महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-15, verse-4

दिनेऽष्टमे च विप्रेण दीक्षितोऽहं यथाविधि ।
दण्डी मुण्डी कुशी चीरी घृताक्तो मेखली तथा ॥४॥

4. dine'ṣṭame ca vipreṇa dīkṣito'haṁ yathāvidhi ,
daṇḍī muṇḍī kuśī cīrī ghṛtākto mekhalī tathā.

4. dine aṣṭame ca vipreṇa dīkṣitaḥ aham yathāvidhi
daṇḍī muṇḍī kuśī cīrī ghṛtāktaḥ mekhalī tathā

4. aṣṭame dine ca vipreṇa yathāvidhi aham dīkṣitaḥ
daṇḍī muṇḍī kuśī cīrī ghṛtāktaḥ mekhalī tathā

4. On the eighth day, I was initiated by the Brahmin according to the prescribed rites, becoming one who carries a staff, has a shaven head, wears kuśa grass, wears bark garments, is smeared with ghee, and wears a girdle.

Words meanings summery:

• दिने (dine) - on the day

• अष्टमे (aṣṭame) - eighth

• च (ca) - and, also

• विप्रेण (vipreṇa) - by the Brahmin

• दीक्षितः (dīkṣitaḥ) - initiated, consecrated

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, according to rites, duly

• दण्डी (daṇḍī) - carrying a staff, staff-bearer

• मुण्डी (muṇḍī) - having a shaven head

• कुशी (kuśī) - wearing kuśa grass, holding kuśa grass

• चीरी (cīrī) - wearing bark garments

• घृताक्तः (ghṛtāktaḥ) - smeared with ghee

• मेखली (mekhalī) - wearing a girdle

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

Words meanings and morphology

दिने (dine) - on the day

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dina

dina - day

अष्टमे (aṣṭame) - eighth

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of aṣṭama

aṣṭama - eighth

Ordinal number from aṣṭan (eight)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विप्रेण (vipreṇa) - by the Brahmin

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, inspired, wise

दीक्षितः (dīkṣitaḥ) - initiated, consecrated

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīkṣita

dīkṣita - initiated, consecrated, prepared for a solemn rite

Past Passive Participle

From root √dīkṣ (to initiate, consecrate)

Root: dīkṣ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

यथाविधि (yathāvidhi) - according to rule, according to rites, duly

(indeclinable)

Compound of yathā (as) and vidhi (rule, ordinance)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vidhi)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• vidhi – rule, ordinance, rite
  noun (masculine)

दण्डी (daṇḍī) - carrying a staff, staff-bearer

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍin

daṇḍin - bearing a staff, one who has a staff

From daṇḍa (staff) with suffix -in (possessive)

मुण्डी (muṇḍī) - having a shaven head

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muṇḍin

muṇḍin - having a shaven head, bald-headed

From muṇḍa (shaven head) with suffix -in (possessive)

कुशी (kuśī) - wearing kuśa grass, holding kuśa grass

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśin

kuśin - wearing or holding kuśa grass

From kuśa (kuśa grass) with suffix -in (possessive)

चीरी (cīrī) - wearing bark garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cīrin

cīrin - wearing clothes of bark (cīra)

From cīra (bark garment) with suffix -in (possessive)

घृताक्तः (ghṛtāktaḥ) - smeared with ghee

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghṛtākta

ghṛtākta - smeared or anointed with ghee

Compound of ghṛta (ghee) and ākta (smeared, PPP of √añj)

Compound type : instrumental-tatpurusha (ghṛta+ākta)

• ghṛta – ghee, clarified butter
  noun (neuter)
• ākta – smeared, anointed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √añj (to anoint, smear)
  Root: añj (class 7)

मेखली (mekhalī) - wearing a girdle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mekhalin

mekhalin - wearing a girdle or waist-band (mekhalā)

From mekhalā (girdle) with suffix -in (possessive)

तथा (tathā) - and, also, thus

(indeclinable)