महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-9

तेषां महात्मनां पूजामागतानां युधिष्ठिरः ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितश्चक्रे यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥९॥

9. teṣāṁ mahātmanāṁ pūjāmāgatānāṁ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaścakre yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ.

9. teṣām mahātmanām pūjām āgatānām yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ cakre yathāvat anupūrvaśaḥ

9. Yudhishthira, accompanied by his brothers, duly offered reverence to those great souls (mahātman) who had arrived, in the prescribed sequence.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (of them, their)

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of revered great sages (of great souls, of noble persons)

• पूजाम् (pūjām) - reverence (worship, honor, reverence)

• आगतानाम् (āgatānām) - of those who had arrived (of those who have come, of the arrived ones)

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by his brothers (by brothers, with brothers)

• सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied (accompanied, together with, conjoined)

• चक्रे (cakre) - performed (he did, he performed, he made)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - duly (as it should be, properly, duly)

• अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in due order (successively, in due order, in regular succession)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the mahātman.

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of revered great sages (of great souls, of noble persons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous person, sage

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

पूजाम् (pūjām) - reverence (worship, honor, reverence)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, adoration, honor, reverence

आगतानाम् (āgatānām) - of those who had arrived (of those who have come, of the arrived ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root gam (to go) with prefix ā- (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies mahātmanām.

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (the eldest Pandava brother, firm in battle)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by his brothers (by brothers, with brothers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Used with sahitaḥ.

सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied (accompanied, together with, conjoined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, connected with, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place) with prefix sa- (with) and hi- (variant)

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies yudhiṣṭhiraḥ.

चक्रे (cakre) - performed (he did, he performed, he made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Perfect (Liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect tense, ātmanepada, 3rd person singular of the root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to Yudhishthira.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - duly (as it should be, properly, duly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies cakre.

अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in due order (successively, in due order, in regular succession)

(indeclinable)

Derived from anupūrva (successive) with suffix -śas (denoting manner)

Note: Modifies cakre.

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