महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-82, verse-5

ततो हि सा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा नदीनामुत्तमा नदी ।
प्लक्षाद्देवी स्रुता राजन्महापुण्या सरस्वती ॥५॥

5. tato hi sā saricchreṣṭhā nadīnāmuttamā nadī ,
plakṣāddevī srutā rājanmahāpuṇyā sarasvatī.

5. tataḥ hi sā sarit śreṣṭhā nadīnām uttamā nadī
plakṣāt devī srutā rājan mahāpuṇyā sarasvatī

5. Then, indeed, O King, that Sarasvatī, the supreme river, the best among rivers, the divine one of great sanctity, flowed forth from Plakṣa.

Words meanings summery:

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, for, because)

• सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine))

• सरित् (sarit) - river (river, stream)

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, supreme (best, most excellent, supreme)

• नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - among rivers (of rivers, among rivers)

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - excellent (excellent, best, highest)

• नदी (nadī) - river (river, stream)

• प्लक्षात् (plakṣāt) - from Plakṣa (referring to Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa, a source of Sarasvatī) (from Plakṣa (a fig tree, or a sacred region))

• देवी (devī) - divine one, goddess (goddess, divine)

• स्रुता (srutā) - flowed forth, originated (flowed, trickled, originated)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• महापुण्या (mahāpuṇyā) - of great sanctity (greatly sacred, very holy)

• सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī (the divine river) (Sarasvatī (name of a river and a goddess))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (from that, then, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ablative ending used as an adverb

Root: tad

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

particle of affirmation or cause

सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

nominative singular feminine of tad

Note: Refers to Sarasvatī

सरित् (sarit) - river (river, stream)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarit

sarit - river, stream, current

derived from root sṛ

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of compound saricchreṣṭhā

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, supreme (best, most excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief, superior

superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Part of compound saricchreṣṭhā, also qualifies Sarasvatī

नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - among rivers (of rivers, among rivers)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Genitive of comparison, 'best among rivers'

उत्तमा (uttamā) - excellent (excellent, best, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, principal

superlative from ut-tṛ

Note: Agrees with nadī and Sarasvatī

नदी (nadī) - river (river, stream)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Subject complement for Sarasvatī

प्लक्षात् (plakṣāt) - from Plakṣa (referring to Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa, a source of Sarasvatī) (from Plakṣa (a fig tree, or a sacred region))

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of plakṣa

plakṣa - a species of fig tree (Ficus infectoria), the sacred region where Sarasvatī emerges

Note: Source of flowing, hence ablative

देवी (devī) - divine one, goddess (goddess, divine)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine female, queen

feminine form of deva

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Sarasvatī

स्रुता (srutā) - flowed forth, originated (flowed, trickled, originated)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sru

sru - to flow, stream, ooze

Past Passive Participle

feminine nominative singular

Root: sru (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

महापुण्या (mahāpuṇyā) - of great sanctity (greatly sacred, very holy)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāpuṇya

mahāpuṇya - greatly holy, very sacred, highly meritorious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+puṇya)

• mahat – great, large, extensive, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• puṇya – sacred, holy, pure, virtuous, meritorious
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with Sarasvatī

सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī (the divine river) (Sarasvatī (name of a river and a goddess))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (name of a sacred river and a goddess of learning)

Root: saras