महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-25, verse-4

तांस्तु सान्त्वेन निर्जित्य मानसं सर उत्तमम् ।
ऋषिकुल्याश्च ताः सर्वा ददर्श कुरुनन्दनः ॥४॥

4. tāṁstu sāntvena nirjitya mānasaṁ sara uttamam ,
ṛṣikulyāśca tāḥ sarvā dadarśa kurunandanaḥ.

4. tān tu sāntvena nirjitya mānasam saraḥ uttamam
ṛṣikulyāḥ ca tāḥ sarvāḥ dadarśa kurunandanaḥ

4. But having subdued those (Guhyakas) with conciliatory words, Arjuna (Kuru-nandana) then saw the excellent Mānasa lake and all those hermitages of sages.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those Guhyakas (those)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• सान्त्वेन (sāntvena) - with conciliatory words (by conciliation, by gentle means, by kind words)

• निर्जित्य (nirjitya) - having conquered, having subdued

• मानसम् (mānasam) - the Mānasa (lake) (mental, of the mind; relating to Lake Manasa)

• सरः (saraḥ) - the lake (lake, pond)

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

• ऋषिकुल्याः (ṛṣikulyāḥ) - hermitages of sages (group of sages, hermitages of sages)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those hermitages (those)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (of them) (all, every)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (Kuru-nandana) (delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those Guhyakas (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

सान्त्वेन (sāntvena) - with conciliatory words (by conciliation, by gentle means, by kind words)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sāntva

sāntva - conciliation, kind words, gentleness

निर्जित्य (nirjitya) - having conquered, having subdued

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root √ji with upasarga nis + suffix -tya

Prefix: nis

Root: ji (class 1)

मानसम् (mānasam) - the Mānasa (lake) (mental, of the mind; relating to Lake Manasa)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, of the mind; belonging to Lake Manasa

from manas (mind) or mānas (Lake Manasa)

सरः (saraḥ) - the lake (lake, pond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

Note: The original Devanagari 'सर' can represent the stem or an inflected form where visarga is optionally omitted in verse.

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, highest

ऋषिकुल्याः (ṛṣikulyāḥ) - hermitages of sages (group of sages, hermitages of sages)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ṛṣikulyā

ṛṣikulyā - a group of sages, a hermitage of sages

compound: ṛṣi (sage) + kulyā (group, stream)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛṣi+kulyā)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• kulyā – a small river, channel, group, family
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those hermitages (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (of them) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

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

Perfect

root √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - Arjuna (Kuru-nandana) (delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince

compound: Kuru + nandana (son, delight)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, causing joy
  noun (masculine)
  from √nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)