महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-87, verse-8

राजमार्गे नरा न स्म संभवन्त्यवनिं गताः ।
तथा हि सुमहद्राजन्हृषीकेशप्रवेशने ॥८॥

8. rājamārge narā na sma saṁbhavantyavaniṁ gatāḥ ,
tathā hi sumahadrājanhṛṣīkeśapraveśane.

8. rājamārge narāḥ na sma sambhavanti avanim
gatāḥ tathā hi sumahat rājan hṛṣīkeśapraveśane

8. Indeed, O great king, when Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa) made his entry, people could not stand on the royal road; they had fallen to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• राजमार्गे (rājamārge) - on the royal road, on the main road

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

• न (na) - not, no

• स्म (sma) - particle used with present tense to denote past action

• सम्भवन्ति (sambhavanti) - they were able to be (with `sma`) (they are able to be, they are, they exist, they arise)

• अवनिम् (avanim) - to the earth, to the ground

• गताः (gatāḥ) - having fallen (to the ground) (gone, having gone, reached, fallen)

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, very powerful

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• हृषीकेशप्रवेशने (hṛṣīkeśapraveśane) - at the entry of Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

राजमार्गे (rājamārge) - on the royal road, on the main road

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rājamārga

rājamārga - royal road, main road, highway

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+mārga)

• rājan – king, sovereign
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – road, path, way
  noun (masculine)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - particle used with present tense to denote past action

(indeclinable)

सम्भवन्ति (sambhavanti) - they were able to be (with `sma`) (they are able to be, they are, they exist, they arise)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (used as past with sma) (laṭ) of saṃbhū

Present active indicative, 3rd plural

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

अवनिम् (avanim) - to the earth, to the ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avani

avani - earth, ground, land

गताः (gatāḥ) - having fallen (to the ground) (gone, having gone, reached, fallen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained, fallen

Past Passive Participle

from root `gam` (to go) + `kta` suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `narāḥ`.

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

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, very powerful

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, highly exalted

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective

Note: Qualifies `rājan`.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

हृषीकेशप्रवेशने (hṛṣīkeśapraveśane) - at the entry of Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛṣīkeśapraveśana

hṛṣīkeśapraveśana - the entry of Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (hṛṣīkeśa+praveśana)

• hṛṣīkeśa – Hṛṣīkeśa (an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, master of the senses)
  proper noun (masculine)
• praveśana – entry, entering, admission
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root `viś` (to enter) with prefix `pra` + `lyuṭ` suffix
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)