महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-117, verse-17

आरण्याः सर्वदैवत्याः प्रोक्षिताः सर्वशो मृगाः ।
अगस्त्येन पुरा राजन्मृगया येन पूज्यते ॥१७॥

17. āraṇyāḥ sarvadaivatyāḥ prokṣitāḥ sarvaśo mṛgāḥ ,
agastyena purā rājanmṛgayā yena pūjyate.

17. āraṇyāḥ sarvadaivatyāḥ prokṣitāḥ sarvaśaḥ
mṛgāḥ agastyena purā rājan mṛgayā yena pūjyate

17. rājan,
purā agastyena sarvaśaḥ āraṇyāḥ mṛgāḥ sarvadaivatyāḥ prokṣitāḥ,
yena mṛgayā pūjyate

17. O King, in ancient times, all forest animals were consecrated to all deities by Agastya, by which act hunting (mṛgayā) is esteemed.

Words meanings summery:

• आरण्याः (āraṇyāḥ) - referring to forest animals (forest-dwelling, wild)

• सर्वदैवत्याः (sarvadaivatyāḥ) - belonging to all deities, sacred to all gods

• प्रोक्षिताः (prokṣitāḥ) - consecrated, sprinkled (with water)

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely, entirely, all

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - animals, deer

• अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya (a revered sage)

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• मृगया (mṛgayā) - hunting, chase

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• पूज्यते (pūjyate) - is honored, is worshipped, is esteemed

Words meanings and morphology

आरण्याः (āraṇyāḥ) - referring to forest animals (forest-dwelling, wild)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āraṇya

āraṇya - forest-dwelling, wild, belonging to the forest

सर्वदैवत्याः (sarvadaivatyāḥ) - belonging to all deities, sacred to all gods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvadaivatya

sarvadaivatya - sacred to all deities, relating to all gods

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+devatā)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• devatā – deity, divinity, godhead
  noun (feminine)

प्रोक्षिताः (prokṣitāḥ) - consecrated, sprinkled (with water)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prokṣita

prokṣita - sprinkled, consecrated, purified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ukṣ with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: ukṣ (class 1)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely, entirely, all

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas (distributive/adverbial)

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - animals, deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya (a revered sage)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya (name of a famous Vedic sage)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

मृगया (mṛgayā) - hunting, chase

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, chase, game

Root: mṛg (class 10)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the act of Agastya consecrating animals.

पूज्यते (pūjyate) - is honored, is worshipped, is esteemed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of pūj

passive voice, present tense

Root pūj, 10th class, middle voice, passive stem pūjya-

Root: pūj (class 10)