महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-174, verse-14

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्येवं तेषु विप्रेषु चिन्तयत्सु तथा तथा ।
राजर्षिस्तद्वनं प्राप्तस्तपस्वी होत्रवाहनः ॥१४॥

14. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityevaṁ teṣu vipreṣu cintayatsu tathā tathā ,
rājarṣistadvanaṁ prāptastapasvī hotravāhanaḥ.

14. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti evam teṣu vipreṣu cintayatsu tathā
tathā rājarṣiḥ tat vanaṃ prāptaḥ tapasvī hotravāhanaḥ

14. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti evam teṣu vipreṣu tathā tathā cintayatsu
rājarṣiḥ tapasvī hotravāhanaḥ tat vanaṃ prāptaḥ

14. Bhishma said: While those brahmins were pondering in various ways, the royal sage (rājarṣi) Hotravahana, an ascetic (tapasvī), arrived at that forest.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote or thought (thus, so)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• तेषु (teṣu) - among those, to those

• विप्रेषु (vipreṣu) - among the brahmins, among the sages

• चिन्तयत्सु (cintayatsu) - while thinking, while pondering

• तथा (tathā) - in such a manner (thus, so, in that manner)

• तथा (tathā) - in such a manner (thus, so, in that manner)

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly sage

• तत् (tat) - that, him

• वनं (vanaṁ) - forest, wood, grove

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached, arrived, obtained

• तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic, one who performs austerity

• होत्रवाहनः (hotravāhanaḥ) - Name of a royal sage (Hotravahana)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote or thought (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - among those, to those

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

विप्रेषु (vipreṣu) - among the brahmins, among the sages

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - brahmin, learned person, inspired

चिन्तयत्सु (cintayatsu) - while thinking, while pondering

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of cintayat

cintayat - one who thinks/ponders

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative stem of root 'cit' (cintay) with the 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Agreeing with 'vipreṣu'.

तथा (tathā) - in such a manner (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition 'tathā tathā' signifies 'in various ways'.

तथा (tathā) - in such a manner (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition 'tathā tathā' signifies 'in various ways'.

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - royal sage (a king who is also a sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Agreeing with 'vanaṃ'.

वनं (vanaṁ) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached, arrived, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - reached, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'āp' with the prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agreeing with 'rājarṣiḥ'.

तपस्वी (tapasvī) - ascetic, one who performs austerity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, one who performs austerity (tapas)

Note: Agreeing with 'rājarṣiḥ' and 'Hotravahana'.

होत्रवाहनः (hotravāhanaḥ) - Name of a royal sage (Hotravahana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hotravāhana

hotravāhana - Hotravahana (name of a king/sage)