महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-148, verse-27

ततोऽन्ये च चतुर्वेदास्त्रिवेदाश्च तथापरे ।
द्विवेदाश्चैकवेदाश्चाप्यनृचश्च तथापरे ॥२७॥

27. tato'nye ca caturvedāstrivedāśca tathāpare ,
dvivedāścaikavedāścāpyanṛcaśca tathāpare.

27. tataḥ anye ca chaturvedāḥ trivedāḥ ca tathā apare
dvivedāḥ ca ekavedāḥ ca api anṛchaḥ ca tathā apare

27. Subsequently, there were those who knew all four Vedas, and similarly others who knew three. There were also those who knew two Vedas, and those who knew only one Veda; and similarly, there were others who had no Vedic knowledge at all.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently (then, subsequently, from that)

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• च (ca) - and

• छतुर्वेदाः (chaturvedāḥ) - those who knew all four Vedas (those who know four Vedas, scholars of four Vedas)

• त्रिवेदाः (trivedāḥ) - others who knew three Vedas (those who know three Vedas, scholars of three Vedas)

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• अपरे (apare) - others

• द्विवेदाः (dvivedāḥ) - those who knew two Vedas (those who know two Vedas, scholars of two Vedas)

• च (ca) - and

• एकवेदाः (ekavedāḥ) - those who knew only one Veda (those who know one Veda, scholars of one Veda)

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अनृछः (anṛchaḥ) - others who had no Vedic knowledge (those without Rik Veda, those without Vedic knowledge)

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• अपरे (apare) - others

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently (then, subsequently, from that)

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

छतुर्वेदाः (chaturvedāḥ) - those who knew all four Vedas (those who know four Vedas, scholars of four Vedas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chaturveda

chaturveda - one who knows the four Vedas, the four Vedas collectively

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chatur+veda)

• chatur – four
  numeral
• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

त्रिवेदाः (trivedāḥ) - others who knew three Vedas (those who know three Vedas, scholars of three Vedas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of triveda

triveda - one who knows three Vedas, the three Vedas collectively

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+veda)

• tri – three
  numeral
• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

द्विवेदाः (dvivedāḥ) - those who knew two Vedas (those who know two Vedas, scholars of two Vedas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dviveda

dviveda - one who knows two Vedas, the two Vedas collectively

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+veda)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एकवेदाः (ekavedāḥ) - those who knew only one Veda (those who know one Veda, scholars of one Veda)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekaveda

ekaveda - one who knows a single Veda

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+veda)

• eka – one, single
  numeral
• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अनृछः (anṛchaḥ) - others who had no Vedic knowledge (those without Rik Veda, those without Vedic knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anṛc

anṛc - without the Rik Veda, ignorant of the Vedas, unversed in the hymns

Negative compound with ṛc (Rik Veda hymn/knowledge).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+ṛc)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• ṛc – hymn, verse of the Rik Veda, Vedic knowledge
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ṛc (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent