महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-48, verse-4

सूत उवाच ।
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि नामानीह मनीषिणाम् ।
ये ऋत्विजः सदस्याश्च तस्यासन्नृपतेस्तदा ॥४॥

4. sūta uvāca ,
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi nāmānīha manīṣiṇām ,
ye ṛtvijaḥ sadasyāśca tasyāsannṛpatestadā.

4. sūtaḥ uvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi nāmāni iha manīṣiṇām
ye ṛtvijaḥ sadasyāḥ ca tasya āsan nṛpateḥ tadā

4. Sūta said: "Indeed, I shall now tell you the names of those wise persons who were the priests and members for that king at that time."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (Ugraśravas) (charioteer, bard; name of a person/class)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• हन्त (hanta) - indeed (ah!, indeed!, well then)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you)

• कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I shall tell (I will tell, I will narrate)

• नामानि (nāmāni) - names

• इह (iha) - here (now, concerning this) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• मनीषिणाम् (manīṣiṇām) - of those wise persons (of the intelligent, of the wise)

• ये (ye) - who (who, which)

• ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - priests (priests, sacrificial priests)

• सदस्याः (sadasyāḥ) - members (members, participants)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (of him, of that)

• आसन् (āsan) - were (they were)

• नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (Ugraśravas) (charioteer, bard; name of a person/class)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - indeed (ah!, indeed!, well then)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Enclitic dative singular of `tvad`.

कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I shall tell (I will tell, I will narrate)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kath

causative/denominative

From 'katha' (story) or causative of 'kṛt'

Root: kṛt (class 10)

नामानि (nāmāni) - names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation

इह (iha) - here (now, concerning this) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

मनीषिणाम् (manīṣiṇām) - of those wise persons (of the intelligent, of the wise)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, sagacious; a wise man, a sage

Derived from 'manīṣā' (intellect)

ये (ye) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the 'manīṣiṇām'.

ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - priests (priests, sacrificial priests)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - sacrificial priest, officiating priest

agent noun

Derived from 'ṛtu' (season/right time) + √yaj (to sacrifice), meaning 'one who sacrifices at the right time'

Root: yaj (class 1)

सदस्याः (sadasyāḥ) - members (members, participants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sadasya

sadasya - member of an assembly, participant, attendant

Derived from 'sadas' (assembly) + 'ya' (suffix of belonging)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king mentioned in the previous context.

आसन् (āsan) - were (they were)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound of 'nṛ' (man) + 'pati' (lord)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to King Janamejaya.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)