महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-90, verse-39

गन्धर्वा गीतकुशला नृत्तेषु च विशारदाः ।
रमयन्ति स्म तान्विप्रान्यज्ञकर्मान्तरेष्वथ ॥३९॥

39. gandharvā gītakuśalā nṛtteṣu ca viśāradāḥ ,
ramayanti sma tānviprānyajñakarmāntareṣvatha.

39. gandharvāḥ gītakūśalāḥ nṛtteṣu ca viśāradāḥ
ramayanti sma tān viprān yajñakarmāntareṣu atha

39. atha gītakūśalāḥ ca nṛtteṣu viśāradāḥ gandharvāḥ
yajñakarmāntareṣu tān viprān ramayanti sma

39. The Gandharvas, skilled in music and expert in dances, then entertained those Brahmins during the intervals of the Vedic rituals (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas, celestial musicians

• गीतकूशलाः (gītakūśalāḥ) - skilled in music/singing

• नृत्तेषु (nṛtteṣu) - in dances, in dancing

• च (ca) - and

• विशारदाः (viśāradāḥ) - expert, skilled, proficient

• रमयन्ति (ramayanti) - they cause to delight, they entertain

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with a present verb

• तान् (tān) - those, them

• विप्रान् (viprān) - Brahmins, inspired ones

• यज्ञकर्मान्तरेषु (yajñakarmāntareṣu) - in the intervals of the Vedic rituals

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas, celestial musicians

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - Gandharva, a class of celestial musicians and dancers

गीतकूशलाः (gītakūśalāḥ) - skilled in music/singing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gītakūśala

gītakūśala - skilled in singing, expert in music

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gīta+kuśala)

• gīta – song, singing, sung
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gai (to sing)
  Root: gai (class 1)
• kuśala – skilled, expert, prosperous
  adjective (masculine)

नृत्तेषु (nṛtteṣu) - in dances, in dancing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nṛtta

nṛtta - dance, dancing, acted

Past Passive Participle

From root nṛt (to dance)

Root: nṛt (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विशारदाः (viśāradāḥ) - expert, skilled, proficient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśārada

viśārada - skilled, expert, proficient

रमयन्ति (ramayanti) - they cause to delight, they entertain

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of ram

Causative Present Active

Root ram, class 1, with causative suffix -i. Present tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: ram (class 1)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense with a present verb

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those, them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

विप्रान् (viprān) - Brahmins, inspired ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, wise

यज्ञकर्मान्तरेषु (yajñakarmāntareṣu) - in the intervals of the Vedic rituals

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yajñakarmāntara

yajñakarmāntara - interval of a Vedic ritual

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+karman+antara)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, devotion, worship
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• karman – action, deed, ritual, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• antara – interval, middle, space between
  noun (neuter)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)