महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-120

तत्र स्म सूदाः क्रोशन्ति सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः ।
सूपभूयिष्ठमश्नीध्वं नाद्य मांसं यथा पुरा ॥१२०॥

120. tatra sma sūdāḥ krośanti sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ ,
sūpabhūyiṣṭhamaśnīdhvaṁ nādya māṁsaṁ yathā purā.

120. tatra sma sūdāḥ krośanti sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ
sūpabhūyiṣṭham aśnīdhvam na adya māṃsam yathā purā

120. tatra sma sūdāḥ sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ krośanti
sūpabhūyiṣṭham aśnīdhvam na adya māṃsam yathā purā

120. There, the cooks, adorned with beautifully polished jewel earrings, would habitually exclaim: 'Eat mostly soup! Today, there is no meat as there used to be!'

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्म (sma) - indicates past habitual action (indeed, verily)

• सूदाः (sūdāḥ) - cooks, servers

• क्रोशन्ति (krośanti) - they habitually shout (due to `sma`) (they shout, they cry out)

• सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः (sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ) - (describing the cooks) (having beautifully polished jewel earrings)

• सूपभूयिष्ठम् (sūpabhūyiṣṭham) - mostly soup, soup in abundance

• अश्नीध्वम् (aśnīdhvam) - eat (you all)

• न (na) - not, no

• अद्य (adya) - today

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which way

• पुरा (purā) - as it was before/usually (formerly, before, in ancient times)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb derived from demonstrative pronoun tad.

स्म (sma) - indicates past habitual action (indeed, verily)

(indeclinable)

सूदाः (sūdāḥ) - cooks, servers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūda

sūda - cook, butler

Root: sud

क्रोशन्ति (krośanti) - they habitually shout (due to `sma`) (they shout, they cry out)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kruś

3rd plural present active of √kruś

Root: kruś (class 1)

सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः (sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ) - (describing the cooks) (having beautifully polished jewel earrings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍala

sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍala - adorned with beautifully polished jewel earrings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mṛṣṭa+maṇi+kuṇḍala)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix meaning 'well' or 'beautifully'
• mṛṣṭa – polished, cleaned, pure
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √mṛj (to clean, to polish)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)
• maṇi – jewel, gem
  noun (masculine)
• kuṇḍala – earring, ring
  noun (neuter)

Note: This is a Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'they who have beautifully polished jewel earrings'.

सूपभूयिष्ठम् (sūpabhūyiṣṭham) - mostly soup, soup in abundance

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūpabhūyiṣṭha

sūpabhūyiṣṭha - consisting mostly of soup, soup-abundant

Superlative degree adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūpa+bhūyiṣṭha)

• sūpa – soup, broth
  noun (masculine)
• bhūyiṣṭha – most abundant, very many, numerous
  adjective
  Superlative form of bahu (many)

Note: Used adverbially.

अश्नीध्वम् (aśnīdhvam) - eat (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of aś

2nd plural imperative middle of √aś (to eat)

Root: aś (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

Note: Subject of the implied sentence 'meat is not (available)'.

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which way

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb

पुरा (purā) - as it was before/usually (formerly, before, in ancient times)

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb