महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-64, verse-31

ऋचो बह्वृचमुख्यैश्च प्रेर्यमाणाः पदक्रमैः ।
शुश्राव मनुजव्याघ्रो विततेष्विह कर्मसु ॥३१॥

31. ṛco bahvṛcamukhyaiśca preryamāṇāḥ padakramaiḥ ,
śuśrāva manujavyāghro vitateṣviha karmasu.

31. ṛcaḥ bahvṛcamukhyaiḥ ca preryamāṇāḥ padakramaiḥ
śuśrāva manujavyāghraḥ vitateṣu iha karmasu

31. The king, a tiger among men, heard the Ṛg Vedic hymns, which were being chanted by the chief Ṛg Vedic priests with precise word separation, amidst these extensive rituals.

31. שמע המלך, נמר בין בני האדם, בעוד הטקסים נמשכים שם, את המזמורים של רְגְוֵדַה, שראשי המומחים בהם מקריאים בסדר מילה אחר מילה ובסדר הקריאה הרצוף.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - Ṛg Vedic hymns (Ṛg Vedic verses, hymns)

• बह्वृचमुख्यैः (bahvṛcamukhyaiḥ) - by the chief Ṛg Vedic priests

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्रेर्यमाणाः (preryamāṇāḥ) - being recited (being recited, being caused to move/proceed)

• पदक्रमैः (padakramaiḥ) - with precise word separation (by methods of word separation (Vedic recitation technique))

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard (heard, listened)

• मनुजव्याघ्रः (manujavyāghraḥ) - the king (a tiger among men) (tiger among men, best of men)

• विततेषु (vitateṣu) - amidst these extensive (in the extended, in the widespread)

• इह (iha) - here / these (here, in this world, in this case)

• कर्मसु (karmasu) - rituals (in the actions, in the rituals, in the yagyas)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - Ṛg Vedic hymns (Ṛg Vedic verses, hymns)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of ṛc

ṛc - Rig Vedic verse, hymn, prayer

बह्वृचमुख्यैः (bahvṛcamukhyaiḥ) - by the chief Ṛg Vedic priests

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahvṛcamukhya

bahvṛcamukhya - chief of the Bahvṛcas (Rig Vedic priests)

Tatpurusha compound of bahvṛca (Rig Vedic priest) and mukhya (chief)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bahvṛca+mukhya)

• bahvṛca – a reciter/follower of the Rig Veda
  common noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्रेर्यमाणाः (preryamāṇāḥ) - being recited (being recited, being caused to move/proceed)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, plural of preryamāṇa

preryamāṇa - being incited, being urged, being recited

Present Passive Participle

from root √īr (to move) with prefix pra, passive stem and suffix -śānac

Prefix: pra

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `ṛcaḥ`.

पदक्रमैः (padakramaiḥ) - with precise word separation (by methods of word separation (Vedic recitation technique))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of padakrama

padakrama - word-sequence, method of Vedic recitation involving word separation

Tatpurusha compound of pada (word) and krama (order, sequence, method)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pada+krama)

• pada – foot, step, word, verse-quarter
  common noun (neuter)
• krama – order, sequence, method, step
  common noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard (heard, listened)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

मनुजव्याघ्रः (manujavyāghraḥ) - the king (a tiger among men) (tiger among men, best of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manujavyāghra

manujavyāghra - tiger among men, chief of men (an epithet)

Tatpurusha compound of manuja (man) and vyāghra (tiger), meaning 'excellent among men'

Compound type : tatpurusha (manuja+vyāghra)

• manuja – man, human being
  common noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  common noun (masculine)

Note: An honorific epithet for the king.

विततेषु (vitateṣu) - amidst these extensive (in the extended, in the widespread)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of vitata

vitata - extended, spread out, wide, extensive, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root √tan (to stretch, extend) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

इह (iha) - here / these (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

कर्मसु (karmasu) - rituals (in the actions, in the rituals, in the yagyas)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, yagya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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