महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-85

तस्य तन्मतमाज्ञाय सत्यधर्मपरायणः ।
प्रत्यजानात्तदा राजन्पितुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥८५॥

85. tasya tanmatamājñāya satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ ,
pratyajānāttadā rājanpituḥ priyacikīrṣayā.

85. tasya tat matam ājñāya satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
prati ajānāt tadā rājan pituḥ priyacikīrṣayā

85. O king, having understood his (Satyavatī's father's) view, Bhishma, who was devoted to truth and dharma, then made a counter-promise, desiring to please his own father.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Satyavatī's father's) (his, of him)

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• मतम् (matam) - opinion, view, thought

• आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

• सत्यधर्मपरायणः (satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ) - Bhishma, who is devoted to truth and dharma (devoted to truth and dharma, having truth and dharma as supreme)

• प्रति (prati) - in response to, against (as a prefix to verb) (against, towards, in return)

• अजानात् (ajānāt) - he promised, he assented (with prati) (he knew, he understood, he acknowledged)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Dhritarashtra or Janamejaya, the narrator) (O king)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of his (own) father (of the father, from the father)

• प्रियचिकीर्षया (priyacikīrṣayā) - with the desire to please (his father) (with the desire to do good, with the desire to please)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (Satyavatī's father's) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'matam'.

मतम् (matam) - opinion, view, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, thought, considered, approved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root jñā with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

सत्यधर्मपरायणः (satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ) - Bhishma, who is devoted to truth and dharma (devoted to truth and dharma, having truth and dharma as supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyadharmaparāyaṇa

satyadharmaparāyaṇa - devoted to truth and dharma

Compound type : tatpurusha (satya+dharma+parāyaṇa)

• satya – truth, real
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – dharma, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• parāyaṇa – devoted to, having as ultimate goal, supreme refuge
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'para' (supreme) and 'ayana' (going, course).

Note: Compound: satya (truth) + dharma (duty) + parāyaṇa (devoted to).

प्रति (prati) - in response to, against (as a prefix to verb) (against, towards, in return)

(indeclinable)

अजानात् (ajānāt) - he promised, he assented (with prati) (he knew, he understood, he acknowledged)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Root: jñā (class 9)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Dhritarashtra or Janamejaya, the narrator) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

पितुः (pituḥ) - of his (own) father (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

प्रियचिकीर्षया (priyacikīrṣayā) - with the desire to please (his father) (with the desire to do good, with the desire to please)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of priyacikīrṣā

priyacikīrṣā - desire to do good, desire to please

Desiderative verbal noun

Derived from priya (dear/good) and the desiderative form of root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)