महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-72, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
दीक्षाकाले तु संप्राप्ते ततस्ते सुमहर्त्विजः ।
विधिवद्दीक्षयामासुरश्वमेधाय पार्थिवम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
dīkṣākāle tu saṁprāpte tataste sumahartvijaḥ ,
vidhivaddīkṣayāmāsuraśvamedhāya pārthivam.

1. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca | dīkṣākāle tu samprāpte tataḥ te
sumahartvijaḥ | vidhivat dīkṣayāmāsuḥ aśvamedhāya pārthivam

1. Vaiśampāyana said: When the time for the initiation ceremony arrived, those eminent priests duly initiated the king for the Aśvamedha (Vedic ritual).

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• दीक्षाकाले (dīkṣākāle) - at the time of initiation, at the moment of consecration

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - when the time had arrived (having arrived, having obtained, when it has come)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore

• ते (te) - those

• सुमहर्त्विजः (sumahartvijaḥ) - very great priests, eminent officiants

• विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, duly, properly

• दीक्षयामासुः (dīkṣayāmāsuḥ) - they initiated, they consecrated

• अश्वमेधाय (aśvamedhāya) - for the Aśvamedha, for the horse ritual

• पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king, the earthly ruler

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Root √vac (to speak), perfect 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

दीक्षाकाले (dīkṣākāle) - at the time of initiation, at the moment of consecration

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dīkṣākāla

dīkṣākāla - time of initiation, time of consecration for a ritual

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dīkṣā+kāla)

• dīkṣā – initiation, consecration, preparation for a ritual
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dīkṣ (class 1)
• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - when the time had arrived (having arrived, having obtained, when it has come)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, obtained, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √prāp (to obtain, reach) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: prāp (class 5)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

सुमहर्त्विजः (sumahartvijaḥ) - very great priests, eminent officiants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sumahartvij

sumahartvij - very great priest, eminent sacrificer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahā+ṛtvij)

• su – good, excellent, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛtvij – priest, officiant at a Vedic ritual
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛj

विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, duly, properly

(indeclinable)

दीक्षयामासुः (dīkṣayāmāsuḥ) - they initiated, they consecrated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dīkṣayāmāsuḥ

Perfect Active

Periphrastic perfect of the denominative verb 'dīkṣaya' (to initiate) formed with 'kṛ' (to do), 3rd person plural, active voice.

Root: dīkṣ (class 1)

अश्वमेधाय (aśvamedhāya) - for the Aśvamedha, for the horse ritual

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - Aśvamedha (a major Vedic ritual, horse (yajña))

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – Vedic ritual, oblation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: medh

पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king, the earthly ruler

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king

Derived from 'pṛthivī' (earth) with suffix '-a'.