महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-186, verse-31

ततोऽहं पुनरेवाथ तानष्टौ ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
अद्राक्षं दीप्यमानान्वै ग्रहानष्टाविवोदितान् ॥३१॥

31. tato'haṁ punarevātha tānaṣṭau brahmavādinaḥ ,
adrākṣaṁ dīpyamānānvai grahānaṣṭāvivoditān.

31. tataḥ ahaṃ punaḥ eva atha tān aṣṭau brahmavādinaḥ
adrākṣam dīpyamānān vai grahān aṣṭau iva uditān

31. atha tataḥ ahaṃ punaḥ eva tān aṣṭau brahmavādinaḥ
aṣṭau uditān grahān iva dīpyamānān vai adrākṣam

31. Then, I again saw those eight brahmavādin (expounders of sacred texts), shining brilliantly like eight risen planets, indeed.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• तान् (tān) - those

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• ब्रह्मवादिनः (brahmavādinaḥ) - sages or seers who speak about the ultimate reality or sacred knowledge (expounders of brahman, speakers of sacred texts)

• अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw, I beheld

• दीप्यमानान् (dīpyamānān) - shining, blazing, glowing

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• ग्रहान् (grahān) - planets, seizers, capturers

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उदितान् (uditān) - risen (like planets) (risen, appeared, uttered)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

ब्रह्मवादिनः (brahmavādinaḥ) - sages or seers who speak about the ultimate reality or sacred knowledge (expounders of brahman, speakers of sacred texts)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brahmavādin

brahmavādin - expounder of brahman, speaker of sacred texts or the Veda

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+vādin)

• brahman – the ultimate reality, sacred text, Veda, prayer
  noun (neuter)
• vādin – speaker, expounder, one who argues or proclaims
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun/nominal participle
  Derived from √vad (to speak) with suffix -in
  Root: vad (class 1)

अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw, I beheld

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दीप्यमानान् (dīpyamānān) - shining, blazing, glowing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dīpyamāna

dīpyamāna - shining, blazing, glowing

Present Participle (Middle Voice)

Derived from √dīp (to shine, blaze) with the suffix -māna

Root: dīp (class 4)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

ग्रहान् (grahān) - planets, seizers, capturers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of graha

graha - planet, seizer, capturer, anything that seizes or holds

Root: grah (class 9)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उदितान् (uditān) - risen (like planets) (risen, appeared, uttered)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of udita

udita - risen, appeared, spoken, uttered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √i (to go) with prefix ud-, or from √vad (to speak) with prefix ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)