महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-42, verse-24

महर्षीणां मतं ज्ञात्वा ततः सा सरितां वरा ।
अरुणामानयामास स्वां तनुं पुरुषर्षभ ॥२४॥

24. maharṣīṇāṁ mataṁ jñātvā tataḥ sā saritāṁ varā ,
aruṇāmānayāmāsa svāṁ tanuṁ puruṣarṣabha.

24. mahārṣīṇām matam jñātvā tatas sā saritām varā
aruṇām ānayāmāsa svām tanum puruṣarṣabha

24. puruṣarṣabha tatas sā saritām varā mahārṣīṇām
matam jñātvā svām tanum aruṇām ānayāmāsa

24. O best among men (puruṣarṣabha)! Then, understanding the intention of the great sages, that supreme river manifested her own form as Arunā.

Words meanings summery:

• महार्षीणाम् (mahārṣīṇām) - of the great sages

• मतम् (matam) - opinion, intention, understanding

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

• ततस् (tatas) - then, thereupon

• सा (sā) - she

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

• वरा (varā) - best, excellent, supreme

• अरुणाम् (aruṇām) - Arunā (the river, in accusative)

• आनयामास (ānayāmāsa) - she brought, she manifested

• स्वाम् (svām) - her own

• तनुम् (tanum) - body, form

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men

Words meanings and morphology

महार्षीणाम् (mahārṣīṇām) - of the great sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahārṣi

mahārṣi - a great sage

Compound of mahā (great) and ṛṣi (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Stem of mahat
• ṛṣi – a seer, sage
  noun (masculine)

मतम् (matam) - opinion, intention, understanding

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, thought, intention, belief

Past Passive Participle

From √man (to think) + suffix -ta

Root: man (class 4)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known, having understood

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √jñā (to know) + suffix -ktvā

Root: jñā (class 9)

ततस् (tatas) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

Avyaya from tad

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - a river, stream

From √sṛ (to flow)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

वरा (varā) - best, excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vara

vara - excellent, best, supreme; boon

From √vṛ (to choose)

Root: vṛ (class 1)

अरुणाम् (aruṇām) - Arunā (the river, in accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aruṇā

aruṇā - Arunā (proper name of a river or a goddess), reddish, dawn

Feminine of aruṇa (reddish, dawn)

आनयामास (ānayāmāsa) - she brought, she manifested

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of nī

Perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular, active, causal

From root √nī (to lead) with prefix ā-. Causal stem nayi/nāy- used for periphrastic perfect ām-āsa formation (ānayāmāsa).

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

स्वाम् (svām) - her own

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

Reflexive possessive pronoun

तनुम् (tanum) - body, form

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, form, person

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, best of men

Compound of puruṣa (man) and ṛṣabha (bull, excellent).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, human being, the Supreme Cosmic Person
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – a bull (as a symbol of strength and excellence), best, chief
  noun (masculine)