महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-91, verse-21

प्रतिगृह्य तु तद्द्रव्यं कृष्णद्वैपायनः प्रभुः ।
ऋत्विग्भ्यः प्रददौ विद्वांश्चतुर्धा व्यभजंश्च ते ॥२१॥

21. pratigṛhya tu taddravyaṁ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ ,
ṛtvigbhyaḥ pradadau vidvāṁścaturdhā vyabhajaṁśca te.

21. pratigṛhya tu tat dravyam kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ
ṛtvigbhyaḥ pradadau vidvān caturdhā vyabhajan ca te

21. tu vidvān prabhuḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ tat dravyam
pratigṛhya ṛtvigbhyaḥ pradadau ca te caturdhā vyabhajan

21. Indeed, the learned and authoritative Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyasa), having received that wealth, distributed it to the officiating priests (ṛtvij); and they, in turn, divided it into four parts.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received, having accepted

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

• तत् (tat) - that

• द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - wealth, substance, material

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata (Krishna Dvaipayana)

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, powerful, authoritative

• ऋत्विग्भ्यः (ṛtvigbhyaḥ) - to the priests, for the officiating priests

• प्रददौ (pradadau) - he gave, he distributed

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned, knowing, wise

• चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - in four parts, fourfold

• व्यभजन् (vyabhajan) - they divided

• च (ca) - and

• ते (te) - they (referring to the priests)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received, having accepted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root grah- 'to seize' with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

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

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

द्रव्यम् (dravyam) - wealth, substance, material

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dravya

dravya - wealth, substance, material, thing

कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata (Krishna Dvaipayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇadvaipāyana

kṛṣṇadvaipāyana - Krishna Dvaipayana, a name of Vyasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇa+dvaipāyana)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black; a name of Vishnu/Krishna
  proper noun (masculine)
• dvaipāyana – dweller on an island; a name of Vyasa
  proper noun (masculine)

प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master, powerful, authoritative

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, authoritative, capable

ऋत्विग्भ्यः (ṛtvigbhyaḥ) - to the priests, for the officiating priests

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - officiating priest, ritualist

प्रददौ (pradadau) - he gave, he distributed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pra-dā

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

विद्वान् (vidvān) - learned, knowing, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - knowing, learned, wise

Perfect Active Participle

From root vid- 'to know'

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ`

चतुर्धा (caturdhā) - in four parts, fourfold

(indeclinable)

From catur (four) + dhā (suffix for division)

व्यभजन् (vyabhajan) - they divided

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-bhaj

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (referring to the priests)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, they

Note: Referring to ṛtvigbhyaḥ