वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-70, verse-18

तथा हुताशनं हुत्वा जेपुस्तस्य तदर्त्विजः ।
जगुश्च ते यथाशास्त्रं तत्र सामानि सामगाः ॥१८॥

18. tathā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepustasya tadartvijaḥ ,
jaguśca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ.

18. tathā hutāśanam hutvā jepuḥ tasya tat ṛtvijaḥ
jaguḥ ca te yathāśāstram tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ

18. tathā ṛtvijaḥ hutāśanam hutvā tasya jepuḥ ca
te sāmagāḥ tatra yathāśāstram sāmāni jaguḥ

18. Then, having offered oblations into the sacred fire, those priests chanted for him. And there, the Sāman chanters (sāmagāḥ) sang the Sāman chants (sāman) according to the sacred texts.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - then (thus, and, similarly)

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the sacred fire (fire, sacrificial fire)

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

• जेपुः (jepuḥ) - they chanted (mantras) (they chanted, they muttered)

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (the king) (his, for him, of him)

• तत् (tat) - then (that, then)

• ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - the officiating priests (priests)

• जगुः (jaguḥ) - they sang (Sāman chants) (they sang)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ते (te) - they (the Sāman chanters) (they)

• यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to the sacred texts (according to the scriptures/rules)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• सामानि (sāmāni) - the Sāman chants (sāman) (Sāman chants, songs)

• सामगाः (sāmagāḥ) - the Sāman chanters (chanters of Sāman)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - then (thus, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the sacred fire (fire, sacrificial fire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, sacrificial fire, Agni (the fire god)

One who consumes oblations (huta-aśana).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hu (to offer).
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  From root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

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

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root hu + suffix tvā.

Root: hu (class 3)

जेपुः (jepuḥ) - they chanted (mantras) (they chanted, they muttered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of jap

Perfect Active

Root jap (class 1), 3rd person plural, Perfect Active.

Root: jap (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (the king) (his, for him, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the deceased king.

तत् (tat) - then (that, then)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, then, therefore

ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - the officiating priests (priests)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - officiating priest, sacrificer

जगुः (jaguḥ) - they sang (Sāman chants) (they sang)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of gai

Perfect Active

Root gai (class 1), 3rd person plural, Perfect Active.

Root: gai (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

ते (te) - they (the Sāman chanters) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to sāmagāḥ.

यथाशास्त्रम् (yathāśāstram) - according to the sacred texts (according to the scriptures/rules)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable compound (avyayībhāva) formed from yathā (as, according to) and śāstra (scripture, rule).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śāstra)

• yathā – as, according to, in such a manner
  indeclinable
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science
  noun (neuter)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

सामानि (sāmāni) - the Sāman chants (sāman) (Sāman chants, songs)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sāman

sāman - a Vedic hymn, especially from the Sāmaveda, song, chant

सामगाः (sāmagāḥ) - the Sāman chanters (chanters of Sāman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāmaga

sāmaga - chanter of Sāman, a priest who sings Sāmaveda hymns

Compound: sāman (Sāman chant) + ga (singer, from root gai 'to sing').

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sāman+ga)

• sāman – Sāman chant, song
  noun (neuter)
• ga – singer, going
  noun (masculine)
  From root gai (to sing) or gam (to go). Here, gai is more appropriate.
  Root: gai (class 1)