महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-83, verse-20

ततो गच्छेत कावेरीं वृतामप्सरसां गणैः ।
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन्गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् ॥२०॥

20. tato gaccheta kāverīṁ vṛtāmapsarasāṁ gaṇaiḥ ,
tatra snātvā naro rājangosahasraphalaṁ labhet.

20. tataḥ gaccheta kāverīm vṛtām apsarasām gaṇaiḥ
tatra snātvā naraḥ rājan gosahasraphalam labhet

20. Then, O King, one should go to the Kaveri River, which is surrounded by hosts of Apsaras. Having bathed there, a person obtains the merit of donating a thousand cows.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• गच्छेत (gaccheta) - one should go

• कावेरीम् (kāverīm) - Kaveri (River)

• वृताम् (vṛtām) - surrounded, covered

• अप्सरसाम् (apsarasām) - of Apsaras (celestial nymphs)

• गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - by hosts, by groups

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

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

• लभेत् (labhet) - one would obtain, one should obtain

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad with the suffix -tas

गच्छेत (gaccheta) - one should go

(verb)

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

Optative mood, third person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)

कावेरीम् (kāverīm) - Kaveri (River)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāverī

kāverī - name of a sacred river in South India

वृताम् (vṛtām) - surrounded, covered

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, covered, chosen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛ (to cover, choose) with suffix -ta.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

अप्सरसाम् (apsarasām) - of Apsaras (celestial nymphs)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - a celestial nymph, a water-nymph

गणैः (gaṇaiḥ) - by hosts, by groups

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gaṇa

gaṇa - troop, host, group, multitude

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Formed from tad with suffix -tra.

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root snā (to bathe) with suffix -tvā.

Root: snā (class 2)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

Note: Vocative case, addressing the listener.

गोसहस्रफलम् (gosahasraphalam) - the fruit/merit of a thousand cows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gosahasraphala

gosahasraphala - the merit of giving a thousand cows

Compound of go (cow), sahasra (thousand), and phala (fruit/result).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+sahasra+phala)

• go – cow, ox
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, reward, merit
  noun (neuter)

लभेत् (labhet) - one would obtain, one should obtain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of labh

Optative mood, third person singular, ātmanepada.

Root: labh (class 1)