महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-55, verse-6

अथ शिष्यसहस्राणि समनुज्ञाय गौतमः ।
उत्तङ्कं परया प्रीत्या नाभ्यनुज्ञातुमैच्छत ॥६॥

6. atha śiṣyasahasrāṇi samanujñāya gautamaḥ ,
uttaṅkaṁ parayā prītyā nābhyanujñātumaicchata.

6. atha śiṣyasahasrāṇi samanujñāya gautamaḥ
uttaṅkam parayā prītyā na abhyanujñātum aicchat

6. atha gautamaḥ śiṣyasahasrāṇi samanujñāya parayā
prītyā uttaṅkam abhyanujñātum na aicchat

6. Then, after dismissing thousands of his other disciples, Gautama, with great affection, did not wish to dismiss Utṭaṅka.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• शिष्यसहस्राणि (śiṣyasahasrāṇi) - thousands of disciples

• समनुज्ञाय (samanujñāya) - having dismissed, having given permission to

• गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama (proper name of a sage)

• उत्तङ्कम् (uttaṅkam) - Utṭaṅka (proper name of a disciple)

• परया (parayā) - with great, with highest

• प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, with love

• न (na) - not

• अभ्यनुज्ञातुम् (abhyanujñātum) - to dismiss, to give permission to

• ऐच्छत् (aicchat) - desired, wished

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

शिष्यसहस्राणि (śiṣyasahasrāṇi) - thousands of disciples

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śiṣyasahasra

śiṣyasahasra - thousands of disciples

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śiṣya+sahasra)

• śiṣya – disciple, student
  noun (masculine)
  from śā́s 'to teach'
  Root: śās (class 2)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

समनुज्ञाय (samanujñāya) - having dismissed, having given permission to

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with sam-anu-√jñā + -ya

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama (proper name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama

उत्तङ्कम् (uttaṅkam) - Utṭaṅka (proper name of a disciple)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Utṭaṅka

परया (parayā) - with great, with highest

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - highest, supreme, great, distant

प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, with love

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - affection, love, fondness, pleasure

from √prī 'to please, love'

Root: prī (class 9)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अभ्यनुज्ञातुम् (abhyanujñātum) - to dismiss, to give permission to

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with abhi-anu-√jñā + -tum

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

ऐच्छत् (aicchat) - desired, wished

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of iṣ

a-augment + √iṣ (5th class) in imperfect, 3rd singular active

Root: iṣ (class 5)