महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-167, verse-5

अथ छित्त्वा नदी पाशांस्तस्यारिबलमर्दन ।
समस्थं तमृषिं कृत्वा विपाशं समवासृजत् ॥५॥

5. atha chittvā nadī pāśāṁstasyāribalamardana ,
samasthaṁ tamṛṣiṁ kṛtvā vipāśaṁ samavāsṛjat.

5. atha chittvā nadī pāśān tasyāḥ aribalamardana
samastham tam ṛṣim kṛtvā vipāśam samavāsṛjat

5. Then, O destroyer of enemy forces, the river cut those bonds, making that sage unbound, and released him.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• नदी (nadī) - river

• पाशान् (pāśān) - ropes, bonds

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that river (of that, of her)

• अरिबलमर्दन (aribalamardana) - O Janamejaya, destroyer of enemy forces (O destroyer of enemy forces)

• समस्थम् (samastham) - standing firm, situated, being there

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• विपाशम् (vipāśam) - unbound, free from bonds

• समवासृजत् (samavāsṛjat) - released, let go

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereafter, now

(indeclinable)

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: absolutive form

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

पाशान् (pāśān) - ropes, bonds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāśa

pāśa - rope, noose, bond, snare

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that river (of that, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

अरिबलमर्दन (aribalamardana) - O Janamejaya, destroyer of enemy forces (O destroyer of enemy forces)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of aribalamardana

aribalamardana - destroyer of enemy forces

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ari+bala+mardana)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, army, force
  noun (neuter)
• mardana – crushing, destroying, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun/action noun
  derived from root mṛd (to crush) with suffix -ana
  Root: mṛd (class 9)

समस्थम् (samastham) - standing firm, situated, being there

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samastha

samastha - standing firm, situated, existing, well-established

derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix sam

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sam+stha)

• sam – together, with, well, complete
  indeclinable
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  kṛt suffix
  derived from root sthā (to stand) with suffix -a
  Root: sthā (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, Vedic singer

Root: ṛṣ

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: absolutive form

विपाशम् (vipāśam) - unbound, free from bonds

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vipāśa

vipāśa - unbound, free from ropes/snares

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+pāśa)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
• pāśa – rope, noose, bond, snare
  noun (masculine)

समवासृजत् (samavāsṛjat) - released, let go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of samavasṛj

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: sṛj (class 6)