महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-174, verse-9

मातृषष्ठास्तु ते तेन गुरुणा संगतास्तदा ।
नाथवन्तमिवात्मानं मेनिरे भरतर्षभाः ॥९॥

9. mātṛṣaṣṭhāstu te tena guruṇā saṁgatāstadā ,
nāthavantamivātmānaṁ menire bharatarṣabhāḥ.

9. mātṛṣaṣṭāḥ tu te tena guruṇā saṅgatāḥ tadā
nāthavantam iva ātmānam menire bharatarṣabhāḥ

9. Indeed, those Pāṇḍavas, with their mother as the sixth, having then been united with that preceptor (guru), considered themselves as if having a protector.

Words meanings summery:

• मातृषष्टाः (mātṛṣaṣṭāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, including their mother Kuntī as the sixth person (with their mother as the sixth, six including the mother)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• ते (te) - they (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (they)

• तेन (tena) - by him (referring to Dhaumya) (by him)

• गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the preceptor (guru) Dhaumya (by the guru, by the preceptor)

• सङ्गताः (saṅgatāḥ) - joined, united, associated with

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• नाथवन्तम् (nāthavantam) - having a protector, possessing a master

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - themselves (themselves, their self (ātman))

• मेनिरे (menire) - they considered, they thought

• भरतर्षभाः (bharatarṣabhāḥ) - the excellent Bhāratas (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (O bulls among Bhāratas, excellent Bhāratas)

Words meanings and morphology

मातृषष्टाः (mātṛṣaṣṭāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, including their mother Kuntī as the sixth person (with their mother as the sixth, six including the mother)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mātṛṣaṣṭha

mātṛṣaṣṭha - having mother as the sixth, including the mother as the sixth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mātṛ+ṣaṣṭha)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• ṣaṣṭha – sixth
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas (5 brothers + Kuntī = 6).

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

ते (te) - they (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

तेन (tena) - by him (referring to Dhaumya) (by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Dhaumya.

गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by the preceptor (guru) Dhaumya (by the guru, by the preceptor)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, preceptor, heavy, venerable

Note: Refers to Dhaumya.

सङ्गताः (saṅgatāḥ) - joined, united, associated with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṅgata

saṅgata - joined, met, associated

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go) with `sam` (together)

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies `te` (Pāṇḍavas).

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

नाथवन्तम् (nāthavantam) - having a protector, possessing a master

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāthavat

nāthavat - having a protector, having a lord

Possessive suffix `matup/vatup` added to `nātha`

Note: Modifies `ātmānam`.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - themselves (themselves, their self (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Reflexive pronoun in this context.

मेनिरे (menire) - they considered, they thought

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of man

Perfect middle

3rd person plural

Root: man (class 4)

भरतर्षभाः (bharatarṣabhāḥ) - the excellent Bhāratas (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (O bulls among Bhāratas, excellent Bhāratas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among the Bhāratas (epithet for a powerful Kuru warrior), best of the Bhāratas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a Bhārata
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣabh

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.