महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-9

बन्द्युवाच ।
त्रिः सूयते कर्मणा वै प्रजेयं त्रयो युक्ता वाजपेयं वहन्ति ।
अध्वर्यवस्त्रिषवणानि तन्वते त्रयो लोकास्त्रीणि ज्योतींषि चाहुः ॥९॥

9. bandyuvāca ,
triḥ sūyate karmaṇā vai prajeyaṁ; trayo yuktā vājapeyaṁ vahanti ,
adhvaryavastriṣavaṇāni tanvate; trayo lokāstrīṇi jyotīṁṣi cāhuḥ.

9. bandyuḥ uvāca | triḥ sūyate karmaṇā vai
prajā iyam trayaḥ yuktāḥ vājapeyaṃ
vahanti | adhvaryavaḥ triṣavaṇāni tanvate
trayaḥ lokāḥ trīṇi jyotīṃṣi ca āhuḥ

9. bandyuḥ uvāca iyam prajā karmaṇā vai
triḥ sūyate trayaḥ yuktāḥ vājapeyaṃ
vahanti adhvaryavaḥ triṣavaṇāni tanvate
ca trayaḥ lokāḥ trīṇi jyotīṃṣi āhuḥ

9. Bandy said: This creature is indeed born thrice through its actions (karma). Three qualified individuals perform the Vājapeya (Vedic ritual). The Adhvaryu priests perform the three daily libations (triṣavaṇāni). And they speak of three worlds and three luminaries.

Words meanings summery:

• बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandy (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्रिः (triḥ) - thrice, three times

• सूयते (sūyate) - is born, is produced

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by karma (actions, often implying the consequences of past deeds) (by action, by deeds)

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly (an emphatic particle)

• प्रजा (prajā) - progeny, offspring, creature, people

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine nominative singular)

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three (masculine nominative plural)

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - joined, united, endowed, connected, qualified

• वाजपेयम् (vājapeyam) - the Vājapeya (Vedic ritual) (Vājapeya (a specific Vedic ritual))

• वहन्ति (vahanti) - they carry, they bear, they perform

• अध्वर्यवः (adhvaryavaḥ) - Adhvaryu priests

• त्रिषवणानि (triṣavaṇāni) - the three daily libations (triṣavaṇāni) (three daily libations (especially in Soma ritual), morning, midday, and evening pressings)

• तन्वते (tanvate) - they perform, they extend, they carry out

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three (masculine nominative plural)

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three (neuter nominative/accusative plural)

• ज्योतींषि (jyotīṁṣi) - lights, luminaries, celestial bodies

• च (ca) - and

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they speak

Words meanings and morphology

बन्द्युः (bandyuḥ) - Bandy (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandyu

bandyu - Bandy

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रिः (triḥ) - thrice, three times

(indeclinable)

सूयते (sūyate) - is born, is produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of sū

Present Middle

Passive form of √sū (Divādi class 4)

Root: sū (class 4)

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by karma (actions, often implying the consequences of past deeds) (by action, by deeds)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, consequence of action

From √kṛ (to do) + -man suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Particle used for emphasis or assertion.

प्रजा (prajā) - progeny, offspring, creature, people

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creature, people, subjects

From pra- + √jan (to be born)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three (masculine nominative plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

Numeral

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - joined, united, endowed, connected, qualified

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, engaged in, fit, qualified

Past Passive Participle

From √yuj (to join)

Root: yuj (class 7)

वाजपेयम् (vājapeyam) - the Vājapeya (Vedic ritual) (Vājapeya (a specific Vedic ritual))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vājapeya

vājapeya - 'drink of strength' or 'food of strength', a particular Soma (Vedic ritual) of the śrauta tradition

From vāja (strength, food) + peya (drinkable, to be drunk)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāja+peya)

• vāja – strength, vigour, food, speed
  noun (masculine)
• peya – drinkable, to be drunk, a drink
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From √pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

वहन्ति (vahanti) - they carry, they bear, they perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vah

Present Active

From √vah (to carry), Parasmaipada

Root: vah (class 1)

अध्वर्यवः (adhvaryavaḥ) - Adhvaryu priests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhvaryu

adhvaryu - a priest of the Yajurveda, one of the four main types of Vedic priests

त्रिषवणानि (triṣavaṇāni) - the three daily libations (triṣavaṇāni) (three daily libations (especially in Soma ritual), morning, midday, and evening pressings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of triṣavaṇa

triṣavaṇa - the three daily Soma pressings or libations (morning, midday, evening)

From tri (three) + savaṇa (pressing, libation)

Compound type : dvigu (tri+savaṇa)

• tri – three
  adjective
• savaṇa – pressing (of Soma), libation
  noun (neuter)
  From √su (to press, extract)
  Root: su (class 2)

तन्वते (tanvate) - they perform, they extend, they carry out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of tan

Present Middle

From √tan (to stretch), Atmanepada

Root: tan (class 8)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three (masculine nominative plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

Numeral

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, space, people

From √lok (to see)

Root: lok (class 1)

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three (neuter nominative/accusative plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tri

tri - three

Numeral

ज्योतींषि (jyotīṁṣi) - lights, luminaries, celestial bodies

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, fire, a luminary

From √dyut (to shine)

Root: dyut (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (liṭ) of ah

Perfect Active

Irregular perfect of √ah, used as present. Root is a variant of √vac

Root: ah (class 2)