महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-34

तस्मिन्नेवाथ काले तु तीर्थयात्रामुपागतः ।
इक्ष्वाकुरगमत्तत्र समेता यत्र ते विभो ॥३४॥

34. tasminnevātha kāle tu tīrthayātrāmupāgataḥ ,
ikṣvākuragamattatra sametā yatra te vibho.

34. tasmin eva atha kāle tu tīrthayātrām upāgataḥ
ikṣvākuḥ agamat tatra sametāḥ yatra te vibho

34. vibho atha tu tasmin eva kāle tīrthayātrām
upāgataḥ ikṣvākuḥ yatra te sametāḥ tatra agamat

34. O mighty one, it was at that very time that Ikshvaku, having arrived on a pilgrimage, went to the spot where those (sages) were assembled.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, at that

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'that very time' (exactly, only, very, indeed)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• काले (kāle) - at the time, in time

• तु (tu) - a particle emphasizing the statement, 'it was *then* that...' (but, indeed, yet)

• तीर्थयात्राम् (tīrthayātrām) - pilgrimage (to a sacred place)

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - having approached, having arrived, having come near

• इक्ष्वाकुः (ikṣvākuḥ) - The legendary king Ikshvaku, founder of the Solar Dynasty. (Ikshvaku (name of a legendary king))

• अगमत् (agamat) - he went, he proceeded

• तत्र (tatra) - the place where the sages were assembled (there, to that place)

• समेताः (sametāḥ) - the assembled sages (assembled, gathered)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• ते (te) - they, referring to the assembled sages (they (masculine plural nominative))

• विभो (vibho) - Vocative, likely addressing Bhishma as the narrator. (O lord, O mighty one)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, at that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'that very time' (exactly, only, very, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Particle of emphasis.

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/adverb marking sequence or transition.

काले (kāle) - at the time, in time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period, destiny

तु (tu) - a particle emphasizing the statement, 'it was *then* that...' (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle.

तीर्थयात्राम् (tīrthayātrām) - pilgrimage (to a sacred place)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tīrthayātrā

tīrthayātrā - pilgrimage, journey to a sacred ford/place

Tatpurusha compound: tīrtha (sacred place/ford) + yātrā (journey).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tīrtha+yātrā)

• tīrtha – ford, holy place, sacred bathing place, shrine
  noun (neuter)
• yātrā – journey, procession, pilgrimage, festival
  noun (feminine)
  From root √yā (to go).
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Object of the action implied by 'upāgataḥ'.

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - having approached, having arrived, having come near

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, come near

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √gam (to go) with upasargas upa + ā.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the subject (Ikshvaku).

इक्ष्वाकुः (ikṣvākuḥ) - The legendary king Ikshvaku, founder of the Solar Dynasty. (Ikshvaku (name of a legendary king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ikṣvāku

ikṣvāku - Ikshvaku (name of the first king of the Solar Dynasty, son of Manu)

Note: Subject of 'agamat'.

अगमत् (agamat) - he went, he proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Imperfect Active

Root gam, imperfect tense (laṅ lakara), 3rd person singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - the place where the sages were assembled (there, to that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad (that) with the suffix -tra (locative sense).

समेताः (sametāḥ) - the assembled sages (assembled, gathered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sameta

sameta - assembled, met, come together, united

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root √i (to go) with upasargas sam + ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from yad (which) with the suffix -tra (locative sense).

ते (te) - they, referring to the assembled sages (they (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of an implied 'are' with 'sametāḥ'.

विभो (vibho) - Vocative, likely addressing Bhishma as the narrator. (O lord, O mighty one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - lord, master, sovereign, pervading, mighty, powerful, omnipresent