महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-46, verse-11

शरतल्पगतो भीष्मः शाम्यन्निव हुताशनः ।
मां ध्याति पुरुषव्याघ्रस्ततो मे तद्गतं मनः ॥११॥

11. śaratalpagato bhīṣmaḥ śāmyanniva hutāśanaḥ ,
māṁ dhyāti puruṣavyāghrastato me tadgataṁ manaḥ.

11. śaratalpagataḥ bhīṣmaḥ śāmyan iva hutāśanaḥ mām
dhyāti puruṣavyāghraḥ tataḥ me tatgataṃ manaḥ

11. śaratalpagataḥ hutāśanaḥ iva śāmyan puruṣavyāghraḥ
bhīṣmaḥ mām dhyāti tataḥ me manaḥ tatgatam

11. Bhishma, the foremost among men, lying on his bed of arrows like a dying fire, meditates on Me. Therefore, my mind is fixed on him.

Words meanings summery:

• शरतल्पगतः (śaratalpagataḥ) - Refers to Bhishma Pitamaha, who lay on a bed of arrows during the Mahābhārata war. (lying on a bed of arrows)

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The great warrior and grandfather in the Mahābhārata. (Bhishma)

• शाम्यन् (śāmyan) - Like a fire that is calming down or extinguishing. (becoming calm, ceasing, dying out)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni

• माम् (mām) - Refers to the speaker, Krishna. (me)

• ध्याति (dhyāti) - Engages in the act of meditation (dhyāna). (meditates)

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - An honorific for Bhishma. (tiger among men, excellent man, foremost man)

• ततः (tataḥ) - Indicating cause or consequence. (then, therefore)

• मे (me) - Possessive, 'my mind'. (my, to me)

• तत्गतं (tatgataṁ) - Refers to Krishna's mind being fixed on Bhishma. (gone to that, fixed on him)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

Words meanings and morphology

शरतल्पगतः (śaratalpagataḥ) - Refers to Bhishma Pitamaha, who lay on a bed of arrows during the Mahābhārata war. (lying on a bed of arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaratalpagata

śaratalpagata - lying on a bed of arrows

Tatpurusha compound (śara-talpa + gata). Literally, 'gone to a bed of arrows'.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śaratalpa+gata)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• talpa – bed, couch
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, arrived, situated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The great warrior and grandfather in the Mahābhārata. (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

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

Root: bhī (class 3)

शाम्यन् (śāmyan) - Like a fire that is calming down or extinguishing. (becoming calm, ceasing, dying out)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāmyat

śāmyat - becoming calm, tranquil, ceasing, dying out

Present Active Participle

From root śam (to be calm, cease)

Root: śam (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, one who consumes offerings

Tatpurusha compound (huta + aśana)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hu (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, consuming; food
  noun (neuter)
  From root aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

माम् (mām) - Refers to the speaker, Krishna. (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

ध्याति (dhyāti) - Engages in the act of meditation (dhyāna). (meditates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dhyai

Present tense

3rd person singular active present indicative

Root: dhyai (class 1)

पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - An honorific for Bhishma. (tiger among men, excellent man, foremost man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - a tiger among men, an excellent man, foremost man

Tatpurusha compound (puruṣa + vyāghra) used as a comparison (simile, upamāna).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - Indicating cause or consequence. (then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - Possessive, 'my mind'. (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Also dative singular of asmad

तत्गतं (tatgataṁ) - Refers to Krishna's mind being fixed on Bhishma. (gone to that, fixed on him)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tatgata

tatgata - gone to that, fixed on that, pertaining to that

Tatpurusha compound (tad + gata). Literally, 'that-gone'.

Compound type : Tatpurusha (tad+gata)

• tad – that, he
  pronoun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'manaḥ'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, understanding, thought

Root: man (class 4)