महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-43, verse-20

अन्वास्ते च नदी देवं गङ्गा वै सरितां वरा ।
दधार पृथिवी चैनं बिभ्रती रूपमुत्तमम् ॥२०॥

20. anvāste ca nadī devaṁ gaṅgā vai saritāṁ varā ,
dadhāra pṛthivī cainaṁ bibhratī rūpamuttamam.

20. anvāste ca nadī devam gaṅgā vai saritām varā
dadhāra pṛthivī ca enam bibhratī rūpam uttamam

20. ca saritām varā nadī gaṅgā vai devam anvāste
pṛthivī ca uttamam rūpam bibhratī enam dadhāra

20. Moreover, the divine river Gaṅgā, the best of rivers, attends upon him, and the earth, bearing an excellent form, supports him as well.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्वास्ते (anvāste) - attends upon, sits near, serves

• च (ca) - and

• नदी (nadī) - river

• देवम् (devam) - referring to the divine child Kārttikeya (divine being, god, shining one)

• गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā (the divine river personified as a goddess)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

• वरा (varā) - best, excellent, preeminent

• दधार (dadhāra) - sustained, supported, held, bore

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, the broad one

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - referring to the divine child Kārttikeya (him)

• बिभ्रती (bibhratī) - bearing, supporting, maintaining

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - highest, excellent, best

Words meanings and morphology

अन्वास्ते (anvāste) - attends upon, sits near, serves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anvās

Prefixes: anu+ās

Root: ās (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

देवम् (devam) - referring to the divine child Kārttikeya (divine being, god, shining one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine being, king

गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - Gaṅgā (the divine river personified as a goddess)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - Gaṅgā

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

वरा (varā) - best, excellent, preeminent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varā

varā - best, excellent

दधार (dadhāra) - sustained, supported, held, bore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth, the broad one

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - referring to the divine child Kārttikeya (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

बिभ्रती (bibhratī) - bearing, supporting, maintaining

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhṛ

bhṛ - to bear, to carry, to support

Present active participle

Derived from the root bhṛ with the śatṛ suffix in the feminine

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, image

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - highest, excellent, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent

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