महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-108, verse-9

तां दधार हरो राजन्गङ्गां गगनमेखलाम् ।
ललाटदेशे पतितां मालां मुक्तामयीमिव ॥९॥

9. tāṁ dadhāra haro rājangaṅgāṁ gaganamekhalām ,
lalāṭadeśe patitāṁ mālāṁ muktāmayīmiva.

9. tām dadhāra haraḥ rājan gaṅgām gaganamekhalām
lalāṭadeśe patitām mālām muktāmayīm iva

9. O king, Hara (Śiva) held that Ganga, who reached the sky, on his forehead, like a fallen garland made of pearls.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine, accusative singular)

• दधार (dadhāra) - held, bore, supported

• हरः (haraḥ) - Hara, Lord Shiva (destroyer)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Ganga (accusative)

• गगनमेखलाम् (gaganamekhalām) - whose girdle is the sky, sky-girdled, reaching the sky

• ललाटदेशे (lalāṭadeśe) - on the region of the forehead, on the forehead

• पतिताम् (patitām) - fallen, descended

• मालाम् (mālām) - garland, string of beads

• मुक्तामयीम् (muktāmayīm) - made of pearls, pearly

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine, accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

दधार (dadhāra) - held, bore, supported

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dhṛ

Perfect Active

reduplicated perfect

Root: dhṛ (class 3)

हरः (haraḥ) - Hara, Lord Shiva (destroyer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hara

hara - remover, taker, Lord Shiva

from root hṛ (to take, to seize)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Ganga (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

गगनमेखलाम् (gaganamekhalām) - whose girdle is the sky, sky-girdled, reaching the sky

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaganamekhalā

gaganamekhalā - having the sky as a girdle

compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gagana+mekhalā)

• gagana – sky, heaven
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• mekhalā – girdle, belt, zone
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describing Gaṅgā.

ललाटदेशे (lalāṭadeśe) - on the region of the forehead, on the forehead

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of lalāṭadeśa

lalāṭadeśa - region of the forehead

compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (lalāṭa+deśa)

• lalāṭa – forehead
  noun (neuter)
• deśa – region, place, country
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)

पतिताम् (patitām) - fallen, descended

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended

Past Passive Participle

from root pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Describing mālām.

मालाम् (mālām) - garland, string of beads

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mālā

mālā - garland, wreath, string of beads

मुक्तामयीम् (muktāmayīm) - made of pearls, pearly

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of muktāmayī

muktāmayī - made of pearls

from muktā (pearl) + suffix -maya (made of)

Note: Describing mālām.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)