महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-24, verse-16

गायना नर्तकाश्चैव प्लवका वादकास्तथा ।
कथका योधकाश्चैव राजन्नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥१६॥

16. gāyanā nartakāścaiva plavakā vādakāstathā ,
kathakā yodhakāścaiva rājannārhanti ketanam.

16. gāyanāḥ nartakāḥ ca eva plavakāḥ vādakāḥ tathā
kathakāḥ yodhakāḥ ca eva rājan na arhanti ketanam

16. rājan gāyanāḥ nartakāḥ ca eva plavakāḥ vādakāḥ
tathā kathakāḥ yodhakāḥ ca eva ketanam na arhanti

16. O King, singers, dancers, acrobats, musicians, storytellers, and warriors certainly do not deserve an invitation (to a ritual).

Words meanings summery:

• गायनाः (gāyanāḥ) - singers (who perform for entertainment) (singers)

• नर्तकाः (nartakāḥ) - dancers (who perform for entertainment) (dancers)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, only, just)

• प्लवकाः (plavakāḥ) - acrobats (performers) (acrobats, tumblers, jumpers)

• वादकाः (vādakāḥ) - musicians (who perform for entertainment) (musicians, players (of instruments))

• तथा (tathā) - and (similarly, so, and)

• कथकाः (kathakāḥ) - storytellers (who perform for entertainment) (storytellers, reciters)

• योधकाः (yodhakāḥ) - fighters (who perform or engage in fighting) (fighters, warriors)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, only, just)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative) (O King)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अर्हन्ति (arhanti) - they deserve, are entitled to (they deserve, are worthy of)

• केतनम् (ketanam) - an invitation (to a ritualistic feast, like a śrāddha) (sign, banner, invitation)

Words meanings and morphology

गायनाः (gāyanāḥ) - singers (who perform for entertainment) (singers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gāyana

gāyana - a singer, chanters

Derived from root GAI (to sing) with suffix -ana.

Root: gai (class 1)

नर्तकाः (nartakāḥ) - dancers (who perform for entertainment) (dancers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nartaka

nartaka - a dancer, an actor

Derived from root NṚT (to dance) with suffix -aka.

Root: nṛt (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

प्लवकाः (plavakāḥ) - acrobats (performers) (acrobats, tumblers, jumpers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of plavaka

plavaka - a swimmer, diver, tumbler, acrobat, jumper

Derived from root PLU (to float, to jump) with suffix -aka.

Root: plu (class 1)

वादकाः (vādakāḥ) - musicians (who perform for entertainment) (musicians, players (of instruments))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vādaka

vādaka - a musician, a player (of an instrument), one who causes to speak

Derived from root VAD (to speak, to sound) with suffix -aka.

Root: vad (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - and (similarly, so, and)

(indeclinable)

कथकाः (kathakāḥ) - storytellers (who perform for entertainment) (storytellers, reciters)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kathaka

kathaka - a storyteller, reciter, narrator

Derived from root KATH (to tell, to narrate) with suffix -aka.

Root: kath (class 10)

योधकाः (yodhakāḥ) - fighters (who perform or engage in fighting) (fighters, warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodhaka

yodhaka - a fighter, warrior, combatant

Derived from root YUDH (to fight) with suffix -aka.

Root: yudh (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अर्हन्ति (arhanti) - they deserve, are entitled to (they deserve, are worthy of)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present active 3rd person plural

Root: arh (class 1)

केतनम् (ketanam) - an invitation (to a ritualistic feast, like a śrāddha) (sign, banner, invitation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ketana

ketana - flag, banner, sign, abode, house, invitation (especially to a śrāddha)

Root: cit