महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-54

संस्थाप्य तं चापि पुनः समाश्वास्य च खेचरम् ।
गतो यथेप्सितं देशं हंसो मन इवाशुगः ॥५४॥

54. saṁsthāpya taṁ cāpi punaḥ samāśvāsya ca khecaram ,
gato yathepsitaṁ deśaṁ haṁso mana ivāśugaḥ.

54. saṃsthāpya taṃ ca api punaḥ samāśvāsya ca khecaram
gataḥ yathā-īpsitam deśam haṃsaḥ manaḥ iva āśugaḥ

54. haṃsaḥ taṃ khecaram ca saṃsthāpya punaḥ ca samāśvāsya
manaḥ iva āśugaḥ yathā-īpsitam deśam gataḥ

54. After setting him down and comforting the bird again, the swan departed to his desired destination, swift like the mind.

Words meanings summery:

• संस्थाप्य (saṁsthāpya) - having set him down (having established, having placed, having set down)

• तम् (tam) - him (him, that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, further)

• समाश्वास्य (samāśvāsya) - having comforted (having comforted, having reassured)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• खेचरम् (khecaram) - the bird (sky-dweller, bird, deity)

• गतः (gataḥ) - departed (gone, departed, reached)

• यथा-ईप्सितम् (yathā-īpsitam) - desired (as desired, according to wish)

• देशम् (deśam) - destination (country, region, place)

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - the swan (swan, goose, a kind of bird)

• मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आशुगः (āśugaḥ) - swift-moving (swift-moving, arrow)

Words meanings and morphology

संस्थाप्य (saṁsthāpya) - having set him down (having established, having placed, having set down)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root sthā with upasarga sam and causative suffix, followed by -ya suffix for absolutive.

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, further)

(indeclinable)

समाश्वास्य (samāśvāsya) - having comforted (having comforted, having reassured)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root śvas (to breathe) with upasarga sam and ā, with causative, followed by -ya suffix for absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

खेचरम् (khecaram) - the bird (sky-dweller, bird, deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of khecara

khecara - moving in the air, a bird, a god, a planet

Compound: khe (in the sky) + cara (moving)

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (khe+cara)

• kha – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a mover
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

गतः (gataḥ) - departed (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'haṃsaḥ'.

यथा-ईप्सितम् (yathā-īpsitam) - desired (as desired, according to wish)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathā-īpsita

yathā-īpsita - as desired, according to wish

Compound. īpsita is PPP from root āp with desiderative suffix.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+īpsita)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner
  indeclinable
• īpsita – desired, wished, longed for
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root āp (to obtain) with desiderative suffix, then kta.
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'deśam'.

देशम् (deśam) - destination (country, region, place)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, country, region, spot

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - the swan (swan, goose, a kind of bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a particular bird, the soul

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, spirit, heart, faculty of thought

Note: Used in comparison with 'āśugaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

आशुगः (āśugaḥ) - swift-moving (swift-moving, arrow)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśuga

āśuga - swift-moving, quick, an arrow

Compound: āśu (swift) + ga (going).

Compound type : tatpurusha (āśu+ga)

• āśu – swift, quick, rapidly
  adjective
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'haṃsaḥ'.