महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-35, verse-32

पांसुग्रस्ते ततः कूपे विचिन्त्य सलिलं मुनिः ।
अग्नीन्संकल्पयामास होत्रे चात्मानमेव च ॥३२॥

32. pāṁsugraste tataḥ kūpe vicintya salilaṁ muniḥ ,
agnīnsaṁkalpayāmāsa hotre cātmānameva ca.

32. pāṃsugraste tataḥ kūpe vicintya salilam muniḥ
agnīn saṃkalpayāmāsa hotre ca ātmānam eva ca

32. muniḥ tataḥ pāṃsugraste kūpe salilam vicintya
agnīn ca ātmānam eva hotre saṃkalpayāmāsa

32. Then, the sage, contemplating the water in the well that was covered with dust, resolved to consecrate the fires and himself (ātman) as the priest (hotṛ) for the ritual.

Words meanings summery:

• पांसुग्रस्ते (pāṁsugraste) - in the well covered with dust (in the dust-covered, in the swallowed by dust)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, after that)

• कूपे (kūpe) - in the well

• विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought about / considering (having considered, having thought)

• सलिलम् (salilam) - water

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (sage, ascetic)

• अग्नीन् (agnīn) - the ritual fires (fires)

• संकल्पयामास (saṁkalpayāmāsa) - he resolved to consecrate (mentally conceived) (he resolved, he conceived, he prepared mentally)

• होत्रे (hotre) - as the priest (hotṛ) (for the sacrificer, to the priest)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

• एव (eva) - also / even (indeed, just, only, even)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

पांसुग्रस्ते (pāṁsugraste) - in the well covered with dust (in the dust-covered, in the swallowed by dust)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāṃsugrasta

pāṁsugrasta - covered with dust, dust-swallowed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṃsu+grasta)

• pāṃsu – dust, powder
  noun (masculine)
• grasta – swallowed, devoured, seized, covered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Ppp of √gras
  Root: gras (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kūpe (well)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, after that)

(indeclinable)

कूपे (kūpe) - in the well

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit, hole

विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought about / considering (having considered, having thought)

(indeclinable)

Gerund

from vi-√cint

Prefix: vi

Root: cint (class 10)

सलिलम् (salilam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water

Note: Object of vicintya

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, saint

Note: Subject of saṃkalpayāmāsa

अग्नीन् (agnīn) - the ritual fires (fires)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Object of saṃkalpayāmāsa

संकल्पयामास (saṁkalpayāmāsa) - he resolved to consecrate (mentally conceived) (he resolved, he conceived, he prepared mentally)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of saṃkalp

Perfect Active

Perfect form of causative stem saṃkalpaya (from saṃ-√kḷp)

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 1)

होत्रे (hotre) - as the priest (hotṛ) (for the sacrificer, to the priest)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of hotṛ

hotṛ - sacrificer, priest, invoker

Agent noun from √hu (to sacrifice)

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Used in the sense of 'as a hotṛ'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects agnīn and ātmānam

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself (ātman) (self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, breath

Note: Object of saṃkalpayāmāsa

एव (eva) - also / even (indeed, just, only, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Final ca emphasizes both preceding items.