महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-30, verse-48

तेषु ते न्यवसन्राजन्ब्राह्मणा भृशसत्कृताः ।
कथयन्तः कथा बह्वीः पश्यन्तो नटनर्तकान् ॥४८॥

48. teṣu te nyavasanrājanbrāhmaṇā bhṛśasatkṛtāḥ ,
kathayantaḥ kathā bahvīḥ paśyanto naṭanartakān.

48. teṣu te nyavasan rājan brāhmaṇāḥ bhṛśasatkṛtāḥ
kathayantaḥ kathāḥ bahvīḥ paśyantaḥ naṭanartakān

48. O king, those greatly honored Brahmins (brāhmaṇa) resided in those (dwellings), narrating many stories and watching actors and dancers.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those dwellings (from the previous verse) (in those)

• ते (te) - the Brahmins (they)

• न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, they dwelt

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

• भृशसत्कृताः (bhṛśasatkṛtāḥ) - greatly honored, highly revered

• कथयन्तः (kathayantaḥ) - narrating, telling

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales

• बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - many, numerous

• पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing, watching

• नटनर्तकान् (naṭanartakān) - actors and dancers

Words meanings and morphology

तेषु (teṣu) - in those dwellings (from the previous verse) (in those)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

ते (te) - the Brahmins (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, they dwelt

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ni-vas

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root vas with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, member of the priestly class

भृशसत्कृताः (bhṛśasatkṛtāḥ) - greatly honored, highly revered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛśasatkṛta

bhṛśasatkṛta - greatly honored, highly esteemed

Compound involving a Past Passive Participle

Compound of bhṛśa (very, much) and satkṛta (honored, PPP of sat-kṛ)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+satkṛta)

• bhṛśa – much, very, excessively
  indeclinable
• satkṛta – honored, respected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sat-kṛ (to honor, treat well)
  Prefix: sat
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथयन्तः (kathayantaḥ) - narrating, telling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kathayat

kathayat - narrating, telling

Present Active Participle

From root kath (to tell, to narrate), word formed with the suffix -at

Root: kath (class 10)

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative

बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Feminine plural of bahu

पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing, watching

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, watching

Present Active Participle

From root dṛś (to see), with irregularly formed stem paśya, word formed with the suffix -at

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नटनर्तकान् (naṭanartakān) - actors and dancers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of naṭanartaka

naṭanartaka - actors and dancers

Dvandva compound of naṭa (actor) and nartaka (dancer)

Compound type : dvandva (naṭa+nartaka)

• naṭa – actor, mime
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naṭ (class 1)
• nartaka – dancer
  noun (masculine)
  From root nṛt (to dance)
  Root: nṛt (class 4)