महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-10, verse-18

अभिषेकांश्च नियमान्देवतायतनेषु च ।
बलिं च कृत्वा हुत्वा च देवतां चाप्यपूजयत् ॥१८॥

18. abhiṣekāṁśca niyamāndevatāyataneṣu ca ,
baliṁ ca kṛtvā hutvā ca devatāṁ cāpyapūjayat.

18. abhiṣekān ca niyamān devatāyataneṣu ca balim
ca kṛtvā hutvā ca devatām ca api apūjayat

18. devatāyataneṣu abhiṣekān ca niyamān ca balim
ca kṛtvā ca hutvā ca devatām api ca apūjayat

18. In the shrines of the deities, he performed ritual consecrations and followed the specific observances (niyama). Furthermore, after making oblations and conducting Vedic fire rituals, he also worshipped the deities.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिषेकान् (abhiṣekān) - ritual baths, consecrations, sprinklings

• च (ca) - and

• नियमान् (niyamān) - specific religious observances (niyama) (rules, observances, restraints)

• देवतायतनेषु (devatāyataneṣu) - in the abodes of deities, in the temples

• च (ca) - and

• बलिम् (balim) - offering, tribute, oblation

• च (ca) - and

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• हुत्वा (hutvā) - having offered into fire, having performed a fire ritual

• च (ca) - and

• देवताम् (devatām) - the deity, the divinity

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अपूजयत् (apūjayat) - he worshipped, he honored

Words meanings and morphology

अभिषेकान् (abhiṣekān) - ritual baths, consecrations, sprinklings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhiṣeka

abhiṣeka - anointing, bathing, consecration, ritual sprinkling

From root sic with upasargas abhi- and ni-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: sic (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

नियमान् (niyamān) - specific religious observances (niyama) (rules, observances, restraints)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niyama

niyama - rule, regulation, discipline, religious observance, restraint

From root yam with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

देवतायतनेषु (devatāyataneṣu) - in the abodes of deities, in the temples

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of devatāyatana

devatāyatana - abode of deities, temple, shrine

Compound type : tatpurusha (devatā+āyatana)

• devatā – deity, divinity
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• āyatana – abode, dwelling, temple, seat
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yat (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

बलिम् (balim) - offering, tribute, oblation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bali

bali - offering, tribute, oblation, tax

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हुत्वा (hutvā) - having offered into fire, having performed a fire ritual

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: hu (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

देवताम् (devatām) - the deity, the divinity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity

From deva (god) + tā (abstract suffix)

Root: div (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Particle

अपूजयत् (apūjayat) - he worshipped, he honored

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pūj

Imperfect (Laṅ)

Causative (pūjay-) form with augment 'a', 3rd person singular active

Root: pūj (class 10)