महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-87, verse-1

धौम्य उवाच ।
अवन्तिषु प्रतीच्यां वै कीर्तयिष्यामि ते दिशि ।
यानि तत्र पवित्राणि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ॥१॥

1. dhaumya uvāca ,
avantiṣu pratīcyāṁ vai kīrtayiṣyāmi te diśi ,
yāni tatra pavitrāṇi puṇyānyāyatanāni ca.

1. dhaumyaḥ uvāca avantiṣu pratīcyām vai kīrtayiṣyāmi
te diśi yāni tatra pavitrāṇi puṇyāni āyatanāni ca

1. Dhaumya said: 'I shall indeed describe to you the sacred and holy places of worship that are located there, in the Avanti region, specifically in the western direction.'

Words meanings summery:

• धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - Dhaumya (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अवन्तिषु (avantiṣu) - in the Avanti region

• प्रतीच्याम् (pratīcyām) - in the western (direction)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I shall describe, I shall praise

• ते (te) - to you

• दिशि (diśi) - in the direction

• यानि (yāni) - which, those which

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• पवित्राणि (pavitrāṇi) - sacred, purifying

• पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - holy, meritorious

• आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - places of worship, shrines, abodes

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - Dhaumya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhaumya

dhaumya - Dhaumya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अवन्तिषु (avantiṣu) - in the Avanti region

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of avanti

avanti - Avanti (name of a country and its capital, Ujjayinī)

प्रतीच्याम् (pratīcyām) - in the western (direction)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pratīcī

pratīcī - west, western direction

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I shall describe, I shall praise

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of kīrt

Causative formation of root kṛt (to mention) + future tense

Root: kṛt (class 6)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

दिशि (diśi) - in the direction

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

यानि (yāni) - which, those which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

पवित्राणि (pavitrāṇi) - sacred, purifying

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pavitra

pavitra - purifier, holy, sacred, pure

पुण्यानि (puṇyāni) - holy, meritorious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of puṇya

puṇya - holy, sacred, meritorious, good deed, virtue

आयतनानि (āyatanāni) - places of worship, shrines, abodes

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of āyatana

āyatana - place of worship, shrine, temple, abode, seat

Prefix: ā

Root: yat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)