महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-236, verse-20

अवाच्यापरिमेयाश्च ब्राह्मणा वनमाश्रिताः ।
वैखानसा वालखिल्याः सिकताश्च तथापरे ॥२०॥

20. avācyāparimeyāśca brāhmaṇā vanamāśritāḥ ,
vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ sikatāśca tathāpare.

20. avācyāḥ aparimeyāḥ ca brāhmaṇāḥ vanam āśritāḥ
vaikhānasāḥ vālakhilyāḥ sikatāḥ ca tathā apare

20. brāhmaṇāḥ avācyāḥ aparimeyāḥ ca vanam āśritāḥ
tathā apare vaikhānasāḥ vālakhilyāḥ sikatāḥ ca

20. Also, Brahmins (brāhmaṇāḥ) who were indescribable (avācyāḥ) and immeasurable (aparimeyāḥ), had resorted to the forest. And likewise, other (apare) groups such as the Vaikhānasa and Vālakhilya ascetics, and the Sikatās, also (tathā) had resorted to the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• अवाच्याः (avācyāḥ) - indescribable, inexpressible, not to be spoken

• अपरिमेयाः (aparimeyāḥ) - immeasurable, countless, limitless

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Members of the priestly class, often ascetics in this context (Brahmins)

• वनम् (vanam) - The natural environment where ascetics reside (forest, wood)

• आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - Refers to those who have taken residence in the forest (resorted to, taken refuge in, dwelling in)

• वैखानसाः (vaikhānasāḥ) - A specific class of hermits or ascetics following a particular set of rules (Vaikhānasa ascetics)

• वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - A class of minute, pygmy sages, sons of Kratu, who reside around the sun (Vālakhilya ascetics)

• सिकताः (sikatāḥ) - Perhaps a class of ascetics who subsisted on sand or lived in arid conditions, or a proper name for a group of sages. (Sikatā ascetics)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise, also

• अपरे (apare) - Other groups of ascetics (others)

Words meanings and morphology

अवाच्याः (avācyāḥ) - indescribable, inexpressible, not to be spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avācya

avācya - not to be spoken, indescribable, inexpressible

Gerundive

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'vācya' (gerundive of √vac)

Root: vac (class 2)

अपरिमेयाः (aparimeyāḥ) - immeasurable, countless, limitless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aparimeya

aparimeya - immeasurable, uncountable, boundless

Gerundive

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'parimeya' (gerundive of pari-√mā)

Prefix: pari

Root: mā (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Members of the priestly class, often ascetics in this context (Brahmins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly caste

वनम् (vanam) - The natural environment where ascetics reside (forest, wood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket; a multitude

आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - Refers to those who have taken residence in the forest (resorted to, taken refuge in, dwelling in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, dependent on, dwelling in, connected with

Past Passive Participle

Formed from ā-√śri (to resort to, lean upon)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

वैखानसाः (vaikhānasāḥ) - A specific class of hermits or ascetics following a particular set of rules (Vaikhānasa ascetics)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaikhānasa

vaikhānasa - a class of hermits; a forest-dweller; a particular school of Vedic ritual

वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - A class of minute, pygmy sages, sons of Kratu, who reside around the sun (Vālakhilya ascetics)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vālakhilya

vālakhilya - a class of pygmy sages; a particular Vedic school or hymn

सिकताः (sikatāḥ) - Perhaps a class of ascetics who subsisted on sand or lived in arid conditions, or a proper name for a group of sages. (Sikatā ascetics)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sikatā

sikatā - sand, gravel; a proper name for a class of ascetics

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, likewise, also

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - Other groups of ascetics (others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different; posterior, western