महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-90, verse-30

इष्टकाः काञ्चनीश्चात्र चयनार्थं कृताभवन् ।
शुशुभे चयनं तत्र दक्षस्येव प्रजापतेः ॥३०॥

30. iṣṭakāḥ kāñcanīścātra cayanārthaṁ kṛtābhavan ,
śuśubhe cayanaṁ tatra dakṣasyeva prajāpateḥ.

30. iṣṭakāḥ kāñcanīḥ ca atra cayanārtham kṛtāḥ abhavan
śuśubhe cayanam tatra dakṣasya iva prajāpateḥ

30. atra kāñcanīḥ iṣṭakāḥ cayanārtham kṛtāḥ abhavan
tatra cayanam dakṣasya prajāpateḥ iva śuśubhe

30. Golden bricks were made there for the construction of the fire altar. That altar shone beautifully, just like the altar of Prajāpati Dakṣa.

Words meanings summery:

• इष्टकाः (iṣṭakāḥ) - bricks (for the altar) (bricks)

• काञ्चनीः (kāñcanīḥ) - golden

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - there (referring to the place of the ritual) (here, there, in this place)

• चयनार्थम् (cayanārtham) - for the purpose of constructing the fire altar (for the purpose of piling, for the sake of construction)

• कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made (made, done, performed)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - were (they were, they became)

• शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone beautifully (shone, was beautiful)

• चयनम् (cayanam) - the (fire) altar (piling, selection, collection, a fire altar)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place, in that matter)

• दक्षस्य (dakṣasya) - of Dakṣa (of Dakṣa, of the capable one)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as if, as)

• प्रजापतेः (prajāpateḥ) - of Prajāpati (of the lord of creation, of Prajāpati)

Words meanings and morphology

इष्टकाः (iṣṭakāḥ) - bricks (for the altar) (bricks)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of iṣṭakā

iṣṭakā - brick

काञ्चनीः (kāñcanīḥ) - golden

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kāñcanī

kāñcanī - golden, made of gold

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - there (referring to the place of the ritual) (here, there, in this place)

(indeclinable)

चयनार्थम् (cayanārtham) - for the purpose of constructing the fire altar (for the purpose of piling, for the sake of construction)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cayana+artham)

• cayana – piling, selection, collection, fire altar
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root ci + lyuṭ suffix
  Root: ci (class 5)
• artham – purpose, meaning, wealth, for the sake of
  indeclinable

कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - made (made, done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ + kta suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अभवन् (abhavan) - were (they were, they became)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect

3rd person plural Imperfect active

Root: bhū (class 1)

शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone beautifully (shone, was beautiful)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of śubh

Perfect

3rd person singular Perfect middle (ātmanepada)

Root: śubh (class 1)

चयनम् (cayanam) - the (fire) altar (piling, selection, collection, a fire altar)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cayana

cayana - piling, selection, collection, a fire altar

action noun

from root ci + lyuṭ suffix

Root: ci (class 5)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

दक्षस्य (dakṣasya) - of Dakṣa (of Dakṣa, of the capable one)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dakṣa

dakṣa - Dakṣa (a Prajāpati), capable, skillful

इव (iva) - just like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

प्रजापतेः (prajāpateḥ) - of Prajāpati (of the lord of creation, of Prajāpati)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prajāpati

prajāpati - lord of creation, progenitor, a class of divine beings