महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-47, verse-13

गान्धार्याश्च पृथायाश्च विधिवन्नामगोत्रतः ।
शौचं निवर्तयन्तस्ते तत्रोषुर्नगराद्बहिः ॥१३॥

13. gāndhāryāśca pṛthāyāśca vidhivannāmagotrataḥ ,
śaucaṁ nivartayantaste tatroṣurnagarādbahiḥ.

13. gāndhāryāḥ ca pṛthāyāḥ ca vidhivat nāmagotrataḥ
śaucam nivartayantaḥ te tatra ūṣuḥ nagarāt bahiḥ

13. They stayed outside the city, performing the purification rites for Gandhari and Pritha according to sacred law, specifying their names and lineages.

Words meanings summery:

• गान्धार्याः (gāndhāryāḥ) - Of Gandhari

• च (ca) - and

• पृथायाः (pṛthāyāḥ) - Of Pritha (Kunti) (Of Pritha)

• च (ca) - and

• विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to sacred law (according to rule, lawfully, properly)

• नामगोत्रतः (nāmagotrataḥ) - by name and lineage

• शौचम् (śaucam) - ritual purification (purification, ritual purity, cleansing)

• निवर्तयन्तः (nivartayantaḥ) - performing, observing, completing

• ते (te) - they

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ) - they resided, they stayed

• नगरात् (nagarāt) - from the city

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

Words meanings and morphology

गान्धार्याः (gāndhāryāḥ) - Of Gandhari

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of gāndhārī

gāndhārī - Gandhari, proper noun (name of Dhritarashtra's wife)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पृथायाः (pṛthāyāḥ) - Of Pritha (Kunti) (Of Pritha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthā

pṛthā - Pritha, proper noun (name of Kunti)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to sacred law (according to rule, lawfully, properly)

(indeclinable)

नामगोत्रतः (nāmagotrataḥ) - by name and lineage

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva (nāman+gotra)

• nāman – name
  noun (neuter)
• gotra – lineage, family, clan
  noun (neuter)

Note: The suffix -taḥ indicates 'from' or 'by means of'.

शौचम् (śaucam) - ritual purification (purification, ritual purity, cleansing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śauca

śauca - purity, cleanness, ritual purification

निवर्तयन्तः (nivartayantaḥ) - performing, observing, completing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivartayant

nivartayant - causing to turn away, performing, observing, completing

Present Active Participle (causative)

Derived from the root 'vṛt' (to turn) with the prefix 'ni' and the causative suffix '-aya' + Present Active Participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ) - they resided, they stayed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

नगरात् (nagarāt) - from the city

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside, externally

(indeclinable)