महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-155, verse-85

महागङ्गामुदीक्षस्व पुण्यां देवनदीं शुभाम् ।
कलहंसगणैर्जुष्टामृषिकिंनरसेविताम् ॥८५॥

85. mahāgaṅgāmudīkṣasva puṇyāṁ devanadīṁ śubhām ,
kalahaṁsagaṇairjuṣṭāmṛṣikiṁnarasevitām.

85. mahāgaṅgām udīkṣasva puṇyām devanadīm śubhām
| kalahaṃsagaṇaiḥ juṣṭām ṛṣikiṃnarasevitām

85. Behold the great Gaṅgā, the sacred and auspicious divine river, frequented by multitudes of regal swans and served by sages and Kinnaras.

85. הבט בגַנְגָה הגדולה, נהר האלים הטהור והמבורך, שלהקות ברבורים נהנות ממנה וחוזים וקִינַּרַה משרתים אותה,

Words meanings summery:

• महागङ्गाम् (mahāgaṅgām) - the great Gaṅgā

• उदीक्षस्व (udīkṣasva) - behold, look at

• पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - sacred, meritorious

• देवनदीम् (devanadīm) - divine river

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful

• कलहंसगणैः (kalahaṁsagaṇaiḥ) - by flocks of royal swans

• जुष्टाम् (juṣṭām) - frequented, attended

• ऋषिकिंनरसेविताम् (ṛṣikiṁnarasevitām) - served by sages and Kinnaras

Words meanings and morphology

महागङ्गाम् (mahāgaṅgām) - the great Gaṅgā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāgaṅgā

mahāgaṅgā - the great Gaṅgā river

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+gaṅgā)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• gaṅgā – the Gaṅgā river
  proper noun (feminine)

उदीक्षस्व (udīkṣasva) - behold, look at

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ud-īkṣ

imperative

2nd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ud

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - sacred, meritorious

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, sacred, auspicious

देवनदीम् (devanadīm) - divine river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devanadī

devanadī - divine river

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+nadī)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – river, stream
  noun (feminine)

शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubha - auspicious, beautiful, good

कलहंसगणैः (kalahaṁsagaṇaiḥ) - by flocks of royal swans

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kalahaṃsagaṇa

kalahaṁsagaṇa - flock of royal swans

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalahaṃsa+gaṇa)

• kalahaṃsa – royal or musical swan
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, flock, multitude
  noun (masculine)

जुष्टाम् (juṣṭām) - frequented, attended

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of juṣṭa

juṣṭa - frequented, attended, served

Past Passive Participle

from root juṣ

Root: juṣ (class 1)

ऋषिकिंनरसेविताम् (ṛṣikiṁnarasevitām) - served by sages and Kinnaras

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ṛṣikiṃnarasevitā

ṛṣikiṁnarasevitā - served by sages and Kinnaras

Past Passive Participle

compound with Past Passive Participle 'sevitā'

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṛṣi+kiṃnara+sevitā)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• kiṃnara – mythical being (half-man half-horse)
  noun (masculine)
• sevitā – served, worshipped
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sev
  Root: sev (class 1)

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