महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-96

ततो विनशनं गच्छेत्सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् ।
वाजपेयमवाप्नोति सोमलोकं च गच्छति ॥९६॥

96. tato vinaśanaṁ gacchetsarvapāpapramocanam ,
vājapeyamavāpnoti somalokaṁ ca gacchati.

96. tataḥ vinaśanam gacchet sarva-pāpa-pramocanam
vājapeyam avāpnoti soma-lokam ca gacchati

96. tataḥ sarva-pāpa-pramocanam vinaśanam gacchet
vājapeyam avāpnoti ca soma-lokam gacchati

96. One should then go to Vinaśana, the place that grants liberation from all sins. By doing so, a person obtains the merit of the Vājapeya (Vedic ritual) and ascends to the realm of Soma.

96. משם יש ללכת אל וִינַשַׁנַה, המשחררת מכל החטאים. מי שעושה זאת זוכה בפרי טקס וָאג׳ַפֵּיַה הווֵדִי והולך אל עולם סוֹמַה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereupon

• विनशनम् (vinaśanam) - to the sacred place named Vinaśana (to Vinaśana (a sacred place), destruction)

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

• सर्व-पाप-प्रमोचनम् (sarva-pāpa-pramocanam) - that which liberates from all sins

• वाजपेयम् (vājapeyam) - the Vājapeya (Vedic ritual)

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

• सोम-लोकम् (soma-lokam) - to the world of Soma

• च (ca) - and, also

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereupon

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'tad' used as an adverb

विनशनम् (vinaśanam) - to the sacred place named Vinaśana (to Vinaśana (a sacred place), destruction)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vinaśana

vinaśana - Vinaśana (a holy place, lit. 'destruction' or 'disappearance'), disappearance, ruin

often refers to the place where the Sarasvati river disappears

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Object of 'gacchet'

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

(verb)

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

optative mood, third person singular, active voice

vidhiliṅ, Parasmaipada, 3rd singular

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्व-पाप-प्रमोचनम् (sarva-pāpa-pramocanam) - that which liberates from all sins

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva-pāpa-pramocana

sarva-pāpa-pramocana - liberator from all sins, freeing from all evils

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+pāpa+pramocana)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• pāpa – sin, evil, wickedness
  noun (neuter)
• pramocana – liberating, releasing, setting free
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  pra (prefix) + mocana (from muc 'to free')
  Prefix: pra
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Describes Vinaśana

वाजपेयम् (vājapeyam) - the Vājapeya (Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vājapeya

vājapeya - Vājapeya (a type of Vedic ritual or offering, lit. 'drink of strength')

Note: Object of 'avāpnoti'

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - obtains, attains, reaches

(verb)

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

present tense, third person singular, active voice

lat, Parasmaipada, 3rd singular

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

सोम-लोकम् (soma-lokam) - to the world of Soma

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma-loka

soma-loka - the world of Soma, the lunar world

Compound type : tatpurusha (soma+loka)

• soma – Soma (a deity, sacred drink, or the moon)
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'gacchati'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, attains

(verb)

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

present tense, third person singular, active voice

lat, Parasmaipada, 3rd singular

Root: gam (class 1)

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