महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-235, verse-8

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताः श्रोत्रिया वेदपारगाः ।
स्वधर्मजीविनो दान्ताः क्रियावन्तस्तपस्विनः ।
तेषां हव्यं च कव्यं चाप्यर्हणार्थं विधीयते ॥८॥

8. vedavidyāvratasnātāḥ śrotriyā vedapāragāḥ ,
svadharmajīvino dāntāḥ kriyāvantastapasvinaḥ ,
teṣāṁ havyaṁ ca kavyaṁ cāpyarhaṇārthaṁ vidhīyate.

8. veda-vidyā-vrata-snātāḥ śrotriyāḥ
veda-pāragāḥ sva-dharma-jīvinaḥ dāntāḥ
kriyā-vantaḥ tapasvinaḥ teṣām havyam ca
kavyam ca api arhaṇa-artham vidhīyate

8. veda-vidyā-vrata-snātāḥ śrotriyāḥ
veda-pāragāḥ sva-dharma-jīvinaḥ dāntāḥ
kriyā-vantaḥ tapasvinaḥ teṣām havyam ca
kavyam ca api arhaṇa-artham vidhīyate

8. Those who have completed their Vedic studies and vows, who are learned in the Vedas and have mastered them, who live according to their inherent nature (dharma), who are self-controlled, dedicated to ritual actions, and practice austerity (tapas) – for them, offerings for the gods and ancestors are indeed prescribed as an act of honor.

Words meanings summery:

• वेद-विद्या-व्रत-स्नाताः (veda-vidyā-vrata-snātāḥ) - those who have completed their Vedic studies and vows (and performed the ritual bath)

• श्रोत्रियाः (śrotriyāḥ) - those learned in the Vedas, a Brahmin learned in the Vedas

• वेद-पारगाः (veda-pāragāḥ) - those who have mastered the Vedas, proficient in the Vedas

• स्व-धर्म-जीविनः (sva-dharma-jīvinaḥ) - living by their own (natural) law (dharma)

• दान्ताः (dāntāḥ) - self-controlled, subdued, disciplined

• क्रिया-वन्तः (kriyā-vantaḥ) - active in rites, performing rituals, possessing actions

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics, those practicing austerity

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, of them

• हव्यम् (havyam) - offering for gods, oblation

• च (ca) - and, also

• कव्यम् (kavyam) - offering for ancestors, poem

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too, moreover

• अर्हण-अर्थम् (arhaṇa-artham) - for the sake of honor, as a tribute

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is arranged, is offered

Words meanings and morphology

वेद-विद्या-व्रत-स्नाताः (veda-vidyā-vrata-snātāḥ) - those who have completed their Vedic studies and vows (and performed the ritual bath)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda-vidyā-vrata-snāta

veda-vidyā-vrata-snāta - bathed in Vedic knowledge and vows, one who has completed Vedic study and vows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+vidyā+vrata+snāta)

• veda – sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)
• snāta – bathed, one who has bathed (especially after completing studies)
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Root: snā (class 2)

श्रोत्रियाः (śrotriyāḥ) - those learned in the Vedas, a Brahmin learned in the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrotriya

śrotriya - learned in the Vedas, a Brahmin learned in the Vedas

वेद-पारगाः (veda-pāragāḥ) - those who have mastered the Vedas, proficient in the Vedas

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda-pāraga

veda-pāraga - one who has gone to the other shore of the Vedas, mastered the Vedas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+pāraga)

• veda – sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
• pāraga – gone to the other side, mastered, proficient, accomplished
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: pāra
  Root: gā (class 2)

स्व-धर्म-जीविनः (sva-dharma-jīvinaḥ) - living by their own (natural) law (dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sva-dharma-jīvin

sva-dharma-jīvin - living by one's own duty or inherent nature

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+dharma+jīvin)

• sva – one's own, self, own property
  pronoun
• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• jīvin – living by, subsisting on, alive
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

दान्ताः (dāntāḥ) - self-controlled, subdued, disciplined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānta

dānta - self-controlled, subdued, disciplined, tamed

past passive participle

Root: dam (class 1)

क्रिया-वन्तः (kriyā-vantaḥ) - active in rites, performing rituals, possessing actions

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kriyā-vat

kriyā-vat - performing actions, having rituals, active

From 'kriyā' with possessive suffix '-vat'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kriyā+vat)

• kriyā – action, rite, ritual, activity, deed
  noun (feminine)
• vat – possessing, having, like
  suffix
  Possessive suffix

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics, those practicing austerity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, one practicing austerity, recluse, devotee

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हव्यम् (havyam) - offering for gods, oblation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of havya

havya - offering to gods, oblation

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कव्यम् (kavyam) - offering for ancestors, poem

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kavya

kavya - offering to ancestors, poem, wise man's creation

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too, moreover

(indeclinable)

अर्हण-अर्थम् (arhaṇa-artham) - for the sake of honor, as a tribute

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arhaṇa-artha

arhaṇa-artha - for the purpose of honoring, for respect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arhaṇa+artha)

• arhaṇa – honoring, worship, reverence, offering
  noun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, aim, object, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed, is arranged, is offered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)