महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-204, verse-10

नदीतीरेषु जातान्सा कर्णिकारान्विचिन्वती ।
शनैर्जगाम तं देशं यत्रास्तां तौ महासुरौ ॥१०॥

10. nadītīreṣu jātānsā karṇikārānvicinvatī ,
śanairjagāma taṁ deśaṁ yatrāstāṁ tau mahāsurau.

10. nadītīreṣu jātān sā karṇikārān vicinvatī śanaiḥ
jagāma tam deśam yatra āstām tau mahāsurau

10. She, gathering the Karnikara flowers that grew on the riverbanks, slowly proceeded to that place where those two great asuras were staying.

Words meanings summery:

• नदीतीरेषु (nadītīreṣu) - on the riverbanks, at the river shores

• जातान् (jātān) - grown (on the riverbanks) (born, grown, produced)

• सा (sā) - she

• कर्णिकारान् (karṇikārān) - Karnikara flowers (Karnikara flowers/trees)

• विचिन्वती (vicinvatī) - gathering (flowers) (picking, gathering, searching out)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

• जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded

• तम् (tam) - that

• देशम् (deśam) - place, region, country

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - were (situated), stayed

• तौ (tau) - those two

• महासुरौ (mahāsurau) - great asuras, mighty demons

Words meanings and morphology

नदीतीरेषु (nadītīreṣu) - on the riverbanks, at the river shores

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nadītīra

nadītīra - riverbank, river shore

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+tīra)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore, edge
  noun (neuter)

जातान् (jātān) - grown (on the riverbanks) (born, grown, produced)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, grown, happened, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jan' (to be born, produce) with the past passive participle suffix '-ta'.

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Past passive participle agreeing with 'karṇikārān'.

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कर्णिकारान् (karṇikārān) - Karnikara flowers (Karnikara flowers/trees)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of karṇikāra

karṇikāra - Karnikara tree (Pterospermum acerifolium), its flower

विचिन्वती (vicinvatī) - gathering (flowers) (picking, gathering, searching out)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vicinvat

vicinvat - gathering, selecting, searching out

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'ci' (to gather, collect) with prefix 'vi-' and present active participle suffix 'śatṛ', then declined in feminine nominative singular.

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Present active participle agreeing with 'sā'.

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually, gently

(indeclinable)

जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देशम् (deśam) - place, region, country

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, spot, region, country

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

आस्ताम् (āstām) - were (situated), stayed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महासुरौ (mahāsurau) - great asuras, mighty demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāsura

mahāsura - great demon, mighty asura

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+asura)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• asura – demon, titan, anti-god
  noun (masculine)