महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-63, verse-8

अग्रतो ब्राह्मणान्कृत्वा तपोविद्यादमान्वितान् ।
पुरोहितं च कौरव्य वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ॥८॥

8. agrato brāhmaṇānkṛtvā tapovidyādamānvitān ,
purohitaṁ ca kauravya vedavedāṅgapāragam.

8. agrataḥ brāhmaṇān kṛtvā tapas-vidyā-dama-anvitān
purohitam ca kauravya veda-vedāṅga-pāragam

8. kauravya tapas-vidyā-dama-anvitān brāhmaṇān ca
veda-vedāṅga-pāragam purohitam agrataḥ kṛtvā

8. O descendant of Kuru, having placed in front the Brahmins who were endowed with spiritual discipline (tapas), knowledge, and self-control, as well as the chief priest who had mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches.

Words meanings summery:

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead, at the head

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having placed

• तपस्-विद्या-दम-अन्वितान् (tapas-vidyā-dama-anvitān) - endowed with spiritual discipline, knowledge, and self-control

• पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - chief priest, preceptor

• च (ca) - and

• कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru

• वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगम् (veda-vedāṅga-pāragam) - one who has mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches

Words meanings and morphology

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead, at the head

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas added to agra

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, related to Brahman

Root: bṛh

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having placed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तपस्-विद्या-दम-अन्वितान् (tapas-vidyā-dama-anvitān) - endowed with spiritual discipline, knowledge, and self-control

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tapas-vidyā-dama-anvita

tapas-vidyā-dama-anvita - endowed with spiritual discipline, knowledge, and self-control

Compound formed by tapas, vidyā, dama, and anvita

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (tapas+vidyā+dama+anvita)

• tapas – spiritual discipline, austerity
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• vidyā – knowledge, learning
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• dama – self-control, restraint
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dam (class 4)
• anvita – endowed with, accompanied by
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root iṅ with prefix anu
  Prefix: anu
  Root: iṅ (class 2)

Note: Qualifies brāhmaṇān.

पुरोहितम् (purohitam) - chief priest, preceptor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purohita

purohita - chief priest, preceptor

from puras + dhā + kta (passive participle) or as a derivative of puras

Prefix: puras

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - a descendant of Kuru

from kuru with suffix -ya (patronymic)

वेद-वेदाङ्ग-पारगम् (veda-vedāṅga-pāragam) - one who has mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of veda-vedāṅga-pāraga

veda-vedāṅga-pāraga - one who has mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary branches

Compound

Compound type : Tatpurusha (veda+vedāṅga+pāraga)

• veda – sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
  from root vid
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vedāṅga – limb or accessory of the Veda
  noun (neuter)
  from veda + aṅga
• pāraga – one who has reached the other shore, master
  adjective (masculine)
  from pāra + ga
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies purohitam.