महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-25

बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।
अन्नमश्नन्ति ये देवाः शरीरस्था नरेश्वर ।
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिर्मनस्तथा ॥२५॥

25. bṛhaspatiruvāca ,
annamaśnanti ye devāḥ śarīrasthā nareśvara ,
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotirmanastathā.

25. bṛhaspatiḥ uvāca annam aśnanti ye devāḥ śarīrasthā
nareśvara pṛthivī vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ jyotiḥ manaḥ tathā

25. bṛhaspatiḥ uvāca nareśvara ye śarīrasthā devāḥ pṛthivī
vāyuḥ ākāśam āpaḥ jyotiḥ manaḥ tathā annam aśnanti

25. Brihaspati said: 'O lord of men, the deities residing in the body—namely, earth, air, ether, water, fire, and likewise the mind—they consume food.'

Words meanings summery:

• बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (Brihaspati (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, corn, sustenance)

• अश्नन्ति (aśnanti) - they consume (they eat, they consume)

• ये (ye) - which (who, which)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - deities (referring to the senses/elements) (gods, deities)

• शरीरस्था (śarīrasthā) - residing in the body (located in the body, dwelling in the body)

• नरेश्वर (nareśvara) - O lord of men (O lord of men, O king)

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (air, wind)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - ether (ether, space)

• आपः (āpaḥ) - water (waters, water)

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - fire (light, luster, fire)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

• तथा (tathā) - and likewise (thus, so, and, likewise)

Words meanings and morphology

बृहस्पतिः (bṛhaspatiḥ) - Brihaspati (Brihaspati (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhaspati

bṛhaspati - Lord of prayer, name of a Vedic deity, preceptor of the gods

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, corn, sustenance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, corn, rice

Past Passive Participle

from √ad

Root: ad (class 2)

अश्नन्ति (aśnanti) - they consume (they eat, they consume)

(verb)

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

Root: aś (class 9)

ये (ye) - which (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

देवाः (devāḥ) - deities (referring to the senses/elements) (gods, deities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Here referring to the five elements and mind as controlling deities of the body.

शरीरस्था (śarīrasthā) - residing in the body (located in the body, dwelling in the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarīrastha

śarīrastha - located in the body, abiding in the body

Compound of śarīra and stha

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarīra+stha)

• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• stha – standing, staying, abiding, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  from √sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agreement with 'devāḥ'

नरेश्वर (nareśvara) - O lord of men (O lord of men, O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nareśvara

nareśvara - lord of men, king

Compound of nara and īśvara

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+īśvara)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ (class 1)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  from √īś
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Addressed to Yudhishthira

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground

Root: pṛth (class 1)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air (air, wind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, vital breath

Root: vā (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - ether (ether, space)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - ether, space, sky

from ā-√kāś

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

आपः (āpaḥ) - water (waters, water)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

Always used in plural

Note: One of the five great elements

ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ) - fire (light, luster, fire)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, fire, star

Root: jyut (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, intellect, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Often considered the sixth sense or an inner organ, grouped here with elements.

तथा (tathā) - and likewise (thus, so, and, likewise)

(indeclinable)