महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-87, verse-6

स्थलजा जलजा ये च पशवः केचन प्रभो ।
सर्वानेव समानीतांस्तानपश्यन्त ते नृपाः ॥६॥

6. sthalajā jalajā ye ca paśavaḥ kecana prabho ,
sarvāneva samānītāṁstānapaśyanta te nṛpāḥ.

6. sthalajāḥ jalajāḥ ye ca paśavaḥ kecana prabho
sarvān eva samānītān tān apaśyanta te nṛpāḥ

6. prabho te nṛpāḥ sarvān eva tān paśavaḥ ye ca
sthalajāḥ jalajāḥ kecana samānītān apaśyanta

6. And those kings (nṛpa) saw all those animals—whether terrestrial or aquatic, whatever they might be, O lord—which had been gathered together.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थलजाः (sthalajāḥ) - born on land, terrestrial

• जलजाः (jalajāḥ) - born in water, aquatic

• ये (ye) - which, who, whatever

• च (ca) - and, also

• पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle, beasts

• केचन (kecana) - some, certain, whoever, whatever

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord (addressing the narrator) (O lord, O master)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, whole

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

• समानीतान् (samānītān) - brought together for the ritual (brought together, assembled, collected)

• तान् (tān) - those animals (those (masculine plural accusative))

• अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw

• ते (te) - those kings (they (masculine plural nominative))

• नृपाः (nṛpāḥ) - kings, rulers

Words meanings and morphology

स्थलजाः (sthalajāḥ) - born on land, terrestrial

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthalaja

sthalaja - born on land, terrestrial, growing on land

Compound of sthala (land) and ja (born, produced)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sthala+ja)

• sthala – land, dry ground, place
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced, arisen from
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  from root jan- 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'paśavaḥ'.

जलजाः (jalajāḥ) - born in water, aquatic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalaja

jalaja - born in water, aquatic, growing in water

Compound of jala (water) and ja (born, produced)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ja)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced, arisen from
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  from root jan- 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'paśavaḥ'.

ये (ye) - which, who, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ya

ya - who, which, what, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'paśavaḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पशवः (paśavaḥ) - animals, cattle, beasts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle, domestic animal

Note: Grammatically nominative, but functions as the direct object of 'apaśyanta' (saw) by referring back to 'tān' (those) in the accusative case.

केचन (kecana) - some, certain, whoever, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kecana

kecana - some, certain, any whatever

Derived from kim (interrogative pronoun) and cana (particle)

Note: Agrees with 'paśavaḥ'.

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord (addressing the narrator) (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king, powerful, mighty

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'tān' and refers to 'paśavaḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sarvān'.

समानीतान् (samānītān) - brought together for the ritual (brought together, assembled, collected)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samānīta

samānīta - brought together, assembled, collected, led near

Past Passive Participle

from root nī- 'to lead' with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tān' and refers to 'paśavaḥ'.

तान् (tān) - those animals (those (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Direct object of 'apaśyanta', referring to 'paśavaḥ'.

अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, Ātmanepada

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ते (te) - those kings (they (masculine plural nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of 'apaśyanta', refers to 'nṛpāḥ'.

नृपाः (nṛpāḥ) - kings, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, prince

Compound of nṛ (man) and pa (protector, maintainer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, male, hero
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian, preserver
  noun (masculine)
  Kṛt suffix
  from root pā- 'to protect'
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Main subject of the sentence.