महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-177, verse-24

न्यविशन्त ततः सर्वे परिगृह्य सरस्वतीम् ।
तापसास्ते महात्मानो भृगुश्रेष्ठपुरस्कृताः ॥२४॥

24. nyaviśanta tataḥ sarve parigṛhya sarasvatīm ,
tāpasāste mahātmāno bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ.

24. nyaviśanta tataḥ sarve parigṛhya sarasvatīm
tāpasāḥ te mahātmānaḥ bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ

24. tataḥ te sarve mahātmānaḥ bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ
tāpasāḥ sarasvatīm parigṛhya nyaviśanta

24. Thereafter, all those great-souled ascetics, led by the foremost of the Bhrigus, settled down, having approached the Sarasvati (river).

Words meanings summery:

• न्यविशन्त (nyaviśanta) - they settled down, they sat down

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having taken, having seized, having occupied, having approached

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati (river)

• तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits

• ते (te) - those

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones, noble ones

• भृगुश्रेष्ठपुरस्कृताः (bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ) - preceded by the foremost of the Bhrigus, led by the best of the Bhrigus

Words meanings and morphology

न्यविशन्त (nyaviśanta) - they settled down, they sat down

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having taken, having seized, having occupied, having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -ya after prefix pari- and root grah

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvati (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvati (name of a sacred river, goddess of knowledge)

तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit, related to (tapas) austerity

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones, noble ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

भृगुश्रेष्ठपुरस्कृताः (bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ) - preceded by the foremost of the Bhrigus, led by the best of the Bhrigus

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛta

bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛta - preceded by/led by the best of Bhrigu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhṛgu+śreṣṭha+puraskṛta)

• bhṛgu – Bhrigu (name of an ancient sage and lineage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
• puraskṛta – placed in front, honored, preceded by, led by
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root kṛ with prefix puras
  Prefix: puras
  Root: kṛ (class 8)