महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-311, verse-12

तं गङ्गा सरितां श्रेष्ठा मेरुपृष्ठे जनेश्वर ।
स्वरूपिणी तदाभ्येत्य स्नापयामास वारिणा ॥१२॥

12. taṁ gaṅgā saritāṁ śreṣṭhā merupṛṣṭhe janeśvara ,
svarūpiṇī tadābhyetya snāpayāmāsa vāriṇā.

12. tam gaṅgā saritām śreṣṭhā merupṛṣṭhe janeśvara
svarūpiṇī tadā abhyetya snāpayāmāsa vāriṇā

12. janeśvara tadā saritām śreṣṭhā gaṅgā svarūpiṇī
merupṛṣṭhe tam abhyetya vāriṇā snāpayāmāsa

12. O lord of men (janeśvara), then Ganga, the foremost of rivers, having approached him on the summit of Mount Meru in her personified form, bathed him with water.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Shuka) (him, that)

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the river Ganga

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, supreme

• मेरुपृष्ठे (merupṛṣṭhe) - on the summit/ridge of Meru

• जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O lord of men, O king)

• स्वरूपिणी (svarūpiṇī) - in her own form, personified

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached, having come near

• स्नापयामास (snāpayāmāsa) - caused to bathe, bathed (causative)

• वारिणा (vāriṇā) - with water

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Shuka) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Object of `snāpayāmāsa`.

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the river Ganga

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Expresses comparison with `śreṣṭhā`.

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, superior

Superlative form, related to `śreyas`.

मेरुपृष्ठे (merupṛṣṭhe) - on the summit/ridge of Meru

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of merupṛṣṭha

merupṛṣṭha - the summit or ridge of Mount Meru

Compound type : Tatpurusha (meru+pṛṣṭha)

• meru – Mount Meru (mythical mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top, summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates location.

जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O lord of men, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janeśvara

janeśvara - lord of men, king

Compound type : Tatpurusha (jana+īśvara)

• jana – person, people, mankind
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler, god
  noun (masculine)

स्वरूपिणी (svarūpiṇī) - in her own form, personified

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svarūpiṇ

svarūpiṇ - having one's own form, embodied, personified

Derived from `sva-rūpa` (own form) + `inī` suffix.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached, having come near

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root `i` (to go) with prefixes `abhi` and `ā`.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: i (class 2)

स्नापयामास (snāpayāmāsa) - caused to bathe, bathed (causative)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of snā

Perfect Causative Active

3rd person singular perfect active of the causative verb `snāpayati`. The form `yāmāsa` is part of the periphrastic perfect in causative (`ām` + `ās`).

Root: snā (class 2)

वारिणा (vāriṇā) - with water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vārin

vārin - water

Note: Expresses the instrument for bathing.