महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-43, verse-21

जातकर्मादिकास्तस्य क्रियाश्चक्रे बृहस्पतिः ।
वेदश्चैनं चतुर्मूर्तिरुपतस्थे कृताञ्जलिः ॥२१॥

21. jātakarmādikāstasya kriyāścakre bṛhaspatiḥ ,
vedaścainaṁ caturmūrtirupatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ.

21. jātakarrmādikāḥ tasya kriyāḥ cakre bṛhaspatiḥ
vedaḥ ca enam caturmūrtiḥ upatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ

21. bṛhaspatiḥ tasya jātakarrmādikāḥ kriyāḥ cakre,
caturmūrtiḥ vedaḥ ca kṛtāñjaliḥ enam upatasthe

21. Brhaspati performed his birth rites and other ceremonies, and the fourfold veda, with joined hands, approached him.

Words meanings summery:

• जातकर्र्मादिकाः (jātakarrmādikāḥ) - birth rites and others

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - rites, actions, ceremonies

• चक्रे (cakre) - made, performed

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

• वेदः (vedaḥ) - veda

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - him

• चतुर्मूर्तिः (caturmūrtiḥ) - having four forms, fourfold

• उपतस्थे (upatasthe) - approached, waited upon, worshipped

• कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - having joined hands in salutation

Words meanings and morphology

जातकर्र्मादिकाः (jātakarrmādikāḥ) - birth rites and others

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jātakarrmādika

jātakarrmādika - starting with the birth rite

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jātakarma+ādi)

• jātakarma – birth rite
  noun (neuter)
  tatpuruṣa compound
• ādi – beginning, et cetera
  noun (masculine)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, that

क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - rites, actions, ceremonies

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, rite, activity

Root: kṛ (class 8)

चक्रे (cakre) - made, performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brhaspati (preceptor of the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Brhaspati

वेदः (vedaḥ) - veda

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - knowledge, Veda

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, he

चतुर्मूर्तिः (caturmūrtiḥ) - having four forms, fourfold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caturmūrti

caturmūrti - having four forms

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (catur+mūrti)

• catur – four
  adjective (masculine)
• mūrti – form, shape, body
  noun (feminine)

उपतस्थे (upatasthe) - approached, waited upon, worshipped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of upasthā

Prefixes: upa+sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - having joined hands in salutation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtāñjali

kṛtāñjali - having joined hands

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+añjali)

• kṛta – done, made
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• añjali – joined hollowed hands
  noun (masculine)

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