महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-117, verse-16

तान्महर्षिगणान्सर्वाञ्शिरोभिरभिवाद्य च ।
उपोपविविशुः सर्वे कौरव्याः सपुरोहिताः ॥१६॥

16. tānmaharṣigaṇānsarvāñśirobhirabhivādya ca ,
upopaviviśuḥ sarve kauravyāḥ sapurohitāḥ.

16. tān maharṣigaṇān sarvān śirobhiḥ abhivādya
ca upopaviviśuḥ sarve kauravyāḥ sapurohitāḥ

16. And having saluted all those hosts of great sages with their heads, all the Kauravas, accompanied by their priests, sat down around them.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those (masculine)

• महर्षिगणान् (maharṣigaṇān) - hosts of great sages

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

• शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with their heads

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having bowed to

• च (ca) - and, also

• उपोपविविशुः (upopaviviśuḥ) - they sat down near, they sat down around

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• कौरव्याः (kauravyāḥ) - the Kauravas, descendants of Kuru

• सपुरोहिताः (sapurohitāḥ) - with their priests, accompanied by priests

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to maharṣigaṇān.

महर्षिगणान् (maharṣigaṇān) - hosts of great sages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of maharṣigaṇa

maharṣigaṇa - group/host of great sages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maharṣi+gaṇa)

• maharṣi – great sage
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, host, multitude
  noun (masculine)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with maharṣigaṇān.

शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with their heads

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having bowed to

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Derived from √vad 'to speak' with prefixes abhi- and ā-

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उपोपविविशुः (upopaviviśuḥ) - they sat down near, they sat down around

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of upopaviś

Perfect tense

Perfect 3rd plural of √viś 'to enter, sit' with prefixes upa- and upa- (reduplication for 'near')

Prefixes: upa+upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: From उप + उप + √विश्.

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with kauravyāḥ.

कौरव्याः (kauravyāḥ) - the Kauravas, descendants of Kuru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru, a Kaurava

सपुरोहिताः (sapurohitāḥ) - with their priests, accompanied by priests

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sapurohita

sapurohita - accompanied by priests, together with the priests

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+purohita)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• purohita – priest, family priest
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: puras+hi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with kauravyāḥ.