महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-175, verse-16

नटा वैतालिकाश्चैव नर्तकाः सूतमागधाः ।
नियोधकाश्च देशेभ्यः समेष्यन्ति महाबलाः ॥१६॥

16. naṭā vaitālikāścaiva nartakāḥ sūtamāgadhāḥ ,
niyodhakāśca deśebhyaḥ sameṣyanti mahābalāḥ.

16. naṭāḥ vaitālikāḥ ca eva nartakāḥ sūtamāgadhāḥ
niyodhakāḥ ca deśebhyaḥ sameṣyanti mahābalāḥ

16. Actors, bards, dancers, charioteers, and panegyrists, along with powerful fighters from various lands, will all assemble.

Words meanings summery:

• नटाः (naṭāḥ) - actors, dancers, mimes

• वैतालिकाः (vaitālikāḥ) - bards, heralds, encomiasts

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

• नर्तकाः (nartakāḥ) - dancers

• सूतमागधाः (sūtamāgadhāḥ) - charioteers and panegyrists

• नियोधकाः (niyodhakāḥ) - fighters, wrestlers, combatants

• च (ca) - and, also

• देशेभ्यः (deśebhyaḥ) - from countries, from regions

• समेष्यन्ति (sameṣyanti) - they will assemble, they will come together

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very strong, mighty ones, of great strength

Words meanings and morphology

नटाः (naṭāḥ) - actors, dancers, mimes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṭa

naṭa - actor, dancer, mime

From root 'naṭ' (to dance, act).

Root: naṭ (class 1)

वैतालिकाः (vaitālikāḥ) - bards, heralds, encomiasts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaitālika

vaitālika - bard, herald, encomiast, panegyrist (one who recites praise at dawn)

Derived from 'vitāla' (a type of time-beating/music).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

(indeclinable)

नर्तकाः (nartakāḥ) - dancers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nartaka

nartaka - dancer, actor

From root 'nṛt' (to dance).

Root: nṛt (class 4)

सूतमागधाः (sūtamāgadhāḥ) - charioteers and panegyrists

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūtamāgadha

sūtamāgadha - charioteer and bard (often a compound referring to a class of bards/heralds)

Dvandva compound of 'sūta' (charioteer, bard) and 'māgadha' (bard, panegyrist, offspring of specific mixed castes).

Compound type : dvandva (sūta+māgadha)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
• māgadha – bard, panegyrist, a person of mixed caste
  noun (masculine)

नियोधकाः (niyodhakāḥ) - fighters, wrestlers, combatants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyodhaka

niyodhaka - fighter, wrestler, combatant

From prefix 'ni-' and root 'yudh' (to fight) + agent suffix '-aka'.

Prefix: ni

Root: yudh (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

देशेभ्यः (deśebhyaḥ) - from countries, from regions

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of deśa

deśa - country, region, place, quarter

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Contextually ablative (from regions), also can be dative.

समेष्यन्ति (sameṣyanti) - they will assemble, they will come together

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of sam-i

Future tense

From prefix 'sam-' and root 'i' (to go), future tense, 3rd person plural, active voice. 'sam-i' becomes 'sameṣyanti' in future.

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - very strong, mighty ones, of great strength

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, mighty, powerful

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'bala' (strength). 'He who has great strength'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'niyodhakāḥ'.