महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-8

अथापश्यदृषीन्ह्रस्वानङ्गुष्ठोदरपर्वणः ।
पलाशवृन्तिकामेकां सहितान्वहतः पथि ॥८॥

8. athāpaśyadṛṣīnhrasvānaṅguṣṭhodaraparvaṇaḥ ,
palāśavṛntikāmekāṁ sahitānvahataḥ pathi.

8. atha apaśyat ṛṣīn hrasvān aṅguṣṭhodaraparvaṇaḥ
palāśavṛntikām ekām sahitān vahataḥ pathi

8. Then he saw short sages, the size of a thumb's joint, carrying a single palāśa leaf-stalk together on the path.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

• ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages, seers

• ह्रस्वान् (hrasvān) - short, dwarfish, small

• अङ्गुष्ठोदरपर्वणः (aṅguṣṭhodaraparvaṇaḥ) - indicating very small size (of the size of a thumb's joint/belly)

• पलाशवृन्तिकाम् (palāśavṛntikām) - a palāśa leaf-stalk

• एकाम् (ekām) - one, a single

• सहितान् (sahitān) - united, accompanied, together

• वहतः (vahataḥ) - carrying

• पथि (pathi) - on the path, in the road

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages, seers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

ह्रस्वान् (hrasvān) - short, dwarfish, small

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hrasva

hrasva - short, small, dwarfish, brief

Note: Describes the sages.

अङ्गुष्ठोदरपर्वणः (aṅguṣṭhodaraparvaṇaḥ) - indicating very small size (of the size of a thumb's joint/belly)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aṅguṣṭhodaraparvan

aṅguṣṭhodaraparvan - a joint of the belly of a thumb (a measure of size)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅguṣṭha+udara+parvan)

• aṅguṣṭha – thumb, big toe
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, abdomen, interior
  noun (neuter)
• parvan – knot, joint, section, limb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the sages.

पलाशवृन्तिकाम् (palāśavṛntikām) - a palāśa leaf-stalk

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of palāśavṛntikā

palāśavṛntikā - stalk of a palāśa leaf

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (palāśa+vṛntikā)

• palāśa – the Butea frondosa tree; its leaf
  noun (masculine)
• vṛntikā – stalk, stem, pedicle
  noun (feminine)

एकाम् (ekām) - one, a single

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Modifies 'palāśavṛntikām'.

सहितान् (sahitān) - united, accompanied, together

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied, joined, united, together with

past participle

From 'sa' (with) and 'hita' (placed, joined)

Note: Describes the sages.

वहतः (vahataḥ) - carrying

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vahat

vahat - carrying, bearing, conveying

present participle

From root 'vah' (to carry)

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Describes the sages.

पथि (pathi) - on the path, in the road

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of path

path - path, road, way, course