महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-154, verse-12

ततोऽस्य विधिवच्चक्रुः पितृमेधं महात्मनः ।
याजका जुहुवुश्चाग्निं जगुः सामानि सामगाः ॥१२॥

12. tato'sya vidhivaccakruḥ pitṛmedhaṁ mahātmanaḥ ,
yājakā juhuvuścāgniṁ jaguḥ sāmāni sāmagāḥ.

12. tataḥ asya vidhivat cakruḥ pitṛmedham mahātmanaḥ
yājakāḥ juhuvuḥ ca agnim jaguḥ sāmāni sāmagāḥ

12. tataḥ asya mahātmanaḥ pitṛmedham vidhivat cakruḥ
yājakāḥ ca agnim juhuvuḥ sāmagāḥ sāmāni jaguḥ

12. Then they performed his ancestral funeral rites (pitṛmedha) according to the sacred law for the great-souled one (mahātman). The priests offered oblations into the fire, and the Sāman singers chanted the Sāman melodies.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, thence)

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him/it

• विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to sacred law, ritually, properly

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they performed

• पितृमेधम् (pitṛmedham) - ancestral funeral rites, ancestral Vedic ritual

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul, of the great-souled one

• याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - priests, sacrificers

• जुहुवुः (juhuvuḥ) - they offered oblations, they sacrificed

• च (ca) - and

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• जगुः (jaguḥ) - they chanted, they sang

• सामानि (sāmāni) - Sāman chants, melodies

• सामगाः (sāmagāḥ) - Sāman singers, chanters of Sāman

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, thence)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his, of him/it

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to sacred law, ritually, properly

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'vidhi' (rule, sacred law) + suffix '-vat'

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they performed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पितृमेधम् (pitṛmedham) - ancestral funeral rites, ancestral Vedic ritual

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛmedha

pitṛmedha - ancestral Vedic ritual, funeral rites for ancestors

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+medha)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• medha – Vedic ritual, oblation, offering
  noun (masculine)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great soul, of the great-souled one

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble-minded, exalted being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - priests, sacrificers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yājaka

yājaka - a priest, one who performs Vedic rituals, sacrificer

Agent noun from √yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

जुहुवुः (juhuvuḥ) - they offered oblations, they sacrificed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of hu

Root: hu (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

जगुः (jaguḥ) - they chanted, they sang

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gai

Root: gai (class 1)

सामानि (sāmāni) - Sāman chants, melodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sāman

sāman - a Sāman (Vedic chant), melody, song

सामगाः (sāmagāḥ) - Sāman singers, chanters of Sāman

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāmagā

sāmagā - a singer of Sāman chants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāman+gā)

• sāman – a Sāman (Vedic chant), melody
  noun (neuter)
• gā – singer, chanter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √gai (to sing)
  Root: gai (class 1)