महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-85, verse-45

जग्राहाङ्गिरसं देवः शिखी तस्माद्धुताशनः ।
तस्मादङ्गिरसो ज्ञेयाः सर्व एव तदन्वयाः ॥४५॥

45. jagrāhāṅgirasaṁ devaḥ śikhī tasmāddhutāśanaḥ ,
tasmādaṅgiraso jñeyāḥ sarva eva tadanvayāḥ.

45. jagrāha aṅgirasam devaḥ śikhī tasmāt hutāśanaḥ
tasmāt aṅgirasaḥ jñeyāḥ sarve eva tadanvayāḥ

45. The deity Agni (śikhī), the consumer of oblations (hutāśana), accepted Aṅgiras. Therefore, all his descendants are indeed to be known as Aṅgirasas.

Words meanings summery:

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, seized, accepted, adopted

• अङ्गिरसम् (aṅgirasam) - Aṅgiras (a Vedic sage, ancestor of a priestly lineage)

• देवः (devaḥ) - the god (referring to Agni) (god, deity)

• शिखी (śikhī) - the flame-crested one (an epithet for Agni) (flame-crested, Agni (fire-god))

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - the consumer of oblations (an epithet for Agni) (fire, Agni (god of fire), consumer of oblations)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from him (referring to Agni) (therefore, from him)

• अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - Aṅgirasas, descendants of Aṅgiras

• ज्ञेयाः (jñeyāḥ) - are to be known, understandable

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• तदन्वयाः (tadanvayāḥ) - descendants of Agni (his descendants, those belonging to him)

Words meanings and morphology

जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, seized, accepted, adopted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of grah

Perfect Active

Root √grah, reduplicated perfect form

Root: grah (class 9)

अङ्गिरसम् (aṅgirasam) - Aṅgiras (a Vedic sage, ancestor of a priestly lineage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - Aṅgiras (name of an ancient sage or a class of semi-divine beings)

देवः (devaḥ) - the god (referring to Agni) (god, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

शिखी (śikhī) - the flame-crested one (an epithet for Agni) (flame-crested, Agni (fire-god))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhin

śikhin - having a crest or tuft, crested, peacock; Agni (fire-god)

From śikhā (crest) + in (possessive suffix)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as an adverbial 'therefore'.

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - the consumer of oblations (an epithet for Agni) (fire, Agni (god of fire), consumer of oblations)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, fire-god, consumer of oblations/offerings

Compound: huta (offered) + aśana (eating)

Compound type : tatpurusha (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed (Past Passive Participle of √hu)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √hu (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, act of eating
  noun (neuter)
  From √aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 5)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from him (referring to Agni) (therefore, from him)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अङ्गिरसः (aṅgirasaḥ) - Aṅgirasas, descendants of Aṅgiras

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aṅgirasa

aṅgirasa - descendant of Aṅgiras, belonging to Aṅgiras

Derived from Aṅgiras + a (taddhita suffix)

ज्ञेयाः (jñeyāḥ) - are to be known, understandable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, understandable (Gerundive of √jñā)

Gerundive

From √jñā (to know) + ya (kṛtya suffix)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Implies 'they should be known as'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'aṅgirasaḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

तदन्वयाः (tadanvayāḥ) - descendants of Agni (his descendants, those belonging to him)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tadanvaya

tadanvaya - his lineage, his descendants, belonging to his family

Compound: tad (his) + anvaya (lineage)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+anvaya)

• tad – that, his
  pronoun (neuter)
• anvaya – lineage, race, family, connection
  noun (masculine)
  From anu- + √i (to go)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)