महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-65, verse-24

त इष्टयज्ञास्त्रिदशा हिमवत्यचलोत्तमे ।
षष्ठमंशं क्रतोस्तस्य भूमिदानं प्रचक्रिरे ॥२४॥

24. ta iṣṭayajñāstridaśā himavatyacalottame ,
ṣaṣṭhamaṁśaṁ kratostasya bhūmidānaṁ pracakrire.

24. te iṣṭayajñāḥ tridaśāḥ himavati acalottame
ṣaṣṭham aṃśam kratoḥ tasya bhūmidānam pracakrire

24. te iṣṭayajñāḥ tridaśāḥ himavati acalottame
tasya kratoḥ ṣaṣṭham aṃśam bhūmidānam pracakrire

24. Those gods (tridaśāḥ), having performed their Vedic rituals, made a gift of land (bhūmidāna) as the sixth part of that ritual on Himavat, the best of mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those

• इष्टयज्ञाः (iṣṭayajñāḥ) - the gods who had performed their Vedic rituals (whose Vedic rituals have been performed, having performed Vedic rituals)

• त्रिदशाः (tridaśāḥ) - gods (literally 'those of three states/ages')

• हिमवति (himavati) - on Himavat (the Himalayas)

• अचलोत्तमे (acalottame) - on the supreme mountain (Himavat) (on the best of mountains, on the supreme mountain)

• षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth

• अंशम् (aṁśam) - part, share

• क्रतोः (kratoḥ) - of the ritual, of the Vedic ceremony

• तस्य (tasya) - of that

• भूमिदानम् (bhūmidānam) - gift of land, land-grant

• प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they made, they did, they performed

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

इष्टयज्ञाः (iṣṭayajñāḥ) - the gods who had performed their Vedic rituals (whose Vedic rituals have been performed, having performed Vedic rituals)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of iṣṭayajña

iṣṭayajña - one who has performed Vedic rituals/sacrifices

Compound type : bahuvrihi (iṣṭa+yajña)

• iṣṭa – performed, worshipped, desired
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from √yaj (to worship, sacrifice)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• yajña – Vedic ritual, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)

त्रिदशाः (tridaśāḥ) - gods (literally 'those of three states/ages')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tridaśa

tridaśa - a god, a deity (literally 'having three stages/ages')

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tri+daśa)

• tri – three
  numeral
• daśa – ten (here implying stages or ages)
  noun (masculine)

हिमवति (himavati) - on Himavat (the Himalayas)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - Himavat, the Himalayas (mountain range)

possessive suffix -vat

अचलोत्तमे (acalottame) - on the supreme mountain (Himavat) (on the best of mountains, on the supreme mountain)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of acalottama

acalottama - best of mountains, supreme mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (acala+uttama)

• acala – mountain (literally 'immovable')
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

षष्ठम् (ṣaṣṭham) - sixth

(numeral)

अंशम् (aṁśam) - part, share

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṃśa

aṁśa - part, share, portion

क्रतोः (kratoḥ) - of the ritual, of the Vedic ceremony

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kratu

kratu - ritual, Vedic ceremony, power, will

तस्य (tasya) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

भूमिदानम् (bhūmidānam) - gift of land, land-grant

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūmidāna

bhūmidāna - gift of land, land-grant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+dāna)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• dāna – gift, donation, giving
  noun (neuter)

प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they made, they did, they performed

(verb)

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

perfect

from pra-√kṛ, perfect, third person plural, ātmanepada

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: ātmanepada

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