महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-145, verse-5

निवेदयन्ति स्म च ते भैक्षं कुन्त्याः सदा निशि ।
तया विभक्तान्भागांस्ते भुञ्जते स्म पृथक्पृथक् ॥५॥

5. nivedayanti sma ca te bhaikṣaṁ kuntyāḥ sadā niśi ,
tayā vibhaktānbhāgāṁste bhuñjate sma pṛthakpṛthak.

5. nivedayanti sma ca te bhaikṣam kuntyāḥ sadā niśi
tayā vibhaktān bhāgān te bhuñjate sma pṛthak pṛthak

5. And they would always present the alms they collected to Kuntī at night. Then, they would individually eat the portions she had divided for them.

Words meanings summery:

• निवेदयन्ति (nivedayanti) - they offer, they present, they announce

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past habitual action

• च (ca) - and, also

• ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they)

• भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, begged food

• कुन्त्याः (kuntyāḥ) - to Kuntī, of Kuntī

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• निशि (niśi) - at night, in the night

• तया (tayā) - by Kuntī (by her, with her)

• विभक्तान् (vibhaktān) - divided, distributed

• भागान् (bhāgān) - portions, shares, parts

• ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they)

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past habitual action

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually

Words meanings and morphology

निवेदयन्ति (nivedayanti) - they offer, they present, they announce

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of niveday

causative present

Causative of ni-vid, 3rd person plural present active

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 6)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past habitual action

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, begged food

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa

bhaikṣa - alms, begged food, begging

कुन्त्याः (kuntyāḥ) - to Kuntī, of Kuntī

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kuntī (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Genitive used with verb of giving/presenting, implying 'to Kuntī'

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

निशि (niśi) - at night, in the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

तया (tayā) - by Kuntī (by her, with her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

विभक्तान् (vibhaktān) - divided, distributed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vibhaktā

vibhaktā - divided, separated, distributed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhaj (to divide, distribute) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhāgān'

भागान् (bhāgān) - portions, shares, parts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhāga

bhāga - portion, share, part, division

Derived from root bhaj (to divide, distribute)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of bhuj

present tense

3rd person plural present middle of root bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past habitual action

(indeclinable)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition 'pṛthak pṛthak' emphasizes 'each one separately'

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition 'pṛthak pṛthak' emphasizes 'each one separately'