महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-185, verse-18

मनुं मत्स्यस्ततो दृष्ट्वा पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत ।
नय मां भगवन्साधो समुद्रमहिषीं प्रभो ।
गङ्गां तत्र निवत्स्यामि यथा वा तात मन्यसे ॥१८॥

18. manuṁ matsyastato dṛṣṭvā punarevābhyabhāṣata ,
naya māṁ bhagavansādho samudramahiṣīṁ prabho ,
gaṅgāṁ tatra nivatsyāmi yathā vā tāta manyase.

18. manum matsyaḥ tataḥ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ eva
abhyabhāṣata naya mām bhagavan
sādho samudramahiṣīm prabho gaṅgām
tatra nivatsyāmi yathā vā tāta manyase

18. Then the fish, having seen Manu, spoke to him again: "O venerable one (bhagavan), O virtuous one (sādho), O lord (prabho), take me to the Gaṅgā, who is the ocean's queen (samudramahiṣī). I will reside there, or as you, dear father (tāta), deem appropriate."

Words meanings summery:

• मनुम् (manum) - Manu (the person addressed) (Manu, man)

• मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• एव (eva) - Emphasizing 'again'. (just, indeed, only, very)

• अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke to, addressed

• नय (naya) - Take (me) (lead, guide, take, carry)

• माम् (mām) - me

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (address to Manu) (venerable, divine, illustrious)

• साधो (sādho) - O virtuous one (address to Manu) (good, virtuous, righteous)

• समुद्रमहिषीम् (samudramahiṣīm) - to the Gaṅgā, who is the ocean's queen (ocean's queen/consort)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord (address to Manu) (lord, master, mighty)

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the river Gaṅgā (Ganges)

• तत्र (tatra) - in the Gaṅgā (there, in that place)

• निवत्स्यामि (nivatsyāmi) - I will dwell, I will reside

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• तात (tāta) - O dear father (address to Manu) (father, dear one, respected elder)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you believe, you deem

Words meanings and morphology

मनुम् (manum) - Manu (the person addressed) (Manu, man)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu, man, human being

Root: man

मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: Subject of abhyabhāṣata.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

(indeclinable)

From tad + tas suffix.

Note: Adverb of time.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

Particle.

एव (eva) - Emphasizing 'again'. (just, indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke to, addressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Ātmanepada verb.

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

नय (naya) - Take (me) (lead, guide, take, carry)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

Parasmaipada verb.

Root: nī (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person pronoun.

Note: Object of naya.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (address to Manu) (venerable, divine, illustrious)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, divine, glorious, blessed

From bhaga + matup suffix.

साधो (sādho) - O virtuous one (address to Manu) (good, virtuous, righteous)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man

From root sādh.

Root: sādh (class 5)

समुद्रमहिषीम् (samudramahiṣīm) - to the Gaṅgā, who is the ocean's queen (ocean's queen/consort)

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samudra+mahiṣī)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• mahiṣī – queen, chief wife, buffalo cow
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of motion, refers to Gaṅgā.

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord (address to Manu) (lord, master, mighty)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, capable

From pra-√bhū.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the river Gaṅgā (Ganges)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

तत्र (tatra) - in the Gaṅgā (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

From tad + tra suffix.

Note: Refers to Gaṅgā.

निवत्स्यामि (nivatsyāmi) - I will dwell, I will reside

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vas

Parasmaipada verb.

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

Particle.

तात (tāta) - O dear father (address to Manu) (father, dear one, respected elder)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, respected person

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you believe, you deem

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Ātmanepada verb.

Root: man (class 4)