महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-1, verse-8

पुण्ये भागीरथीतीरे शोकव्याकुलचेतसम् ।
आश्वासयन्तो राजानं विप्राः शतसहस्रशः ॥८॥

8. puṇye bhāgīrathītīre śokavyākulacetasam ,
āśvāsayanto rājānaṁ viprāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ.

8. puṇye bhāgīrathī-tīre śoka-vyākula-cetasam
āśvāsayantaḥ rājānam viprāḥ śata-sahasraśaḥ

8. śata-sahasraśaḥ viprāḥ puṇye bhāgīrathī-tīre
śoka-vyākula-cetasam rājānam āśvāsayantaḥ

8. On the sacred bank of the Bhagirathi, hundreds of thousands of Brahmins were consoling the king, whose mind was distressed by sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the sacred, in the holy

• भागीरथी-तीरे (bhāgīrathī-tīre) - on the bank of the river Ganga (on the bank of the Bhagirathi)

• शोक-व्याकुल-चेतसम् (śoka-vyākula-cetasam) - whose mind was agitated by grief, whose heart was distressed by sorrow

• आश्वासयन्तः (āśvāsayantaḥ) - consoling, reassuring

• राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, learned ones

• शत-सहस्रशः (śata-sahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in countless numbers

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the sacred, in the holy

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, virtuous, meritorious, good deed

Note: Agrees with 'tīre'.

भागीरथी-तीरे (bhāgīrathī-tīre) - on the bank of the river Ganga (on the bank of the Bhagirathi)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhāgīrathī-tīra

bhāgīrathī-tīra - bank of the Bhagirathi (Ganga)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhāgīrathī+tīra)

• bhāgīrathī – Bhagirathi (a name for the river Ganga)
  proper noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore, coast
  noun (neuter)

शोक-व्याकुल-चेतसम् (śoka-vyākula-cetasam) - whose mind was agitated by grief, whose heart was distressed by sorrow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka-vyākula-cetas

śoka-vyākula-cetas - one whose mind (cetas) is agitated (vyākula) by sorrow (śoka)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śoka+vyākula+cetas)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, anguish
  noun (masculine)
• vyākula – agitated, distressed, perturbed
  adjective
• cetas – mind, heart, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'rājānam'.

आश्वासयन्तः (āśvāsayantaḥ) - consoling, reassuring

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśvāsayat

āśvāsayat - consoling, reassuring, comforting

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative stem of root śvas (to breathe) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'viprāḥ'.

राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, learned ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, a learned person, inspired one

शत-सहस्रशः (śata-sahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in countless numbers

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -śas indicating 'by groups of' or 'in numbers of'.