महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-10, verse-13

नदीः पिबन्ति बहुला गङ्गां सिन्धुं सरस्वतीम् ।
गोदावरीं नर्मदां च बाहुदां च महानदीम् ॥१३॥

13. nadīḥ pibanti bahulā gaṅgāṁ sindhuṁ sarasvatīm ,
godāvarīṁ narmadāṁ ca bāhudāṁ ca mahānadīm.

13. nadīḥ pibanti bahulāḥ gaṅgām sindhum sarasvatīm
godāvarīm narmadām ca bāhudām ca mahānadīm

13. nadīḥ bahulāḥ gaṅgām sindhum sarasvatīm godāvarīm
narmadām ca bāhudām ca mahānadīm pibanti

13. They drink from many rivers: the Gaṅgā, Sindhu, Sarasvatī, Godāvarī, Narmadā, and the great river (mahānadī) Bahudā.

Words meanings summery:

• नदीः (nadīḥ) - rivers

• पिबन्ति (pibanti) - they drink

• बहुलाः (bahulāḥ) - many (rivers) (many, numerous, abundant)

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

• सिन्धुम् (sindhum) - the river Sindhu (Indus)

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - the river Sarasvatī (Sarasvati)

• गोदावरीम् (godāvarīm) - the river Godāvarī (Godavari)

• नर्मदाम् (narmadām) - the river Narmadā (Narmada)

• च (ca) - and, also

• बाहुदाम् (bāhudām) - the river Bahudā (Bahuda)

• च (ca) - and, also

• महानदीम् (mahānadīm) - great river, a large river

Words meanings and morphology

नदीः (nadīḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

पिबन्ति (pibanti) - they drink

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pā

Present stem 'piba-' from root 'pā' (1st conjugation)

Root: pā (class 1)

बहुलाः (bahulāḥ) - many (rivers) (many, numerous, abundant)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bahula

bahula - numerous, abundant, many, copious

Note: The Devanagari 'bahulā' is interpreted as 'bahulāḥ' due to external sandhi before a voiced consonant ('gaṅgām').

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the river Gaṅgā (Ganga)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Ganga

सिन्धुम् (sindhum) - the river Sindhu (Indus)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sindhu

sindhu - the river Indus; a river, ocean

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - the river Sarasvatī (Sarasvati)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - the river Sarasvati; goddess of learning

गोदावरीम् (godāvarīm) - the river Godāvarī (Godavari)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of godāvarī

godāvarī - the river Godavari

नर्मदाम् (narmadām) - the river Narmadā (Narmada)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of narmadā

narmadā - the river Narmada

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बाहुदाम् (bāhudām) - the river Bahudā (Bahuda)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bāhudā

bāhudā - the river Bahuda

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महानदीम् (mahānadīm) - great river, a large river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahānadī

mahānadī - great river, a large river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nadī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

Note: Acts as an epithet for Bahudā