महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-119, verse-12

भूमौ स्वर्गे च संबद्धां नदीं धूममयीं नृपः ।
स गङ्गामिव गच्छन्तीमालम्ब्य जगतीपतिः ॥१२॥

12. bhūmau svarge ca saṁbaddhāṁ nadīṁ dhūmamayīṁ nṛpaḥ ,
sa gaṅgāmiva gacchantīmālambya jagatīpatiḥ.

12. bhūmau svarge ca sambaddhām nadīm dhūmamayīm nṛpaḥ
saḥ gaṅgām iva gacchantīm ālambya jagatīpatiḥ

12. The king, the lord of the earth (Yayāti), holding onto that smoky river, which connected both earth and heaven and was flowing like the Gaṅgā...

Words meanings summery:

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the earth, in the ground

• स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, in paradise

• च (ca) - and

• सम्बद्धाम् (sambaddhām) - connected, bound, attached

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

• धूममयीम् (dhūmamayīm) - smoky, full of smoke

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

• सः (saḥ) - he

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā (river)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• गच्छन्तीम् (gacchantīm) - going, flowing

• आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having grasped, holding on to, leaning upon

• जगतीपतिः (jagatīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth, king

Words meanings and morphology

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the earth, in the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वर्गे (svarge) - in heaven, in paradise

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'bhūmau' and 'svarge'.

सम्बद्धाम् (sambaddhām) - connected, bound, attached

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sambaddha

sambaddha - connected, joined, bound

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bandh' (to bind) with prefix 'sam'. Formed with suffix -kta.

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh (class 9)

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'ālambya'.

धूममयीम् (dhūmamayīm) - smoky, full of smoke

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhūmamayī

dhūmamayī - made of smoke, smoky, full of smoke

Formed from 'dhūma' with suffix -mayī (feminine form of -maya, indicating made of/full of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhūma+mayī)

• dhūma – smoke, fume
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• mayī – made of, consisting of, full of (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of the suffix -maya.

Note: Qualifies 'nadīm'.

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king

Note: Subject. Refers to Yayāti.

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to King Yayāti.

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganges

Note: Object of comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

गच्छन्तीम् (gacchantīm) - going, flowing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, flowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with suffix -śatṛ. Feminine stem 'gacchantī'.

Root: gam (class 1)

आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having grasped, holding on to, leaning upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root 'lamb' (to hang, to fall) with prefix 'ā'. Formed with suffix -lyap.

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

Note: Action performed by the king before the main verb (which is implied in the next verse).

जगतीपतिः (jagatīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth, king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jagatīpati

jagatīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jagatī+pati)

• jagatī – earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for King Yayāti.