महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-202, verse-4

भीष्म उवाच ।
पुराहं मृगयां यातो मार्कण्डेयाश्रमे स्थितः ।
तत्रापश्यं मुनिगणान्समासीनान्सहस्रशः ॥४॥

4. bhīṣma uvāca ,
purāhaṁ mṛgayāṁ yāto mārkaṇḍeyāśrame sthitaḥ ,
tatrāpaśyaṁ munigaṇānsamāsīnānsahasraśaḥ.

4. bhīṣma uvāca purā aham mṛgayām yātaḥ mārkaṇḍeya āśrame
sthitaḥ tatra apaśyam munigaṇān samāsīnān sahasraśaḥ

4. bhīṣma uvāca purā aham mṛgayām yātaḥ mārkaṇḍeya āśrame
sthitaḥ tatra sahasraśaḥ samāsīnān munigaṇān apaśyam

4. Bhishma said: Once, I had gone hunting and was staying at the hermitage (āśrama) of Markandeya. There, I saw thousands of groups of sages who were seated together.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, long ago, in olden times

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - for hunting, to hunt

• यातः (yātaḥ) - gone, proceeded

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - of Markandeya

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the retreat (āśrama)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - staying, situated, established

• तत्र (tatra) - in Markandeya's hermitage (there, in that place)

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• मुनिगणान् (munigaṇān) - groups of sages

• समासीनान् (samāsīnān) - seated together, assembled

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a name, lit. 'terrible, awful')

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Irregular formation of the perfect tense.

पुरा (purā) - formerly, long ago, in olden times

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'apaśyam'.

मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - for hunting, to hunt

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, chase

Root: mṛg

Note: Functions as a dative of purpose with 'yātaḥ'.

यातः (yātaḥ) - gone, proceeded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yā

yā - to go, move, proceed

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Past Passive Participle, referring to 'aham'.

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - of Markandeya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Markandeya (name of a sage)

Note: Qualifies 'āśrame'.

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the retreat (āśrama)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, retreat, stage of life, effort

Derived from √śram (to exert) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - staying, situated, established

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthā

sthā - to stand, stay, be situated

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle, referring to 'aham'.

तत्र (tatra) - in Markandeya's hermitage (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मुनिगणान् (munigaṇān) - groups of sages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of munigaṇa

munigaṇa - multitude of sages, group of ascetics

Compound type : tatpurusha (muni+gaṇa)

• muni – sage, ascetic, silent one
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, troop, host
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'apaśyam'.

समासीनान् (samāsīnān) - seated together, assembled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samāsīna

samāsīna - seated, sitting together, assembled

Present Middle Participle

Derived from √ās (to sit) with the prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'munigaṇān'.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'sahasra' (thousand) with the suffix '-śas'.

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying the number of sages seen.