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.

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)