महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-185, verse-22

उद्धृत्य गङ्गासलिलात्ततो मत्स्यं मनुः स्वयम् ।
समुद्रमनयत्पार्थ तत्र चैनमवासृजत् ॥२२॥

22. uddhṛtya gaṅgāsalilāttato matsyaṁ manuḥ svayam ,
samudramanayatpārtha tatra cainamavāsṛjat.

22. uddhṛtya gaṅgāsalilāt tataḥ matsyam manuḥ svayam
samudram anayat pārtha tatra ca enam avāsṛjat

22. Then Manu himself, having lifted the fish out of the Ganga's water, took it to the ocean, O Pārtha (pārtha), and released it there.

Words meanings summery:

• उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having lifted up, having rescued

• गङ्गासलिलात् (gaṅgāsalilāt) - from the water of the Ganga

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

• मत्स्यम् (matsyam) - fish

• मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by oneself

• समुद्रम् (samudram) - ocean, sea

• अनयत् (anayat) - led, took

• पार्थ (pārtha) - Vocative, addressing a listener (often Arjuna, but here general epithet in narrative) (O son of Pṛthā)

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

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - referring to the fish (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

• अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - released, let go, set free

Words meanings and morphology

उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having lifted up, having rescued

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle from root dhṛ with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

गङ्गासलिलात् (gaṅgāsalilāt) - from the water of the Ganga

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gaṅgāsalila

gaṅgāsalila - water of the Ganga

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (gaṅgā+salila)

• gaṅgā – the river Ganga
  proper noun (feminine)
• salila – water
  noun (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

मत्स्यम् (matsyam) - fish

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: Object of 'anayat' and 'avāsṛjat'.

मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu, human being, man

Note: Subject of the sentence.

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by oneself

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes Manu's direct action.

समुद्रम् (samudram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

Note: Destination of the action 'anayat'.

अनयत् (anayat) - led, took

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of nī

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root nī. The initial 'a' is the augment for the imperfect tense.

Root: nī (class 1)

पार्थ (pārtha) - Vocative, addressing a listener (often Arjuna, but here general epithet in narrative) (O son of Pṛthā)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), descendant of Pṛthu

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī) + aṇ (patronymic suffix)

Note: A common address in epic narratives.

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

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two actions of Manu.

एनम् (enam) - referring to the fish (him, this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - released, let go, set free

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sṛj

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root sṛj with prefix ava. The initial 'a' is the augment for the imperfect tense, coalescing with 'ava'.

Prefix: ava

Root: sṛj (class 6)