महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-90

यक्षिण्या नैत्यकं तत्र प्राश्नीत पुरुषः शुचिः ।
यक्षिण्यास्तु प्रसादेन मुच्यते भ्रूणहत्यया ॥९०॥

90. yakṣiṇyā naityakaṁ tatra prāśnīta puruṣaḥ śuciḥ ,
yakṣiṇyāstu prasādena mucyate bhrūṇahatyayā.

90. yakṣiṇyā naityakam tatra prāśnīta puruṣaḥ śuciḥ
yakṣiṇyāḥ tu prasādena mucyate bhūṇahatyayā

90. A pure person should partake daily of the offering there for the Yakṣiṇī. By the grace of the Yakṣiṇī, one is freed from the sin of feticide.

90. שם אדם טהור יאכל את מנת הקרבן היומית של יַקְשִׁינִי. בחסדה של יַקְשִׁינִי הוא ישתחרר מחטא הריגת עובר.

Words meanings summery:

• यक्षिण्या (yakṣiṇyā) - of the Yakṣiṇī

• नैत्यकम् (naityakam) - the daily offering to the Yakṣiṇī (daily offering, daily ritual, something regular)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्राश्नीत (prāśnīta) - one should eat, he should partake

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a human being

• शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

• यक्षिण्याः (yakṣiṇyāḥ) - of the Yakṣiṇī

• तु (tu) - and (but, however, and, indeed)

• प्रसादेन (prasādena) - by grace, by favor, by blessings

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is freed, is released, is liberated

• भूणहत्यया (bhūṇahatyayā) - from the sin of feticide/abortion

Words meanings and morphology

यक्षिण्या (yakṣiṇyā) - of the Yakṣiṇī

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yakṣiṇī

yakṣiṇī - a female yakṣa, a semi-divine being, a nature spirit

नैत्यकम् (naityakam) - the daily offering to the Yakṣiṇī (daily offering, daily ritual, something regular)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naityaka

naityaka - daily, habitual, regular

derived from nitya (constant, daily)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

प्राश्नीत (prāśnīta) - one should eat, he should partake

(verb)

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

Optative 3rd person singular active

Prefix: pra

Root: aś (class 9)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, a human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - a man, a person, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci

śuci - pure, clean, bright, holy

यक्षिण्याः (yakṣiṇyāḥ) - of the Yakṣiṇī

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yakṣiṇī

yakṣiṇī - a female yakṣa, a semi-divine being, a nature spirit

तु (tu) - and (but, however, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

प्रसादेन (prasādena) - by grace, by favor, by blessings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - grace, favor, blessing, serenity

from pra + sad (to sit down, settle)

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is freed, is released, is liberated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present passive 3rd person singular

Root: muc (class 6)

भूणहत्यया (bhūṇahatyayā) - from the sin of feticide/abortion

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhūṇahatya

bhūṇahatya - feticide, abortion, killing of an embryo

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūṇa+hatyā)

• bhūṇa – embryo, fetus, child
  noun (masculine)
• hatyā – killing, murder
  noun (feminine)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Indicates separation ('from the sin of feticide').

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