महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-27, verse-15

आतिथ्यं प्रतिगृह्णन्ति तत्र सप्त महर्षयः ।
अर्चितेषु प्रलीनेषु तेष्वन्यद्रोचते वनम् ॥१५॥

15. ātithyaṁ pratigṛhṇanti tatra sapta maharṣayaḥ ,
arciteṣu pralīneṣu teṣvanyadrocate vanam.

15. ātithyam pratigṛhṇanti tatra sapta mahā-ṛṣayaḥ
arciteṣu pralīneṣu teṣu anyat rocate vanam

15. tatra sapta mahā-ṛṣayaḥ ātithyam pratigṛhṇanti.
teṣu arciteṣu pralīneṣu (satsu),
anyat vanam rocate.

15. There, the seven great sages accept hospitality. When they are honored and then absorbed (into the divine), another forest becomes pleasing.

Words meanings summery:

• आतिथ्यम् (ātithyam) - hospitality, guest-duty, entertainment of guests

• प्रतिगृह्णन्ति (pratigṛhṇanti) - they accept, they receive, they take

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• महा-ऋषयः (mahā-ṛṣayaḥ) - great sages, venerable seers

• अर्चितेषु (arciteṣu) - when honored, when worshipped

• प्रलीनेषु (pralīneṣu) - when dissolved, when absorbed, when merged

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among them

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another, different, other

• रोचते (rocate) - it shines, it pleases, it appears pleasing

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

Words meanings and morphology

आतिथ्यम् (ātithyam) - hospitality, guest-duty, entertainment of guests

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātithya

ātithya - hospitality, guest-duty, entertainment of guests

Derived from atithi (guest).

प्रतिगृह्णन्ति (pratigṛhṇanti) - they accept, they receive, they take

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Derived from root √grah (to seize, take) with prefix prati-.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter

(indeclinable)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

महा-ऋषयः (mahā-ṛṣayaḥ) - great sages, venerable seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahā-ṛṣi

mahā-ṛṣi - great sage, venerable seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ṛṣi – seer, sage, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Often refers to the seven ancient sages (saptarṣi).

अर्चितेषु (arciteṣu) - when honored, when worshipped

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of arcita

arcita - honored, worshipped, revered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √arc (to honor, worship).

Root: arc (class 1)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, implying 'when they are honored'.

प्रलीनेषु (pralīneṣu) - when dissolved, when absorbed, when merged

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of pralīna

pralīna - dissolved, absorbed, merged, vanished, reabsorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb pra-√lī (to cling, to dissolve, to vanish) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction, implying 'when they are dissolved'.

तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to the sages (mahā-ṛṣayaḥ), acting as the subject for the locative absolute.

अन्यत् (anyat) - another, different, other

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - another, different, other

Note: Modifies 'vanam'.

रोचते (rocate) - it shines, it pleases, it appears pleasing

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

Present Middle Indicative

Derived from root √ruc, class 1 (rocate).

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: The subject is 'vanam'.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Subject of 'rocate'.