महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-114, verse-2

स सागरं समासाद्य गङ्गायाः संगमे नृप ।
नदीशतानां पञ्चानां मध्ये चक्रे समाप्लवम् ॥२॥

2. sa sāgaraṁ samāsādya gaṅgāyāḥ saṁgame nṛpa ,
nadīśatānāṁ pañcānāṁ madhye cakre samāplavam.

2. saḥ sāgaram samāsādya gaṅgāyāḥ saṅgame nṛpa
nadīśatānām pañcānām madhye cakre samāplavam

2. Having reached the ocean, O King, at the confluence of the Gaṅgā, he performed a complete ceremonial bath (samāplava) amidst five hundred rivers.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to the Pāṇḍava from the previous verse. (he)

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained

• गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - Refers to the sacred Gaṅgā river. (of the Gaṅgā (river))

• सङ्गमे (saṅgame) - at the confluence, at the meeting point

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King!

• नदीशतानाम् (nadīśatānām) - Together with pañcānām, indicating 'of five hundreds of rivers' or 'of five hundred rivers'. (of hundreds of rivers)

• पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of five

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

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did, he performed

• समाप्लवम् (samāplavam) - complete bath, full immersion

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Refers to the Pāṇḍava from the previous verse. (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: Object of samāsādya.

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

from √sad (to sit) with upasargas sam-ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Indicates a prior action to cakre.

गङ्गायाः (gaṅgāyāḥ) - Refers to the sacred Gaṅgā river. (of the Gaṅgā (river))

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the Gaṅgā river

Note: Possessor of saṅgame.

सङ्गमे (saṅgame) - at the confluence, at the meeting point

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṅgama

saṅgama - confluence, meeting, union

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Location where the action took place.

नृप (nṛpa) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king

Note: Direct address.

नदीशतानाम् (nadīśatānām) - Together with pañcānām, indicating 'of five hundreds of rivers' or 'of five hundred rivers'. (of hundreds of rivers)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of nadīśata

nadīśata - hundred of rivers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+śata)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun/numeral (neuter)

Note: Qualifies pañcānām, indicating the number of rivers.

पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of five

(numeral)

Note: Modifies nadīśatānām, indicating five hundreds of rivers or five major rivers among hundreds.

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

Note: Used adverbially with genitive to mean 'in the midst of'.

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did, he performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect tense (liṭ)

reduplicated past tense

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb of the second clause.

समाप्लवम् (samāplavam) - complete bath, full immersion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samāplava

samāplava - complete immersion, ceremonial bath

Compound type : pra-ādi samāsa (sam+ā+plava)

• sam – together, completely
  prefix
• ā – towards, completely
  prefix
• plava – floating, bathing
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Object of cakre.