महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-4

गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षाः पन्नगाश्च महीपते ।
ब्रह्मक्षेत्रं महापुण्यमभिगच्छन्ति भारत ॥४॥

4. gandharvāpsaraso yakṣāḥ pannagāśca mahīpate ,
brahmakṣetraṁ mahāpuṇyamabhigacchanti bhārata.

4. gandharvāpsarasaḥ yakṣāḥ pannagāḥ ca mahīpate
brahmakṣetram mahāpuṇyam abhigacchanti bhārata

4. O King (mahīpate), O descendant of Bharata (bhārata), Gandharvas, Apsarases, Yakshas, and Nagas all approach this exceedingly sacred (mahāpuṇyam) region of Brahma (brahmakṣetram).

4. (ומגיעים גם) הגַנְדְהַרְוַה, האַפְּסַרַה, היַקְשַׁה והנחשים, הו שליט הארץ, הו בְּהַרַטַה, אל בְּרַהְמַקְשֵׁטְרַה, המקום בעל הזכות הגדולה.

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वाप्सरसः (gandharvāpsarasaḥ) - Gandharvas and Apsarases

• यक्षाः (yakṣāḥ) - Yakshas (a class of nature-spirits)

• पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - Nagas, serpents, hooded serpents

• च (ca) - and, also

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O king, O lord of the earth

• ब्रह्मक्षेत्रम् (brahmakṣetram) - Kurukshetra, the holy field where Brahma performed a sacrifice. (the region of Brahma, a holy land)

• महापुण्यम् (mahāpuṇyam) - very holy, greatly meritorious, highly sacred

• अभिगच्छन्ति (abhigacchanti) - they approach, they go to

• भारत (bhārata) - Referring to Dhritarashtra (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वाप्सरसः (gandharvāpsarasaḥ) - Gandharvas and Apsarases

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharvāpsaras

gandharvāpsaras - Gandharvas and Apsarases (celestial musicians and nymphs)

dvandva compound of gandharva and apsaras

Compound type : dvandva (gandharva+apsaras)

• gandharva – celestial musician
  noun (masculine)
• apsaras – celestial nymph
  noun (feminine)

यक्षाः (yakṣāḥ) - Yakshas (a class of nature-spirits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yakṣa

yakṣa - Yaksha (a class of semi-divine beings, guardians of wealth)

Root: yaj (class 1)

पन्नगाः (pannagāḥ) - Nagas, serpents, hooded serpents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, Naga (literally 'creeping with feet', from pat 'to fall' and naga 'mountain', or from pan 'to go' + naga 'unmovable')

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महीपते (mahīpate) - O king, O lord of the earth

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth (mahī 'earth' + pati 'lord')

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+pati)

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

ब्रह्मक्षेत्रम् (brahmakṣetram) - Kurukshetra, the holy field where Brahma performed a sacrifice. (the region of Brahma, a holy land)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmakṣetra

brahmakṣetra - Brahma's field, sacred ground, holy place (brahma 'Brahma' + kṣetra 'field, region')

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+kṣetra)

• brahman – Brahma (the creator deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣetra – field, region, place
  noun (neuter)

महापुण्यम् (mahāpuṇyam) - very holy, greatly meritorious, highly sacred

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāpuṇya

mahāpuṇya - greatly meritorious, very holy (mahā 'great' + puṇya 'merit, virtue, holiness')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+puṇya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• puṇya – meritorious, virtuous, holy
  adjective (neuter)

अभिगच्छन्ति (abhigacchanti) - they approach, they go to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhigam

present stem

from root gam, present class 1 (gacchati)

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - Referring to Dhritarashtra (O descendant of Bharata, O Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, a king of the Bharata dynasty (often used as a respectful address in the Mahabharata)

Root: bhṛ

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