महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-58

साब्रवीत्पश्य भगवन्पारावारे ऋषीन्स्थितान् ।
आवयोर्दृश्यतोरेभिः कथं नु स्यात्समागमः ॥५८॥

58. sābravītpaśya bhagavanpārāvāre ṛṣīnsthitān ,
āvayordṛśyatorebhiḥ kathaṁ nu syātsamāgamaḥ.

58. sā abravīt paśya bhagavan pārāvāre ṛṣīn sthitān
āvayoḥ dṛśyatoḥ ebhiḥ katham nu syāt samāgamaḥ

58. She said, 'O venerable one, look! Sages are standing on both sides of the riverbank. How can we possibly unite when we are being watched by them?'

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - She (Satyavati) (she)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she said (said, spoke)

• पश्य (paśya) - look! (see, behold (imperative))

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (addressing Parashara) (O venerable one, O blessed one)

• पारावारे (pārāvāre) - on both sides of the riverbank (on both banks, on the other side and this side)

• ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - the sages (sages)

• स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing (sages) (standing, situated)

• आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two (of us two, our)

• दृश्यतोः (dṛśyatoḥ) - while we two are being watched (of the two being seen, while being seen)

• एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these (sages) (by these (masculine))

• कथम् (katham) - how can it be? (how?)

• नु (nu) - then, emphasizing the question (indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis))

• स्यात् (syāt) - could possibly happen (may be, should be, could be)

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - union (between us) (union, meeting, coming together)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - She (Satyavati) (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

पश्य (paśya) - look! (see, behold (imperative))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of paś

Root dṛś changes to paś in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one (addressing Parashara) (O venerable one, O blessed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, glorious, fortunate; a title of respect for deities or revered persons

from bhaga (fortune) + -vat (possessing)

पारावारे (pārāvāre) - on both sides of the riverbank (on both banks, on the other side and this side)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pārāvāra

pārāvāra - both banks (of a river), the near and far shores

Compound type : dvandva (pāra+avāra)

• pāra – further bank, opposite shore
  noun (neuter)
• avāra – near bank, this shore
  noun (neuter)

Note: locative used to denote 'on both sides'

ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - the sages (sages)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Note: object of `paśya` (implied)

स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing (sages) (standing, situated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, situated, standing

past participle

from sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: agrees with `ṛṣīn`

आवयोः (āvayoḥ) - of us two (of us two, our)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

दृश्यतोः (dṛśyatoḥ) - while we two are being watched (of the two being seen, while being seen)

(nominal form)

Genitive, masculine, dual of dṛśyat

dṛśyat - being seen

present participle

passive present participle from dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: genitive dual, agreeing with `āvayoḥ`. Denotes a simultaneous action or state.

एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these (sages) (by these (masculine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: refers to `ṛṣīn`

कथम् (katham) - how can it be? (how?)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - then, emphasizing the question (indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis))

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - could possibly happen (may be, should be, could be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - union (between us) (union, meeting, coming together)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - union, meeting, coming together, sexual union

action noun

from gam (to go)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)