महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-185, verse-15

गृहीतवाक्यो नृपतेः पुरोधा गत्वा प्रशंसामभिधाय तेषाम् ।
वाक्यं यथावन्नृपतेः समग्रमुवाच तान्स क्रमवित्क्रमेण ॥१५॥

15. gṛhītavākyo nṛpateḥ purodhā; gatvā praśaṁsāmabhidhāya teṣām ,
vākyaṁ yathāvannṛpateḥ samagra;muvāca tānsa kramavitkrameṇa.

15. gṛhītavākyaḥ nṛpateḥ purodhā
gatvā praśaṃsām abhidhāya teṣām |
vākyam yathāvat nṛpateḥ samagram
uvāca tān sa kramavit krameṇa

15. The king's priest (purodhā), having taken his instructions, went and, after offering praise to them, that expert in procedure (kramavit) then delivered the king's complete message to them properly and in due order.

Words meanings summery:

• गृहीतवाक्यः (gṛhītavākyaḥ) - one who has received the words, whose words have been taken

• नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

• पुरोधा (purodhā) - family priest, royal chaplain

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• प्रशंसाम् (praśaṁsām) - praise, eulogy

• अभिधाय (abhidhāya) - having spoken, having said

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them, of them

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - message, statement, word

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, truly, exactly, in due manner

• नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

• समग्रम् (samagram) - entire, complete, whole

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• तान् (tān) - them (plural)

• स (sa) - he, that one

• क्रमवित् (kramavit) - one who knows the order, expert in procedure

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in due order, sequentially

Words meanings and morphology

गृहीतवाक्यः (gṛhītavākyaḥ) - one who has received the words, whose words have been taken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhītavākya

gṛhītavākya - one who has taken words, one whose words have been grasped (i.e., instructed)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gṛhīta+vākya)

• gṛhīta – taken, grasped, received
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root grah (to seize, to take)
  Root: grah (class 9)
• vākya – word, speech, statement, message
  noun (neuter)

नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

पुरोधा (purodhā) - family priest, royal chaplain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purodhas

purodhas - one placed in front; a family priest, royal chaplain

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/Gerund form.

प्रशंसाम् (praśaṁsām) - praise, eulogy

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of praśaṃsā

praśaṁsā - praise, eulogy, commendation

verbal noun

from root pra-śaṃs (to praise)

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

अभिधाय (abhidhāya) - having spoken, having said

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from abhi-dhā (to speak, to declare)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them, of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used here with a dative sense ('to them').

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - message, statement, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence, message

from vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, truly, exactly, in due manner

(indeclinable)

नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

समग्रम् (samagram) - entire, complete, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samagra

samagra - entire, whole, complete, all

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तान् (tān) - them (plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स (sa) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्रमवित् (kramavit) - one who knows the order, expert in procedure

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kramavid

kramavid - one who knows the proper order or procedure, expert in sequence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krama+vid)

• krama – step, order, sequence, procedure
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knowing, knower, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  agent noun from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - in due order, sequentially

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, order, sequence, method, procedure

verbal noun

from root kram (to step, to proceed)

Root: kram (class 1)