महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-91, verse-12

वनं प्रवेक्ष्ये विप्रेन्द्रा विभजध्वं महीमिमाम् ।
चतुर्धा पृथिवीं कृत्वा चातुर्होत्रप्रमाणतः ॥१२॥

12. vanaṁ pravekṣye viprendrā vibhajadhvaṁ mahīmimām ,
caturdhā pṛthivīṁ kṛtvā cāturhotrapramāṇataḥ.

12. vanam pravekṣye viprendrāḥ vibhajadhvam mahīm
imām caturdhā pṛthivīm kṛtvā cāturhotrapramāṇataḥ

12. viprendrāḥ aham vanam pravekṣye imām mahīm
caturdhā kṛtvā cāturhotrapramāṇataḥ vibhajadhvam

12. O chief among brahmins (viprendra)! I shall enter the forest. Divide this earth, having apportioned it into four parts according to the standard of the four hotṛ priests.

Words meanings summery:

• वनम् (vanam) - the forest (forest, wood, grove)

• प्रवेक्ष्ये (pravekṣye) - I shall enter (I shall enter, I will go into)

• विप्रेन्द्राः (viprendrāḥ) - O chief among brahmins (O chief among brahmins, O best of brahmins)

• विभजध्वम् (vibhajadhvam) - (you all) divide (divide, distribute (imperative))

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, land)

• इमाम् (imām) - this (earth) (this (feminine))

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - into four parts (in four ways, into four parts)

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (earth, land)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made / apportioned (having done, having made)

• चातुर्होत्रप्रमाणतः (cāturhotrapramāṇataḥ) - according to the standard of the four hotṛ priests (according to the measure of the four hotṛ priests)

Words meanings and morphology

वनम् (vanam) - the forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Object of entering.

प्रवेक्ष्ये (pravekṣye) - I shall enter (I shall enter, I will go into)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of pra + viś

Future (lṛṭ)

Periphrastic future, 1st person singular, middle voice. Root viś- with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The root vis (to enter) takes 'pra' as a prefix.

विप्रेन्द्राः (viprendrāḥ) - O chief among brahmins (O chief among brahmins, O best of brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of viprendra

viprendra - chief of brahmins, best of brahmins

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipra+indra)

• vipra – brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods), chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to a group of brahmins.

विभजध्वम् (vibhajadhvam) - (you all) divide (divide, distribute (imperative))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vi + bhaj

Imperative (loṭ)

2nd person plural, middle voice. Root bhaj- with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (earth, land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

Note: Object of 'divide'.

इमाम् (imām) - this (earth) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Qualifies mahīm.

चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - into four parts (in four ways, into four parts)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -dhā from catur (four).

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (earth, land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, land, world

Note: Object of kṛtvā.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made / apportioned (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root kṛ- (to do, to make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चातुर्होत्रप्रमाणतः (cāturhotrapramāṇataḥ) - according to the standard of the four hotṛ priests (according to the measure of the four hotṛ priests)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -tas (ablative adverbial). Compound of cāturhotra and pramāṇa.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cāturhotra+pramāṇa)

• cāturhotra – relating to the four hotṛ priests, the office of the four hotṛs
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from caturhotṛ (four hotṛs).
• pramāṇa – measure, standard, authority, proof
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

Note: The -tas suffix indicates 'from', 'by means of', or 'according to'.