महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-83, verse-1

पुलस्त्य उवाच ।
अथ संध्यां समासाद्य संवेद्यं तीर्थमुत्तमम् ।
उपस्पृश्य नरो विद्वान्भवेन्नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥१॥

1. pulastya uvāca ,
atha saṁdhyāṁ samāsādya saṁvedyaṁ tīrthamuttamam ,
upaspṛśya naro vidvānbhavennāstyatra saṁśayaḥ.

1. pulastyaḥ uvāca atha sandhyām samāsādya saṃvedyam tīrtham
uttamam upaspṛśya naraḥ vidvān bhavet na asti atra saṃśayaḥ

1. Pulastya said: Then, having arrived at Sandhyā, that excellent and well-known pilgrimage site, a wise person who bathes there will undoubtedly become a knower (of truth).

Words meanings summery:

• पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - Sandhyā (name of a pilgrimage site)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having approached

• संवेद्यम् (saṁvedyam) - knowable, to be known, comprehensible, well-known

• तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - pilgrimage site, sacred ford, holy place

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme, highest

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

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise, learned, knowing, a learned man

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, may become, should be

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this (matter)

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulastya

pulastya - Pulastya (name of one of the mind-born sons of Brahmā, a great sage and progenitor of Rākṣasas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (past) (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - Sandhyā (name of a pilgrimage site)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - Sandhyā (name of a sacred place or tirtha; twilight; junction period)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root 'sad' (to sit, approach) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

संवेद्यम् (saṁvedyam) - knowable, to be known, comprehensible, well-known

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃvedya

saṁvedya - knowable, to be known, comprehensible, perceptible, well-known

Gerundive

From root 'vid' (to know) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: vid (class 2)

तीर्थम् (tīrtham) - pilgrimage site, sacred ford, holy place

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - a ford, a passage, a sacred place, a place of pilgrimage, a holy bathing place (tīrtha)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, most excellent, best, supreme, chief

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

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root 'spṛś' (to touch) with prefix 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being, male

विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise, learned, knowing, a learned man

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing, a learned man, scholar

Past Active Participle

From root 'vid' (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, may become, should be

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (matter)

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, suspicion