महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-345, verse-13

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततः स विप्रस्तां नागीं समाधाय पुनः पुनः ।
तदेव पुलिनं नद्याः प्रययौ ब्राह्मणर्षभः ॥१३॥

13. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tataḥ sa viprastāṁ nāgīṁ samādhāya punaḥ punaḥ ,
tadeva pulinaṁ nadyāḥ prayayau brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ.

13. bhīṣma uvāca tataḥ sa vipraḥ tām nāgīm samādhāya punaḥ
punaḥ tat eva pulinam nadyāḥ prayayau brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ

13. Bhishma said: Then that Brahmin, the foremost among Brahmins, having repeatedly consoled that Nāgī (female serpent), returned to that very sandy bank of the river.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (character in the Mahābhārata) (Bhishma (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thence, afterwards)

• स (sa) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin (Brahmin, sage, inspired one)

• ताम् (tām) - that (female serpent) (that (feminine))

• नागीम् (nāgīm) - female serpent (Nāgī) (female serpent, female Nāga)

• समाधाय (samādhāya) - having consoled, having reassured (having composed, having fixed, having consoled, having addressed)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, anew)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (repeatedly) (again, anew)

• तत् (tat) - that very (that, it)

• एव (eva) - very, precisely (just, only, indeed, precisely)

• पुलिनम् (pulinam) - sandy bank (sandy bank, river bank)

• नद्याः (nadyāḥ) - of the river

• प्रययौ (prayayau) - he returned, he went back (he went forth, he departed, he returned)

• ब्राह्मणर्षभः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ) - the excellent Brahmin, foremost among Brahmins (chief of Brahmins, excellent Brahmin)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (character in the Mahābhārata) (Bhishma (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of a character in the Mahābhārata

Masculine proper noun.

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

From root `vac`.

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time/sequence.

स (sa) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the Brahmin.

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin (Brahmin, sage, inspired one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

Masculine noun.

Root: vip (class 6)

Note: Subject of `prayayau`.

ताम् (tām) - that (female serpent) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

नागीम् (nāgīm) - female serpent (Nāgī) (female serpent, female Nāga)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nāgī

nāgī - female serpent, wife of a Nāga, female of the serpent race

Feminine noun.

Note: Object of `samādhāya`.

समाधाय (samādhāya) - having consoled, having reassured (having composed, having fixed, having consoled, having addressed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root `dhā` with prefixes `sam` and `ā`.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Precedes the main verb `prayayau`.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, anew)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Forms a repetition `punaḥ punaḥ`.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (repeatedly) (again, anew)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Repetition for emphasis.

तत् (tat) - that very (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

एव (eva) - very, precisely (just, only, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis.

Note: Emphasizes `tat pulinam`.

पुलिनम् (pulinam) - sandy bank (sandy bank, river bank)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pulina

pulina - sandy bank, island, shoal

Neuter noun.

Note: Object of motion for `prayayau`.

नद्याः (nadyāḥ) - of the river

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Feminine noun.

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `pulinam`.

प्रययौ (prayayau) - he returned, he went back (he went forth, he departed, he returned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prayā

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

From root `yā` with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

ब्राह्मणर्षभः (brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ) - the excellent Brahmin, foremost among Brahmins (chief of Brahmins, excellent Brahmin)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇarṣabha

brāhmaṇarṣabha - an excellent Brahmin, chief of Brahmins

Tatpuruṣa compound: `brāhmaṇa` (Brahmin) + `ṛṣabha` (bull, best).

Compound type : tatpurusha (brāhmaṇa+ṛṣabha)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, related to brahman
  noun (masculine)
  From `brahman` (neuter) meaning sacred word, or `brahman` (masculine) meaning a priest.
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)
  Masculine noun.