महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-134, verse-22

भीष्म उवाच ।
एवं सर्वाः सरिच्छ्रेष्ठाः पृष्टाः पुण्यतमाः शिवाः ।
ततो देवनदी गङ्गा नियुक्ता प्रतिपूज्य ताम् ॥२२॥

22. bhīṣma uvāca ,
evaṁ sarvāḥ saricchreṣṭhāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ puṇyatamāḥ śivāḥ ,
tato devanadī gaṅgā niyuktā pratipūjya tām.

22. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca evam sarvāḥ saricchreṣṭhāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ puṇyatamāḥ
śivāḥ tataḥ devanadī gaṅgā niyuktā pratipūjya tām

22. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca evam sarvāḥ saricchreṣṭhāḥ puṇyatamāḥ
śivāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ tataḥ devanadī gaṅgā niyuktā tām pratipūjya

22. Bhīṣma said: Thus, all the best, most sacred, and auspicious rivers were questioned. Then, the divine river Gaṅgā, being designated (to speak), having shown reverence to her (the questioner), proceeded.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• सरिच्छ्रेष्ठाः (saricchreṣṭhāḥ) - best of rivers, most excellent rivers

• पृष्टाः (pṛṣṭāḥ) - questioned, asked

• पुण्यतमाः (puṇyatamāḥ) - most sacred, most meritorious

• शिवाः (śivāḥ) - auspicious, benevolent, gracious

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• देवनदी (devanadī) - divine river

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā (the river Ganges)

• नियुक्ता (niyuktā) - appointed, tasked, designated

• प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored in return, having revered

• ताम् (tām) - her (the questioner) (her, that)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a proper noun, a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect active 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

Note: Refers to the rivers.

सरिच्छ्रेष्ठाः (saricchreṣṭhāḥ) - best of rivers, most excellent rivers

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saricchreṣṭhā

saricchreṣṭhā - best of rivers

Compound of sarit (river) and śreṣṭhā (best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarit+śreṣṭhā)

• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• śreṣṭhā – best, most excellent
  adjective (feminine)
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvāḥ'.

पृष्टाः (pṛṣṭāḥ) - questioned, asked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - questioned, asked

Past Passive Participle

From root PRACH (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvāḥ'.

पुण्यतमाः (puṇyatamāḥ) - most sacred, most meritorious

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of puṇyatamā

puṇyatamā - most sacred, most meritorious

Superlative of puṇya (sacred, pure)

Note: Agrees with 'sarvāḥ'.

शिवाः (śivāḥ) - auspicious, benevolent, gracious

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śivā

śivā - auspicious, benevolent, gracious

Note: Agrees with 'sarvāḥ'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

देवनदी (devanadī) - divine river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devanadī

devanadī - divine river

Compound of deva (divine) and nadī (river)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+nadī)

• deva – divine, god
  adjective (masculine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā (the river Ganges)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - Gaṅgā (proper noun, the river Ganges, a goddess)

नियुक्ता (niyuktā) - appointed, tasked, designated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyuktā

niyuktā - appointed, tasked, engaged

Past Passive Participle

From root YUJ (to join, apply) with prefix NI

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'Gaṅgā'.

प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored in return, having revered

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

From root PŪJ (to honor) with prefix PRATI

Prefix: prati

Root: pūj (class 10)

ताम् (tām) - her (the questioner) (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Refers to the questioner, possibly Pārvatī.