महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-203, verse-27

तथा देवनिकायानामृषीणां चैव सर्वशः ।
मुखान्यभिप्रवर्तन्ते येन याति तिलोत्तमा ॥२७॥

27. tathā devanikāyānāmṛṣīṇāṁ caiva sarvaśaḥ ,
mukhānyabhipravartante yena yāti tilottamā.

27. tathā devanikāyānām ṛṣīṇām ca eva sarvaśaḥ
mukhāni abhipravartante yena yāti tilottamā

27. Similarly, the faces of all the hosts of gods and sages turned in every direction towards the path where Tilottamā was going.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

• देवनिकायानाम् (devanikāyānām) - of the hosts of gods, of the assemblies of deities

• ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in every way, completely, all around, from all sides

• मुखानि (mukhāni) - their gazes, implied to be directed by their faces (faces, mouths, fronts)

• अभिप्रवर्तन्ते (abhipravartante) - turn towards, are directed towards, proceed towards

• येन (yena) - towards the path/direction by which (by which, where, in which direction)

• याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

• तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā) - Tilottamā (name of an Apsaras)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

देवनिकायानाम् (devanikāyānām) - of the hosts of gods, of the assemblies of deities

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of devanikāya

devanikāya - host of gods, assembly of deities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+nikāya)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• nikāya – group, host, assembly, collection
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)

ऋषीणाम् (ṛṣīṇām) - of the sages

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly

(indeclinable)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - in every way, completely, all around, from all sides

(indeclinable)

From sarva (all) with the suffix -śas (denoting 'in every way' or 'by means of')

मुखानि (mukhāni) - their gazes, implied to be directed by their faces (faces, mouths, fronts)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, entrance, chief

अभिप्रवर्तन्ते (abhipravartante) - turn towards, are directed towards, proceed towards

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefixes: abhi+pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

येन (yena) - towards the path/direction by which (by which, where, in which direction)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what (relative pronoun)

याति (yāti) - goes, moves, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā) - Tilottamā (name of an Apsaras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tilottamā

tilottamā - Tilottamā (a celestial nymph, Apsaras, created from the finest particles of all beautiful things)