महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-9, verse-20

गोदावरी कृष्णवेण्णा कावेरी च सरिद्वरा ।
एताश्चान्याश्च सरितस्तीर्थानि च सरांसि च ॥२०॥

20. godāvarī kṛṣṇaveṇṇā kāverī ca saridvarā ,
etāścānyāśca saritastīrthāni ca sarāṁsi ca.

20. godāvarī kṛṣṇaveṇṇā kāverī ca saridvarā etāḥ
ca anyāḥ ca saritaḥ tīrthāni ca sarāṃsi ca

20. The Godavari, the Krishnavenna, and the Kaveri—preeminent among rivers—these and other rivers, as well as sacred bathing places and lakes.

Words meanings summery:

• गोदावरी (godāvarī) - The river Godavari

• कृष्णवेण्णा (kṛṣṇaveṇṇā) - Refers to the Krishna River, sometimes including its tributary Venna. (The river Krishnavenna)

• कावेरी (kāverī) - The river Kaveri

• च (ca) - and, also

• सरिद्वरा (saridvarā) - Modifies the listed rivers, indicating their esteemed status. (preeminent among rivers, best of rivers)

• एताः (etāḥ) - Refers to the rivers mentioned in this and the previous verse. (these (feminine plural))

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - Refers to other rivers not explicitly named. (others (feminine plural))

• च (ca) - and, also

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred bathing places, holy sites, fords

• च (ca) - and, also

• सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes, ponds

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

गोदावरी (godāvarī) - The river Godavari

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of godāvarī

godāvarī - The river Godavari

कृष्णवेण्णा (kṛṣṇaveṇṇā) - Refers to the Krishna River, sometimes including its tributary Venna. (The river Krishnavenna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇaveṇṇā

kṛṣṇaveṇṇā - The river Krishnavenna (referring to the Krishna River)

कावेरी (kāverī) - The river Kaveri

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāverī

kāverī - The river Kaveri (modern Cauvery)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सरिद्वरा (saridvarā) - Modifies the listed rivers, indicating their esteemed status. (preeminent among rivers, best of rivers)

(compound adjective)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarit+varā)

• sarit – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• varā – best, excellent, chief; boon, desired object
  adjective (feminine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Syntactically, it modifies the list of rivers mentioned previously.

एताः (etāḥ) - Refers to the rivers mentioned in this and the previous verse. (these (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - Refers to other rivers not explicitly named. (others (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Pronominal adjective.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Also accusative plural. Context indicates nominative here as a list of subjects.

तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred bathing places, holy sites, fords

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - sacred bathing place, holy site, ford, shrine, pilgrimage site

Note: Also accusative plural. Context indicates nominative here as a list of subjects.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes, ponds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool, water

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Also accusative plural. Context indicates nominative here as a list of subjects.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)