते (modate) - rejoices, delights (rejoices, delights, is pleased)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, after the previous action (thereafter, then)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem tad + suffix -tas (ablative sense)

राजगृहम् (rājagṛham) - to the city named Rājagṛha (Rājagṛha (name of a city))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājagṛha

rājagṛha - Rājagṛha (name of an ancient city), king's house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+gṛha)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)

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

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice, parasmaipada

Root: gam (class 1)

तीर्थसेवी (tīrthasevī) - a pilgrim who visits sacred places (tīrtha) (one who frequents sacred places, a pilgrim)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tīrthasevin

tīrthasevin - one who resorts to sacred places, a pilgrim

Derived from tīrtha (sacred place) + sevin (one who serves/frequents)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tīrtha+sevin)

• tīrtha – ford, bathing place, sacred place
  noun (neuter)
• sevin – attending, serving, frequenting
  adjective
  From root sev (to serve) + -in suffix
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: This is a karmopapada tatpuruṣa compound.

नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king (O lord of men, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

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

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having bathed (having touched, having bathed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From prefix upa- + root spṛś (to touch) + suffix -ya

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Often refers to ritual bathing or purification by water.

तपोदेषु (tapodeṣu) - in the Tapoda waters (hot springs) (in the hot springs, in the Tapoda (waters))

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tapoda

tapoda - hot water, hot spring, name of a sacred hot spring

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+uda)

• tapas – heat, austerity (tapas), penance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• uda – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Literally 'heat-water', referring to hot springs. Tapoda is a well-known group of hot springs near Rājagṛha.

काक्षीवान् (kākṣīvān) - like one desiring (pleasure), as if desiring (desirous, longing, wishing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kākṣīvat

kākṣīvat - desiring, wishing, longing

From root kāṅkṣ (to desire) + vat- (possessive suffix)

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the pilgrim. The Devanagari `काक्षीवानिव` shows sandhi with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

मोदते (modate) - rejoices, delights (rejoices, delights, is pleased)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of mud

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root: mud (class 1)