महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-110, verse-30

तत आनाययामास वारमुख्या महीपतिः ।
वेश्याः सर्वत्र निष्णातास्ता उवाच स पार्थिवः ॥३०॥

30. tata ānāyayāmāsa vāramukhyā mahīpatiḥ ,
veśyāḥ sarvatra niṣṇātāstā uvāca sa pārthivaḥ.

30. tataḥ ānāyayāmāsa vāramukhyāḥ mahīpatiḥ veśyāḥ
sarvatra niṣṇātāḥ tāḥ uvāca saḥ pārthivaḥ

30. Then, the king (mahīpatiḥ) summoned the chief courtesans, who were adept in all matters. That king (pārthivaḥ) then spoke to them.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

• आनाययामास (ānāyayāmāsa) - he caused to be brought, he summoned

• वारमुख्याः (vāramukhyāḥ) - chief courtesans, leading prostitutes

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

• वेश्याः (veśyāḥ) - courtesans, prostitutes

• सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all things, in all respects

• निष्णाताः (niṣṇātāḥ) - skilled, expert, proficient

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - king, lord of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

(indeclinable)

आनाययामास (ānāyayāmāsa) - he caused to be brought, he summoned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ānī

Perfect, causative, 3rd singular active

Causative of ā-√nī, Periphrastic Perfect tense

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

वारमुख्याः (vāramukhyāḥ) - chief courtesans, leading prostitutes

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāramukhya

vāramukhya - chief courtesan, leading prostitute

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāra+mukhya)

• vāra – turn, opportunity, day of the week, (as part of compound) courtesan
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Morphologically identical to nominative plural, but contextually accusative.

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

वेश्याः (veśyāḥ) - courtesans, prostitutes

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of veśyā

veśyā - courtesan, prostitute

Note: Serves as an appositive to vāramukhyāḥ, thus accusative in function though nominative in form.

सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere, in all things, in all respects

(indeclinable)

निष्णाताः (niṣṇātāḥ) - skilled, expert, proficient

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of niṣṇāta

niṣṇāta - skilled, expert, proficient

Past Passive Participle

from ni-√snā + kta (irreg. for √snā 'to bathe')

Prefix: ni

Root: snā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with vāramukhyāḥ/veśyāḥ. Though nominative in form, acts as predicate adjective or in apposition to accusative.

ताः (tāḥ) - those (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Morphologically identical to nominative plural, but contextually accusative (object of uvāca).

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, king, related to the earth

from pṛthivī + aṇ