महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-6, verse-15

किंद्रव्यास्ताः सभा ब्रह्मन्किंविस्ताराः किमायताः ।
पितामहं च के तस्यां सभायां पर्युपासते ॥१५॥

15. kiṁdravyāstāḥ sabhā brahmankiṁvistārāḥ kimāyatāḥ ,
pitāmahaṁ ca ke tasyāṁ sabhāyāṁ paryupāsate.

15. kiṃ dravyāḥ tāḥ sabhāḥ brahman kiṃ vistārāḥ kiṃ
āyatāḥ pitāmahaṃ ca ke tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ paryupāsate

15. O brahmana, of what substance are those assemblies (sabhāḥ)? What is their width and what is their length? And who attends to Grandfather Brahma in that assembly?

Words meanings summery:

• किं (kiṁ) - what, how, of what kind

• द्रव्याः (dravyāḥ) - made of material, consisting of substances, having as substance

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• सभाः (sabhāḥ) - assemblies (sabhāḥ) (assemblies, halls, courts)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmana, O revered one

• किं (kiṁ) - what, how

• विस्ताराः (vistārāḥ) - expanse, width, extent

• किं (kiṁ) - what, how

• आयताः (āyatāḥ) - extended, long

• पितामहं (pitāmahaṁ) - to Grandfather Brahma (to the grandfather, to Brahma)

• च (ca) - and

• के (ke) - who, which ones

• तस्यां (tasyāṁ) - in that

• सभायां (sabhāyāṁ) - in the assembly

• पर्युपासते (paryupāsate) - they attend, they worship, they serve

Words meanings and morphology

किं (kiṁ) - what, how, of what kind

(indeclinable)

द्रव्याः (dravyāḥ) - made of material, consisting of substances, having as substance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dravya

dravya - substance, material, object, wealth

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective agreeing with 'sabhāḥ', meaning 'of what substance?'

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

सभाः (sabhāḥ) - assemblies (sabhāḥ) (assemblies, halls, courts)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, hall, court

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmana, O revered one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, one who knows brahman

किं (kiṁ) - what, how

(indeclinable)

विस्ताराः (vistārāḥ) - expanse, width, extent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vistāra

vistāra - expanse, width, extent

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective agreeing with 'sabhāḥ', meaning 'of what width?'

किं (kiṁ) - what, how

(indeclinable)

आयताः (āyatāḥ) - extended, long

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āyata

āyata - extended, long, stretched

Past Passive Participle

formed from root 'yam' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

पितामहं (pitāmahaṁ) - to Grandfather Brahma (to the grandfather, to Brahma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, Brahma (the great-grandfather)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - who, which ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, which, what

तस्यां (tasyāṁ) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

सभायां (sabhāyāṁ) - in the assembly

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, hall, court

पर्युपासते (paryupāsate) - they attend, they worship, they serve

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of paryupās

verb root 'ās' with prefixes 'pari' and 'upa'

Prefixes: pari+upa

Root: ās (class 2)