महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-175, verse-8

ततः पृष्ट्वा यथान्यायमन्योन्यं ते वनौकसः ।
सहिता भरतश्रेष्ठ निषेदुः परिवार्य तम् ॥८॥

8. tataḥ pṛṣṭvā yathānyāyamanyonyaṁ te vanaukasaḥ ,
sahitā bharataśreṣṭha niṣeduḥ parivārya tam.

8. tataḥ pṛṣṭvā yathānyāyam anyonyam te vanaukasaḥ
sahitāḥ bharataśreṣṭha niṣeduḥ parivārya tam

8. bharataśreṣṭha tataḥ te vanaukasaḥ anyonyam
yathānyāyam pṛṣṭvā sahitāḥ tam parivārya niṣeduḥ

8. Then, O best of the Bharatas, those forest-dwelling sages, having properly inquired of each other, sat down together, surrounding him (the king).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked, inquired

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to justice, properly, as is right

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• ते (te) - those, they

• वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - the sages dwelling in the forest (forest dwellers, hermits)

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together, assembled, accompanied

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas

• निषेदुः (niṣeduḥ) - they sat down

• परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded

• तम् (tam) - him, that

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked, inquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root praś (to ask)

Root: praś (class 6)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to justice, properly, as is right

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, propriety
  noun (masculine)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, mutual

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - the sages dwelling in the forest (forest dwellers, hermits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest dweller, hermit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, house, home
  noun (neuter)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together, assembled, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied, joined with, together

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā (to place) with prefix sa- (together), meaning 'placed together'

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of Bharatas

Compound, used as a vocative epithet

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a dynasty/people)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative form of praśasya (excellent)

निषेदुः (niṣeduḥ) - they sat down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of niṣad

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice, from root sad with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: sad (class 1)

परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root vṛ (to cover, enclose) with upasargas pari-ā-

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: vṛ (class 9)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it