महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-134, verse-15

एषा सरस्वती पुण्या नदीनामुत्तमा नदी ।
प्रथमा सर्वसरितां नदी सागरगामिनी ॥१५॥

15. eṣā sarasvatī puṇyā nadīnāmuttamā nadī ,
prathamā sarvasaritāṁ nadī sāgaragāminī.

15. eṣā sarasvatī puṇyā nadīnām uttamā nadī
prathamā sarvasaritām nadī sāgaragāminī

15. eṣā puṇyā sarasvatī nadīnām uttamā nadī
prathamā sarvasaritām nadī sāgaragāminī

15. This pure Sarasvati (Sarasvatī) is the most excellent river among all rivers. She is the foremost of all streams, a river that flows to the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (river) (this (feminine))

• सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - the Sarasvati (river) (Sarasvati (name of a river/goddess))

• पुण्या (puṇyā) - pure (river) (sacred, holy, pure, virtuous)

• नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - among rivers (of rivers)

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - the most excellent (one) (best, excellent, supreme, highest)

• नदी (nadī) - river

• प्रथमा (prathamā) - the foremost (one) (first, foremost, principal)

• सर्वसरिताम् (sarvasaritām) - of all streams (of all rivers/streams)

• नदी (nadī) - a river (river)

• सागरगामिनी (sāgaragāminī) - flowing towards the ocean (going to the ocean, flowing to the sea)

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (river) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - the Sarasvati (river) (Sarasvati (name of a river/goddess))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati, goddess of knowledge, a river

पुण्या (puṇyā) - pure (river) (sacred, holy, pure, virtuous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, pure, virtuous, meritorious

From root puṇ 'to be pure'

Root: puṇ

Note: Agrees with Sarasvatī.

नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - among rivers (of rivers)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

Note: Partitive genitive.

उत्तमा (uttamā) - the most excellent (one) (best, excellent, supreme, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest

Superlative

Derived from ud 'up' + tama (superlative suffix)

Note: Agrees with `nadī`.

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Note: Predicate nominative for Sarasvatī.

प्रथमा (prathamā) - the foremost (one) (first, foremost, principal)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, principal

Derived from pra + tama (superlative suffix)

Note: Agrees with Sarasvatī.

सर्वसरिताम् (sarvasaritām) - of all streams (of all rivers/streams)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of saritsarī

saritsarī - all rivers, all streams

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+sarit)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective
• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root sṛ 'to flow'
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Partitive genitive.

नदी (nadī) - a river (river)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Note: Appositive to Sarasvatī.

सागरगामिनी (sāgaragāminī) - flowing towards the ocean (going to the ocean, flowing to the sea)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāgaragāmin

sāgaragāmin - going to the ocean, flowing to the sea

Agent noun (from root gam with suffix -inī)

From sāgara 'ocean' + gāmin 'going'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāgara+gāmin)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  From sa 'with' + gara 'poison' (referring to the myth of Shiva swallowing poison), or simply 'with water'
• gāmin – going, moving, flowing
  adjective
  Agent noun
  From root gam 'to go'
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Sarasvatī.