महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-48, verse-2

मेरुमन्दरयोर्मध्ये शैलोदामभितो नदीम् ।
ये ते कीचकवेणूनां छायां रम्यामुपासते ॥२॥

2. merumandarayormadhye śailodāmabhito nadīm ,
ye te kīcakaveṇūnāṁ chāyāṁ ramyāmupāsate.

2. merumandarayoh madhye śailodām abhitaḥ nadīm
ye te kīcakaveṇūnām chāyām ramyām upāsate

2. Those people who reside between Mount Meru and Mount Mandara, all along the river Śailodā, and who inhabit the delightful shade of the Kīcaka bamboos.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरुमन्दरयोह् (merumandarayoh) - of Meru and Mandara

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between, among

• शैलोदाम् (śailodām) - the river Śailodā

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on both sides, all around, near

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

• ये (ye) - those who

• ते (te) - they, those

• कीचकवेणूनाम् (kīcakaveṇūnām) - of Kīcaka bamboos

• छायाम् (chāyām) - shade, shadow, reflection

• रम्याम् (ramyām) - charming, beautiful, delightful

• उपासते (upāsate) - they reside, they inhabit (they dwell near, they serve, they worship)

Words meanings and morphology

मेरुमन्दरयोह् (merumandarayoh) - of Meru and Mandara

(proper noun)

masculine, dual of merumandara

merumandara - Meru and Mandara (two mythical mountains)

Compound type : dvandva (meru+mandara)

• meru – Mount Meru (mythical mountain, center of the universe)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mandara – Mount Mandara (mythical mountain, used to churn the ocean of milk)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: In context, it's genitive modifying 'madhye'.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, between, among

(indeclinable)

Locative singular of madhya, used as an indeclinable adverb/preposition.

Note: Governs genitive 'merumandarayoh'.

शैलोदाम् (śailodām) - the river Śailodā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śailodā

śailodā - name of a river (literally 'mountain-water')

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on both sides, all around, near

(indeclinable)

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Note: Another accusative governed by abhitaḥ, or in apposition to Śailodām.

ये (ye) - those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of 'upāsate'.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'ye', emphasizing 'those very people'.

कीचकवेणूनाम् (kīcakaveṇūnām) - of Kīcaka bamboos

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kīcakaveṇu

kīcakaveṇu - Kīcaka bamboo (a type of hollow bamboo that makes sound in wind)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kīcaka+veṇu)

• kīcaka – a kind of bamboo (which produces sound when blown by the wind)
  noun (masculine)
• veṇu – bamboo, flute
  noun (masculine)

छायाम् (chāyām) - shade, shadow, reflection

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of chāyā

chāyā - shade, shadow, reflection, luster, image

Note: Object of 'upāsate'.

रम्याम् (ramyām) - charming, beautiful, delightful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ramya

ramya - charming, beautiful, delightful, pleasant

Gerundive

Derived from root ram (to delight) with suffix -ya (kritya).

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'chāyām'.

उपासते (upāsate) - they reside, they inhabit (they dwell near, they serve, they worship)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of upās

Present Middle

Third person plural, present middle of root ās (to sit) with upasarga upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)