महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-83, verse-11

पिता मम महातेजाः शंतनुर्निधनं गतः ।
तस्य दित्सुरहं श्राद्धं गङ्गाद्वारमुपागमम् ॥११॥

11. pitā mama mahātejāḥ śaṁtanurnidhanaṁ gataḥ ,
tasya ditsurahaṁ śrāddhaṁ gaṅgādvāramupāgamam.

11. pitā mama mahātejāḥ śaṃtanuḥ nidhanam gataḥ
tasya ditsuḥ aham śrāddham gaṅgādvāram upāgamam

11. My greatly powerful father, Shantanu, had passed away. Desirous of performing the funerary rite (śrāddha) for him, I went to Gangadvāra.

Words meanings summery:

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful (greatly glorious, greatly resplendent, mighty)

• शंतनुः (śaṁtanuḥ) - Shantanu (Shantanu (proper noun))

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - death (death, destruction, dissolution)

• गतः (gataḥ) - passed away (gone to death) (gone, reached, attained, dead)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (of him, for him, his)

• दित्सुः (ditsuḥ) - desirous of performing (the rite) (desirous of giving, intending to give)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - the funerary rite (śrāddha) (funerary rite, faith)

• गङ्गाद्वारम् (gaṅgādvāram) - to Gangadvāra (Haridwar) (the gate of Ganga, Haridwar)

• उपागमम् (upāgamam) - I went (I approached, I went)

Words meanings and morphology

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

-ṛ stem noun

Note: Subject of "gataḥ"

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

Note: Possessive

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful (greatly glorious, greatly resplendent, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - great energy, great glory, mighty

Bahuvrihi compound: mahat (great) + tejas (splendor, energy)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+tejas)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, energy, power, fire, glory
  noun (neuter)
  From root "tij" (to be sharp)
  Root: tij (class 6)

Note: Epithet for Shantanu

शंतनुः (śaṁtanuḥ) - Shantanu (Shantanu (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṃtanu

śaṁtanu - Shantanu (a king of the Kuru dynasty, Bhishma's father)

Note: Subject of the first clause

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death (death, destruction, dissolution)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, dissolution, end

From ni-dhā (to place down, deposit)

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of motion for "gataḥ"

गतः (gataḥ) - passed away (gone to death) (gone, reached, attained, dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, passed, dead

Past Passive Participle

From root "gam" (to go) + kta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (of him, for him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Possessive, or dative equivalent for "for him"

दित्सुः (ditsuḥ) - desirous of performing (the rite) (desirous of giving, intending to give)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ditsu

ditsu - desirous of giving, intending to give, wanting to give

Desiderative Participle

From desiderative stem of "dā" (to give) + u

Root: dā (class 3)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun

Note: Subject of "upāgamam"

श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - the funerary rite (śrāddha) (funerary rite, faith)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - funerary rite, act of reverence for ancestors, faith, belief

From śraddhā (faith) + aṇ

Root: dhā

Note: Object of the implied action of "ditsuḥ" (desirous of giving/performing)

गङ्गाद्वारम् (gaṅgādvāram) - to Gangadvāra (Haridwar) (the gate of Ganga, Haridwar)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gaṅgādvāra

gaṅgādvāra - gate of the Ganga, Haridwar (a sacred place)

Compound: Gaṅgā (Ganga river) + dvāra (gate)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaṅgā+dvāra)

• gaṅgā – the river Ganga, Ganges
  proper noun (feminine)
• dvāra – gate, door, entrance
  noun (neuter)
  From root "dvṛ" (to cover, enclose)
  Root: dvṛ

Note: Object of motion for "upāgamam"

उपागमम् (upāgamam) - I went (I approached, I went)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of gam

Imperfect active

From root "gam" with prefix "upa"

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)