महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-4

अत्रिर्वसिष्ठोऽथ भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः ।
अङ्गिरा गौतमोऽगस्त्यः सुमतिः स्वायुरात्मवान् ॥४॥

4. atrirvasiṣṭho'tha bhṛguḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ ,
aṅgirā gautamo'gastyaḥ sumatiḥ svāyurātmavān.

4. atriḥ vasiṣṭhaḥ atha bhṛguḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ
| aṅgirāḥ gotamaḥ agastyaḥ sumatiḥ svāyuḥ ātmavān

4. Atri, Vasiṣṭha, then Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Aṅgirā, Gautama, Agastya, Sumati, Svāyu, and Ātmavān [were among them].

Words meanings summery:

• अत्रिः (atriḥ) - Atri (name of a sage)

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

• अथ (atha) - then, next, and

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (name of a sage)

• पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (name of a sage)

• पुलहः (pulahaḥ) - Pulaha (name of a sage)

• क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - Kratu (name of a sage)

• अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgirā (name of a sage)

• गोतमः (gotamaḥ) - Gautama (name of a sage)

• अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya (name of a sage)

• सुमतिः (sumatiḥ) - Sumati (name of a sage)

• स्वायुः (svāyuḥ) - Svāyu (name of a sage)

• आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - Ātmavān (name of a sage), possessed of spirit/self

Words meanings and morphology

अत्रिः (atriḥ) - Atri (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atri

atri - Atri (one of the saptarṣis or seven great sages)

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (one of the saptarṣis, a celebrated Vedic sage)

अथ (atha) - then, next, and

(indeclinable)

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (one of the ancient sages, a progenitor of many priestly families)

पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulastya

pulastya - Pulastya (one of the ten Prajāpatis, a mind-born son of Brahmā)

पुलहः (pulahaḥ) - Pulaha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulaha

pulaha - Pulaha (one of the Prajāpatis, a mind-born son of Brahmā)

क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - Kratu (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kratu

kratu - Kratu (one of the Prajāpatis, a mind-born son of Brahmā)

अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgirā (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - Aṅgiras (one of the Saptarṣis, a Vedic sage)

गोतमः (gotamaḥ) - Gautama (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gotama

gotama - Gautama (name of an ancient sage, founder of the Nyāya system of philosophy)

अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya (a celebrated Vedic sage, known for his journey to the south)

सुमतिः (sumatiḥ) - Sumati (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumati

sumati - good-minded, benevolent, wise; also a proper name of a sage

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mati)

• su – good, excellent, well
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, intelligence, thought
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

स्वायुः (svāyuḥ) - Svāyu (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svāyu

svāyu - having a good life, long-lived; also a proper name of a sage

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+āyu)

• su – good, excellent, well
  indeclinable
• āyu – life, vital power, duration of life
  noun (neuter)

आत्मवान् (ātmavān) - Ātmavān (name of a sage), possessed of spirit/self

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmavat

ātmavat - possessed of a soul (ātman), spiritual, intelligent, resolute; also a proper name of a sage

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