महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-114, verse-92

ते तु भीष्मं समासाद्य मुनयो हंसरूपिणः ।
अपश्यञ्शरतल्पस्थं भीष्मं कुरुपितामहम् ॥९२॥

92. te tu bhīṣmaṁ samāsādya munayo haṁsarūpiṇaḥ ,
apaśyañśaratalpasthaṁ bhīṣmaṁ kurupitāmaham.

92. te tu bhīṣmam samāsādya munayaḥ haṃsarūpiṇaḥ
apaśyan śaratālpastham bhīṣmam kurupitāmaham

92. te tu haṃsarūpiṇaḥ munayaḥ bhīṣmam samāsādya
śaratālpastham kurupitāmaham bhīṣmam apaśyan

92. Indeed, those sages, who had taken the form of swans, approached Bhishma. They then saw the Kuru grandsire (pitāmaha), Bhishma, lying on his bed of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (sages) (they, those)

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, however, yet)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (the specific character) (Bhishma)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached (Bhishma) (having approached, having reached)

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages (sages, ascetics, seers)

• हंसरूपिणः (haṁsarūpiṇaḥ) - having the form of swans (describing the sages) (having the form of swans, swan-shaped)

• अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they (the sages) saw (they saw)

• शरताल्पस्थम् (śaratālpastham) - lying on a bed of arrows (Bhishma) (situated on a bed of arrows, lying on a bed of arrows)

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (the specific character) (Bhishma)

• कुरुपितामहम् (kurupitāmaham) - the grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhishma) (the grandsire of the Kurus)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (sages) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, indeed, however, yet)

(indeclinable)

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (the specific character) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of a character in the Mahabharata

Note: Object of 'samāsādya'

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached (Bhishma) (having approached, having reached)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'sad' (to sit) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages (sages, ascetics, seers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'apaśyan'

हंसरूपिणः (haṁsarūpiṇaḥ) - having the form of swans (describing the sages) (having the form of swans, swan-shaped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsarūpin

haṁsarūpin - having the form of a swan, swan-shaped

Derived from 'haṃsarūpa' (swan-form) with the 'ini' suffix (possessive)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (haṃsa+rūpa)

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

अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they (the sages) saw (they saw)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of paś

Imperfect (Laṅ)

From root 'dṛś' (which uses 'paśya' stem in present/imperfect), with augment 'a' and plural ending.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शरताल्पस्थम् (śaratālpastham) - lying on a bed of arrows (Bhishma) (situated on a bed of arrows, lying on a bed of arrows)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaratālpastha

śaratālpastha - situated on a bed of arrows, lying on a bed of arrows

Compound of 'śaratālpa' (bed of arrows) and 'stha' (standing, situated)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaratālpa+stha)

• śaratālpa – bed of arrows
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  agent noun/derivative
  From root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma (the specific character) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of a character in the Mahabharata

Note: Object of 'apaśyan'

कुरुपितामहम् (kurupitāmaham) - the grandsire of the Kuru dynasty (Bhishma) (the grandsire of the Kurus)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kurupitāmaha

kurupitāmaha - grandsire of the Kurus, patriarch of the Kuru dynasty

Compound of 'kuru' and 'pitāmaha'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+pitāmaha)

• kuru – name of an ancient king; a dynasty descending from him
  proper noun (masculine)
• pitāmaha – paternal grandfather, grandsire
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Bhishma.