महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-90

तस्य तन्मतमाज्ञाय गङ्गा हिमवतः सुता ।
महर्षीन्हंसरूपेण प्रेषयामास तत्र वै ॥९०॥

90. tasya tanmatamājñāya gaṅgā himavataḥ sutā ,
maharṣīnhaṁsarūpeṇa preṣayāmāsa tatra vai.

90. tasya tat matam ājñāya gaṅgā himavataḥ sutā
maharṣīn haṃsarūpeṇa preṣayāmāsa tatra vai

90. gaṅgā himavataḥ sutā tasya tat matam ājñāya
maharṣīn haṃsarūpeṇa tatra vai preṣayāmāsa

90. Understanding his intention, Gaṅgā, the daughter of Himavat, sent great sages there in the form of swans.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Bhishma, from previous context) (of him, of it, his, its)

• तत् (tat) - that (specific intention) (that, it)

• मतम् (matam) - intention (of Bhishma) (opinion, thought, intention, view)

• आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having understood (his intention) (having known, having understood, having ascertained)

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā, the goddess personifying the river (Ganga (river goddess))

• हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of Himavat (the personified Himalaya mountain) (of Himavat, of the Himalayas)

• सुता (sutā) - daughter (of Himavat) (daughter)

• महर्षीन् (maharṣīn) - great sages (great sages, great seers)

• हंसरूपेण (haṁsarūpeṇa) - in the form of swans

• प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent (the sages) (sent)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (to where Bhishma was) (there, in that place)

• वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, surely)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Bhishma, from previous context) (of him, of it, his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत् (tat) - that (specific intention) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used adjectivally with 'matam'

मतम् (matam) - intention (of Bhishma) (opinion, thought, intention, view)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, thought, intention, view

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'man' (to think, to believe)

Root: man (class 4)

आज्ञाय (ājñāya) - having understood (his intention) (having known, having understood, having ascertained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with prefix 'ā' and suffix 'ya' for absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā, the goddess personifying the river (Ganga (river goddess))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - Gaṅgā (the sacred river and its personified deity)

हिमवतः (himavataḥ) - of Himavat (the personified Himalaya mountain) (of Himavat, of the Himalayas)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - Himavat (the personified Himalaya mountains), snowy

सुता (sutā) - daughter (of Himavat) (daughter)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sutā

sutā - daughter

Feminine form of 'suta'

Root: sū (class 2)

महर्षीन् (maharṣīn) - great sages (great sages, great seers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, great seer

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'ṛṣi' (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

हंसरूपेण (haṁsarūpeṇa) - in the form of swans

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of haṃsarūpa

haṁsarūpa - form of a swan, swan-like form

Compound of 'haṃsa' (swan) and 'rūpa' (form)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+rūpa)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent (the sages) (sent)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of preṣ

Perfect (Lit)

Root 'iṣ' (to go) with prefix 'pra' (forward) and causative suffix 'aya', then perfect tense form. 'āmāsa' is the augment for the periphrastic perfect of causative verbs.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

तत्र (tatra) - there (to where Bhishma was) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)