महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-23

ततो देवा महात्मान ईजिरे यज्ञमच्युत ।
तथा समापयामासुर्यथाकालं सुरर्षभाः ॥२३॥

23. tato devā mahātmāna ījire yajñamacyuta ,
tathā samāpayāmāsuryathākālaṁ surarṣabhāḥ.

23. tataḥ devāḥ mahātmānaḥ īrire yajñam acyuta
tathā samāpayām āsuḥ yathākālam surarṣabhāḥ

23. tataḥ mahātmānaḥ devāḥ yajñam īrire,
tathā acyuta surarṣabhāḥ yathākālam samāpayām āsuḥ

23. Then the great-souled gods performed the Vedic ritual. O Acyuta (Viṣṇu), the best among the gods completed it in due time.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, after that

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted

• ईरिरे (īrire) - they performed, they worshipped

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual, offering

• अच्युत (acyuta) - O Acyuta (an epithet for Viṣṇu) (O imperishable one, O Viṣṇu)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, and so

• समापयाम् (samāpayām) - caused to finish, completed (part of periphrastic perfect)

• आसुः (āsuḥ) - they were (part of periphrastic perfect)

• यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - in due time, at the right time

• सुरर्षभाः (surarṣabhāḥ) - best among the gods

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, after that

(indeclinable)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - a god, a deity

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, exalted

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

ईरिरे (īrire) - they performed, they worshipped

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of yaj

perfect

from √yaj, reduplicated perfect, third person plural, ātmanepada

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual, offering

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering

अच्युत (acyuta) - O Acyuta (an epithet for Viṣṇu) (O imperishable one, O Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - imperishable, unfailing, unswerving; an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa

past passive participle (negated)

not fallen, from a- (negative) + √cyu (to move, fall)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cyuta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• cyuta – fallen, moved
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √cyu (to move, fall)
  Root: cyu (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, and so

(indeclinable)

समापयाम् (samāpayām) - caused to finish, completed (part of periphrastic perfect)

(verb)

causative stem

from sam-ā-√āp, meaning 'to cause to obtain/reach the end'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: part of periphrastic perfect samāpayām āsuḥ

आसुः (āsuḥ) - they were (part of periphrastic perfect)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of as

perfect

from √as, perfect, third person plural

Root: as (class 2)

Note: auxiliary verb in periphrastic perfect

यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - in due time, at the right time

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāla)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)

सुरर्षभाः (surarṣabhāḥ) - best among the gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of surarṣabha

surarṣabha - best of gods, chief of gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sura+ṛṣabha)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

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