महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-11, verse-2

स तानुवाच नहुषो देवानृषिगणांस्तथा ।
पितृभिः सहितान्राजन्परीप्सन्हितमात्मनः ॥२॥

2. sa tānuvāca nahuṣo devānṛṣigaṇāṁstathā ,
pitṛbhiḥ sahitānrājanparīpsanhitamātmanaḥ.

2. saḥ tān uvāca nahuṣaḥ devān ṛṣigaṇān tathā
pitṛbhiḥ sahitān rājan parīpsan hitam ātmanaḥ

2. O King, Nahuṣa, desiring his own welfare (ātman), then addressed them—the gods, the hosts of sages, and also the ancestors (pitṛ) who were assembled there.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - That (Nahuṣa) (he, that)

• तान् (tān) - (addressed) them (sages and gods) (them)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa

• देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

• ऋषिगणान् (ṛṣigaṇān) - groups of sages, hosts of sages

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

• पितृभिः (pitṛbhiḥ) - by the ancestors, with the ancestors (pitṛ)

• सहितान् (sahitān) - accompanied, joined, along with

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (by the narrator) (O King)

• परीप्सन् (parīpsan) - desiring, wishing to obtain

• हितम् (hitam) - welfare, benefit, good

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself, his own (ātman)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - That (Nahuṣa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - (addressed) them (sages and gods) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

root vac, perfect form

Root: vac (class 2)

नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣa

nahuṣa - Nahuṣa (a proper name, mythical king)

देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

ऋषिगणान् (ṛṣigaṇān) - groups of sages, hosts of sages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛṣigaṇa

ṛṣigaṇa - group of sages, host of seers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛṣi+gaṇa)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, host, multitude
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

(indeclinable)

पितृभिः (pitṛbhiḥ) - by the ancestors, with the ancestors (pitṛ)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor (pitṛ)

सहितान् (sahitān) - accompanied, joined, along with

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, joined with, together with

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root dhā with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies devān and ṛṣigaṇān.

राजन् (rājan) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (by the narrator) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

परीप्सन् (parīpsan) - desiring, wishing to obtain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parīpsu

parīpsu - desiring, wishing to obtain

Present Active Participle (from desiderative stem)

Present active participle of the desiderative of √āp (to obtain) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: āp (class 5)

हितम् (hitam) - welfare, benefit, good

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - benefit, welfare, good, advantageous

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā; commonly used as a neuter noun meaning 'welfare'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself, his own (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, vital breath (ātman)