महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-16, verse-48

ऋग्भिर्यमनुशंसन्ति तन्त्रे कर्मणि बह्वृचः ।
यजुर्भिर्यं त्रिधा वेद्यं जुह्वत्यध्वर्यवोऽध्वरे ॥४८॥

48. ṛgbhiryamanuśaṁsanti tantre karmaṇi bahvṛcaḥ ,
yajurbhiryaṁ tridhā vedyaṁ juhvatyadhvaryavo'dhvare.

48. ṛgbhiḥ yam anuśaṃsanti tantre karmaṇi bahvṛcaḥ
yajurbhiḥ yam tridhā vedyam juhvati adhvaryavaḥ adhvare

48. yam bahvṛcaḥ ṛgbhiḥ tantre karmaṇi anuśaṃsanti; ca yam
tridhā vedyam adhvaryavaḥ yajurbhiḥ adhvare juhvati

48. The R̥gvedic priests (bahvṛcas) praise him with R̥g verses in the context of ritual (karma); and the Adhvaryus (Yajurvedic priests) offer oblations to him, who is to be known in three ways, with Yajus mantras in the Vedic ritual (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• ऋग्भिः (ṛgbhiḥ) - with R̥g verses

• यम् (yam) - whom (relative pronoun)

• अनुशंसन्ति (anuśaṁsanti) - they praise, they recite after

• तन्त्रे (tantre) - in the system, in the treatise, in the context

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in the performance of ritual (karma) (in the ritual (karma), in the action, in the duty)

• बह्वृचः (bahvṛcaḥ) - the Bahvṛcas (R̥gvedic priests) (the R̥gvedic priests, those knowing many R̥c verses)

• यजुर्भिः (yajurbhiḥ) - with Yajus mantras

• यम् (yam) - whom (relative pronoun)

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, threefold

• वेद्यम् (vedyam) - to be known, knowable, understood

• जुह्वति (juhvati) - they offer (oblations into fire)

• अध्वर्यवः (adhvaryavaḥ) - the Adhvaryus (Yajurvedic priests) (the Adhvaryu priests (Yajurvedic priests))

• अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual, in the sacrifice)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋग्भिः (ṛgbhiḥ) - with R̥g verses

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ṛc

ṛc - R̥g verse, praise, light

यम् (yam) - whom (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अनुशंसन्ति (anuśaṁsanti) - they praise, they recite after

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of anuśaṃs

Root 'śaṃs' with prefix 'anu-'.

Prefix: anu

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

तन्त्रे (tantre) - in the system, in the treatise, in the context

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tantra

tantra - loom, system, treatise, doctrine, rule

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in the performance of ritual (karma) (in the ritual (karma), in the action, in the duty)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, duty

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बह्वृचः (bahvṛcaḥ) - the Bahvṛcas (R̥gvedic priests) (the R̥gvedic priests, those knowing many R̥c verses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahvṛc

bahvṛc - a R̥gvedic priest, one who has studied many R̥c verses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+ṛc)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (neuter)
• ṛc – R̥g verse, praise
  noun (feminine)

यजुर्भिः (yajurbhiḥ) - with Yajus mantras

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of yajus

yajus - Yajus mantra, sacrificial formula

Root: yaj (class 1)

यम् (yam) - whom (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, threefold

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tri' (three) with suffix '-dhā'.

वेद्यम् (vedyam) - to be known, knowable, understood

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'yam'.

जुह्वति (juhvati) - they offer (oblations into fire)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of hu

Reduplicated root in present tense.

Root: hu (class 3)

अध्वर्यवः (adhvaryavaḥ) - the Adhvaryus (Yajurvedic priests) (the Adhvaryu priests (Yajurvedic priests))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhvaryu

adhvaryu - a priest of the Yajurveda, who performs the practical part of the Vedic ritual

अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual, in the sacrifice)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of adhvara

adhvara - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, non-harmful

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dhvara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dhvara – harm, injury
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhvar (class 1)