महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-189, verse-9

व्यास उवाच ।
ततस्तु ते पूर्वजदेववाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवा यत्र देवा यजन्ते ।
समासीनास्ते समेता महाबला भागीरथ्यां ददृशुः पुण्डरीकम् ॥९॥

9. vyāsa uvāca ,
tatastu te pūrvajadevavākyaṁ; śrutvā devā yatra devā yajante ,
samāsīnāste sametā mahābalā; bhāgīrathyāṁ dadṛśuḥ puṇḍarīkam.

9. vyāsa uvāca | tataḥ tu te pūrvajadevavākyam
śrutvā devāḥ yatra devāḥ
yajante | samāsīnāḥ te sametāḥ mahābalāḥ
bhāgīrathyām dadṛśuḥ puṇḍarīkam

9. Vyāsa said: "Then, having heard the words of Brahmā (the primeval deity), those mighty gods, who had gathered where deities perform sacrifices, sat down. On the Gaṅgā, they beheld a white lotus."

Words meanings summery:

• व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa (a sage, author of Mahābhārata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• ते (te) - they (masculine plural)

• पूर्वजदेववाक्यम् (pūrvajadevavākyam) - the words of Brahmā, who is considered the primeval deity. (the words of the primeval god (Brahmā))

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

• यजन्ते (yajante) - they sacrifice, they worship

• समासीनाः (samāsīnāḥ) - seated, sitting together

• ते (te) - they (masculine plural)

• समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled, met together

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty, powerful, of great strength

• भागीरथ्याम् (bhāgīrathyām) - on the Gaṅgā (river)

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• पुण्डरीकम् (puṇḍarīkam) - white lotus

Words meanings and morphology

व्यास (vyāsa) - Vyāsa (a sage, author of Mahābhārata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (name of a celebrated sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: From root vac.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: Refers to the gods.

पूर्वजदेववाक्यम् (pūrvajadevavākyam) - the words of Brahmā, who is considered the primeval deity. (the words of the primeval god (Brahmā))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrvajadevavākya

pūrvajadevavākya - words of the primeval god

Compound type : tatpurusha (pūrvaja+deva+vākya)

• pūrvaja – born before, ancient, primeval (epithet for Brahmā)
  adjective (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root śru with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Gerund/absolutive.

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

Note: Subject of 'yajante'.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

Note: Subject of 'yajante'.

यजन्ते (yajante) - they sacrifice, they worship

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of √yaj

present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Root yaj is usually atmanepadi.

समासीनाः (samāsīnāḥ) - seated, sitting together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāsīna

samāsīna - sitting down, assembled, seated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ās with prefix sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (the assembled gods).

ते (te) - they (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: Refers to the gods.

समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled, met together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sameta

sameta - assembled, met together, gathered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (the gods).

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty, powerful, of great strength

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, mighty, powerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (the gods).

भागीरथ्याम् (bhāgīrathyām) - on the Gaṅgā (river)

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhāgīrathī

bhāgīrathī - the Gaṅgā river (named after Bhagīratha)

Note: Denotes location.

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √dṛś

perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: From root dṛś.

पुण्डरीकम् (puṇḍarīkam) - white lotus

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṇḍarīka

puṇḍarīka - white lotus, a kind of lotus

Note: Object of 'dadṛśuḥ'.