महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-333, verse-14

स तेष्वात्मानमुद्दिश्य पित्र्यं चक्रे यथाविधि ।
संकल्पयित्वा त्रीन्पिण्डान्स्वेनैव विधिना प्रभुः ॥१४॥

14. sa teṣvātmānamuddiśya pitryaṁ cakre yathāvidhi ,
saṁkalpayitvā trīnpiṇḍānsvenaiva vidhinā prabhuḥ.

14. sa teṣu ātmānam uddiśya pitryam cakre yathāvidhi
saṃkalpayitvā trīn piṇḍān svena eva vidhinā prabhuḥ

14. sa prabhuḥ teṣu ātmānam uddiśya yathāvidhi pitryam
cakre saṃkalpayitvā svena eva vidhinā trīn piṇḍān

14. He, the lord, settling upon the kuśa grass and directing his own self (ātman), performed the ancestral rites (pitrya) according to the prescribed procedure. He then resolved to offer three rice-balls (piṇḍa) by his own specific method.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (the lord) (he)

• तेषु (teṣu) - on the kuśa grass (in/on them)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (himself, the self)

• उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having directed (his self/attention) (having directed, intending, dedicating)

• पित्र्यम् (pitryam) - ancestral rite/offering, pertaining to ancestors

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he performed, he did

• यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, lawfully, properly

• संकल्पयित्वा (saṁkalpayitvā) - having resolved, having intended to offer

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three

• पिण्डान् (piṇḍān) - rice-balls, lumps (for offerings)

• स्वेन (svena) - by his own

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

• विधिना (vidhinā) - by the rule, by the method

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord (Viṣṇu as Varāha) (the lord, master, mighty one)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (the lord) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Third person demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to Prabhu.

तेषु (teṣu) - on the kuśa grass (in/on them)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Third person demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the kuśa grass.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his own self (himself, the self)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, breath, essence

Root: an

Note: Object of uddiśya.

उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having directed (his self/attention) (having directed, intending, dedicating)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From root diś (to point) with upasarga ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Describes the action taken by Prabhu.

पित्र्यम् (pitryam) - ancestral rite/offering, pertaining to ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pitrya

pitrya - ancestral, pertaining to fathers/ancestors, ancestral rite

Derived from pitṛ (father, ancestor).

Note: Object of cakre.

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he performed, he did

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Root kṛ, Perfect form.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, lawfully, properly

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound (yathā + vidhi).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vidhi)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• vidhi – rule, method, ordinance, fate
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies cakre.

संकल्पयित्वा (saṁkalpayitvā) - having resolved, having intended to offer

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From causative root kḷp (to be arranged, imagine) with upasarga sam, formed with suffix -tvā.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 10)

त्रीन् (trīn) - three

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with piṇḍān.

पिण्डान् (piṇḍān) - rice-balls, lumps (for offerings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of piṇḍa

piṇḍa - lump, ball, sacrificial cake, offering to ancestors

Note: Object of saṃkalpayitvā (implicitly).

स्वेन (svena) - by his own

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विधिना (vidhinā) - by the rule, by the method

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, ordinance, manner, fate

From root dhā (to place, arrange) with upasarga vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies saṃkalpayitvā or the act of offering.

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord (Viṣṇu as Varāha) (the lord, master, mighty one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler, mighty, powerful

From root bhū (to be) with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of cakre.