महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-42, verse-20

तेषां ते मुनयः श्रुत्वा तुष्टुवुस्तां महानदीम् ।
मोक्षार्थं रक्षसां तेषामूचुः प्रयतमानसाः ॥२०॥

20. teṣāṁ te munayaḥ śrutvā tuṣṭuvustāṁ mahānadīm ,
mokṣārthaṁ rakṣasāṁ teṣāmūcuḥ prayatamānasāḥ.

20. teṣām te munayaḥ śrutvā tuṣṭuvuḥ tām mahānadīm
mokṣārtham rakṣasām teṣām ūcuḥ prayatamānasāḥ

20. te munayaḥ teṣām śrutvā tām mahānadīm tuṣṭuvuḥ
prayatamānasāḥ teṣām rakṣasām mokṣārtham ūcuḥ

20. Hearing them, those sages praised that great river. With purified minds, they spoke for the liberation (mokṣa) of those rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

• ते (te) - those

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - they praised

• ताम् (tām) - that

• महानदीम् (mahānadīm) - great river

• मोक्षार्थम् (mokṣārtham) - for the purpose of liberation

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the rākṣasas (demons)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (rākṣasas) (of those)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

• प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - with controlled minds, with purified minds

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, for them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to munayaḥ.

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - they praised

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of stu

Root: stu (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to mahānadīm.

महानदीम् (mahānadīm) - great river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahānadī

mahānadī - great river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahant+nadī)

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

मोक्षार्थम् (mokṣārtham) - for the purpose of liberation

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mokṣa+artha)

• mokṣa – liberation, emancipation, release
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root muc (to free, release) with suffix -a.
  Root: muc (class 6)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of'.

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (rākṣasas) (of those)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Agrees with rakṣasām.

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रयतमनसः (prayatamanasaḥ) - with controlled minds, with purified minds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prayatamanasa

prayatamanasa - one whose mind is controlled, pure-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prayata+mānasa)

• prayata – controlled, restrained, pure
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yam (to restrain) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yam (class 1)
• mānasa – mind, mental
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from manas (mind) with suffix -a.

Note: Agrees with munayaḥ.