महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-67, verse-28

गायनाख्यानशीलाश्च नटा वैतालिकास्तथा ।
स्तुवन्तस्तानुपातिष्ठन्सूताश्च सह मागधैः ॥२८॥

28. gāyanākhyānaśīlāśca naṭā vaitālikāstathā ,
stuvantastānupātiṣṭhansūtāśca saha māgadhaiḥ.

28. gāyanākhyānaśīlāḥ ca naṭāḥ vaitālikāḥ tathā |
stuvantaḥ tān upātiṣṭhan sūtāḥ ca saha māgadhaiḥ

28. Those skilled in singing and storytelling, along with actors and bards, attended upon them, offering praise. Charioteers and Magadha bards were also present.

Words meanings summery:

• गायनाख्यानशीलाः (gāyanākhyānaśīlāḥ) - devoted to singing and storytelling, having a nature of singing and narrating

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• नटाः (naṭāḥ) - actors, dancers

• वैतालिकाः (vaitālikāḥ) - bards, heralds, encomiasts

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also

• स्तुवन्तः (stuvantaḥ) - praising, extolling

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• उपातिष्ठन् (upātiṣṭhan) - they attended, waited upon, stood near

• सूताः (sūtāḥ) - charioteers, bards, panegyrists

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• मागधैः (māgadhaiḥ) - with Magadha bards/minstrels

Words meanings and morphology

गायनाख्यानशीलाः (gāyanākhyānaśīlāḥ) - devoted to singing and storytelling, having a nature of singing and narrating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gāyanākhyānaśīla

gāyanākhyānaśīla - fond of singing and narrating, having the nature/habit of singing and storytelling

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gāyana+ākhyāna+śīla)

• gāyana – singing, a singer
  noun (neuter)
  nominal derivative
  Derived from the root √gai (to sing).
  Root: gai (class 1)
• ākhyāna – storytelling, narration, a tale
  noun (neuter)
  nominal derivative
  Derived from ā-√khyā (to tell, narrate).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)
• śīla – nature, character, habit, disposition
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

नटाः (naṭāḥ) - actors, dancers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṭa

naṭa - actor, dancer, mime

वैतालिकाः (vaitālikāḥ) - bards, heralds, encomiasts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaitālika

vaitālika - bard, herald, encomiast (who awakens a king with praises)

Derived from 'vitāla' (music at dawn)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also

(indeclinable)

स्तुवन्तः (stuvantaḥ) - praising, extolling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of stuvat

stuvat - praising, extolling, hymning

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of √stu (to praise, laud)

Root: stu (class 2)

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, him, them (demonstrative pronoun)

उपातिष्ठन् (upātiṣṭhan) - they attended, waited upon, stood near

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sthā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Imperfect 3rd plural of upā-√sthā.

सूताः (sūtāḥ) - charioteers, bards, panegyrists

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, panegyrist (one who proclaims the praises of a king)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

मागधैः (māgadhaiḥ) - with Magadha bards/minstrels

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of māgadha

māgadha - a native of Magadha; a class of bards/minstrels (traditionally, son of a kṣatriya by a vaiśya woman)

Derived from Magadha (name of a kingdom).