वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-59, verse-8

एवमुक्त्वा महर्षयः संजह्रुस्ताः क्रियास्तदा ।
याजकाश्च महातेजा विश्वामित्रो ऽभवत् क्रतौ ॥८॥

8. evamuktvā maharṣayaḥ saṃjahrustāḥ kriyāstadā ,
yājakāśca mahātejā viśvāmitro'bhavat kratau.

8. evam uktvā maharṣayaḥ saṃjahruḥ tāḥ kriyāḥ tadā
yājakāḥ ca mahātejāḥ viśvāmitraḥ abhavat kratau

8. evam uktvā maharṣayaḥ tadā tāḥ kriyāḥ saṃjahruḥ
ca mahātejāḥ viśvāmitraḥ kratau yājakāḥ abhavat

8. Having spoken thus, the great sages (maharṣi) then performed those rites. And the greatly powerful Viśvāmitra became the officiating priest (yājaka) for the ritual (kratu).

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

• महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

• संजह्रुः (saṁjahruḥ) - they performed, they collected

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - rites, actions

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - officiating priests

• च (ca) - and

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful, of great splendor

• विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became

• क्रतौ (kratau) - in the ritual

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

(indeclinable)

Root: vac (class 2)

महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great seer, great sage (maharṣi)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ṛṣi – seer, sage
  noun (masculine)

संजह्रुः (saṁjahruḥ) - they performed, they collected

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of hṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, it

क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - rites, actions

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, rite, ritual, activity

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - officiating priests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yājaka

yājaka - sacrificing, officiating priest, one who causes a sacrifice to be performed

Agent noun from root 'yaj' with causative + -aka suffix

Root: yaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly powerful, of great splendor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - of great splendor, very energetic, greatly powerful

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, spiritual power
  noun (neuter)

विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - Viśvāmitra (name of a prominent Vedic sage)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्रतौ (kratau) - in the ritual

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kratu

kratu - ritual, sacrifice, power, intelligence, will