वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-34, verse-8

ततः स्नात्वा यथान्यायं संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः ।
हुत्वा चैवाग्निहोत्राणि प्राश्य चामृतवद्धविः ॥८॥

8. tataḥ snātvā yathānyāyaṃ saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ ,
hutvā caivāgnihotrāṇi prāśya cāmṛtavaddhaviḥ.

8. tataḥ snātvā yathānyāyam saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ
hutvā ca eva agnihotrāṇi prāśya ca amṛtavat haviḥ

8. tataḥ yathānyāyam snātvā pitṛdevatāḥ saṃtarpya ca
eva agnihotrāṇi hutvā ca amṛtavat haviḥ prāśya

8. Then, having bathed according to the proper procedure, having satisfied the ancestors and deities with offerings, and having performed the fire sacrifices (agnihotra), they then partook of the sacrificial food (haviḥ) as if it were nectar.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed, after bathing

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to rule, properly, justly

• संतर्प्य (saṁtarpya) - having satisfied, having propitiated

• पितृदेवताः (pitṛdevatāḥ) - ancestors and deities, spirits and gods

• हुत्वा (hutvā) - having offered (oblation), having sacrificed

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अग्निहोत्राणि (agnihotrāṇi) - fire sacrifices, oblations to Agni

• प्राश्य (prāśya) - having eaten, having tasted

• च (ca) - and, also

• अमृतवत् (amṛtavat) - like nectar, as if immortal

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial food

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed, after bathing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed with -tvā suffix

Root: snā (class 2)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to rule, properly, justly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• nyāya – rule, justice, method, logical principle
  noun (masculine)

संतर्प्य (saṁtarpya) - having satisfied, having propitiated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed with -ya suffix (after prefix)

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛp (class 4)

पितृदेवताः (pitṛdevatāḥ) - ancestors and deities, spirits and gods

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pitṛdevatā

pitṛdevatā - ancestors and deities; ancestral deities

Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+devatā)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• devatā – deity, god, divinity
  noun (feminine)

हुत्वा (hutvā) - having offered (oblation), having sacrificed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed with -tvā suffix

Root: hu (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

अग्निहोत्राणि (agnihotrāṇi) - fire sacrifices, oblations to Agni

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of agnihotra

agnihotra - fire-sacrifice, oblation to Agni (fire god)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+hotra)

• agni – fire, the god Agni
  noun (masculine)
• hotra – oblation, sacrifice, offering
  noun (neuter)

प्राश्य (prāśya) - having eaten, having tasted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

formed with -ya suffix (after prefix)

Prefix: pra

Root: aś (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अमृतवत् (amṛtavat) - like nectar, as if immortal

(indeclinable)

formed with -vat suffix (likeness)

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial food

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, sacrificial food

Root: hu (class 3)