महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-210, verse-9

पूर्वमेव तु कृष्णस्य वचनात्तं महीधरम् ।
पुरुषाः समलंचक्रुरुपजह्रुश्च भोजनम् ॥९॥

9. pūrvameva tu kṛṣṇasya vacanāttaṁ mahīdharam ,
puruṣāḥ samalaṁcakrurupajahruśca bhojanam.

9. pūrvam eva tu kṛṣṇasya vacanāt tam mahīdharaṃ
puruṣāḥ samalaṃcakruḥ upajahruḥ ca bhojanam

9. But even beforehand, on Krishna's instructions, men had decorated that mountain and brought food.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, beforehand, previously

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Krishna

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, by the instruction, on account of the saying

• तम् (tam) - that

• महीधरं (mahīdharaṁ) - mountain, earth-bearer

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons, servants

• समलंचक्रुः (samalaṁcakruḥ) - they decorated, adorned

• उपजह्रुः (upajahruḥ) - they brought, offered

• च (ca) - and, also

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, beforehand, previously

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, prior, earlier, previous, before

Note: Used adverbially here.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Krishna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna (name of a deity)

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, by the instruction, on account of the saying

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, instruction

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महीधरं (mahīdharaṁ) - mountain, earth-bearer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīdhara

mahīdhara - mountain (lit. 'earth-bearer')

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (mahī+dhara)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• dhara – bearing, holding, supporting; a bearer, holder
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root dhṛ
  Derived from root dhṛ with suffix -a.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons, servants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male; servant

समलंचक्रुः (samalaṁcakruḥ) - they decorated, adorned

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (liṭ) of samalaṃkṛ

Prefixes: sam+alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

उपजह्रुः (upajahruḥ) - they brought, offered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (liṭ) of upahṛ

Prefix: upa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, meal, eating