महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-45, verse-5

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्रं च स्नातकानां महात्मनाम् ।
सहस्रनिष्कमेकैकं वाचयामास पाण्डवः ॥५॥

5. brāhmaṇānāṁ sahasraṁ ca snātakānāṁ mahātmanām ,
sahasraniṣkamekaikaṁ vācayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ.

5. brāhmaṇānām sahasram ca snātakānām mahātmanām
sahasraniṣkam ekaikam vācayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

5. pāṇḍavaḥ mahātmanām snātakānām brāhmaṇānām
sahasram ca ekaikam sahasraniṣkam vācayāmāsa

5. The Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) caused a thousand great-souled (mahātman) Brahmins, who were graduates (snātaka), to recite (scriptures), giving each a thousand niṣkas (gold coins).

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of Brahmins, of the priestly class

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्नातकानाम् (snātakānām) - of graduates, of those who have completed their Vedic studies

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great-souled ones, of magnanimous ones

• सहस्रनिष्कम् (sahasraniṣkam) - a thousand niṣkas (gold coins)

• एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, severally

• वाचयामास (vācayāmāsa) - caused to recite scriptures/Vedas (caused to recite, made to read)

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of Brahmins, of the priestly class

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class, related to Brahman

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Acts as an object here, referring to 'a thousand [of Brahmins]'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्नातकानाम् (snātakānām) - of graduates, of those who have completed their Vedic studies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of snātaka

snātaka - a graduate, one who has completed Vedic studies and performed the concluding bath

Derived from root √snā (to bathe) with suffix -taka.

Root: snā (class 2)

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great-souled ones, of magnanimous ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, a great person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Modifies snātakānām brāhmaṇānām.

सहस्रनिष्कम् (sahasraniṣkam) - a thousand niṣkas (gold coins)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasraniṣka

sahasraniṣka - a thousand niṣkas, consisting of a thousand niṣkas

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sahasra+niṣka)

• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)
• niṣka – a gold coin, a golden ornament
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Acts as object, or adverbially "for a thousand niṣkas".

एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, severally

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one

Repetition of eka for distributivity.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral/adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral/adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Adverbial use, qualifying the act of giving sahasraniṣkam.

वाचयामास (vācayāmāsa) - caused to recite scriptures/Vedas (caused to recite, made to read)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vācaya

Causative stem of √vac (to speak) combined with a periphrastic perfect auxiliary.

Periphrastic perfect, formed with causative stem vācaya- + auxiliary āmāsa (perfect of as with ām). vāc is the root.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Causative verb.

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, a descendant of Pāṇḍu

Apatya formation from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Subject of the verb vācayāmāsa.