महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-29

सहस्रं च सहस्राणां कन्या हेमविभूषिताः ।
ईजानो वितते यज्ञे दक्षिणामत्यकालयत् ॥२९॥

29. sahasraṁ ca sahasrāṇāṁ kanyā hemavibhūṣitāḥ ,
ījāno vitate yajñe dakṣiṇāmatyakālayat.

29. sahasram ca sahasrāṇām kanyā hemavibhūṣitāḥ
ījānaḥ vitate yajñe dakṣiṇām atyakālayat

29. ījānaḥ vitate yajñe sahasram ca sahasrāṇām
hemavibhūṣitāḥ kanyā dakṣiṇām atyakālayat

29. While performing an elaborate Vedic ritual (yajña), he excessively gave away ritual fees (dakṣiṇā) in the form of thousands upon thousands of maidens adorned with gold.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• च (ca) - and

• सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

• कन्या (kanyā) - maidens, girls

• हेमविभूषिताः (hemavibhūṣitāḥ) - adorned with gold

• ईजानः (ījānaḥ) - having performed (a Vedic ritual)

• वितते (vitate) - vast, elaborate, extended

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual)

• दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - ritual fee, sacrificial gift (ritual fee, gift, southern (direction))

• अत्यकालयत् (atyakālayat) - he gave away excessively, he surpassed (in giving), he caused to give excessively

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Functions as a numeral quantifier.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

कन्या (kanyā) - maidens, girls

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl

Note: Grammatically nominative plural, but functions as part of the object (dakṣiṇā) in the context of being given.

हेमविभूषिताः (hemavibhūṣitāḥ) - adorned with gold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hemavibhūṣita

hemavibhūṣita - adorned with gold, ornamented with gold

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (hema+vibhūṣita)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• vibhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhūṣ' (to adorn) with prefix 'vi-'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhūṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kanyā. Grammatically nominative plural, but functions as part of the object in context.

ईजानः (ījānaḥ) - having performed (a Vedic ritual)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ījāna

ījāna - performing, having performed

Perfect Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root 'yaj' (to worship, sacrifice), Perfect Active Participle (Kāṇac-pratyaya).

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Subject of atyakālayat.

वितते (vitate) - vast, elaborate, extended

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vitata

vitata - spread out, vast, extensive, elaborate

Past Passive Participle

From root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) with prefix 'vi-'.

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with yajñe.

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, worship, sacrifice

Root: yaj (class 1)

दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - ritual fee, sacrificial gift (ritual fee, gift, southern (direction))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - ritual fee, gift, donation; south, southern

Note: Object of atyakālayat.

अत्यकालयत् (atyakālayat) - he gave away excessively, he surpassed (in giving), he caused to give excessively

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of atyakālayat

causative

Causative verb from root 'kal' (to count, to impel) with prefix 'ati-'. Past imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra) 3rd singular active form.

Prefix: ati

Root: kal (class 10)