महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-113, verse-9

अन्नमेव प्रशंसन्ति देवर्षिपितृमानवाः ।
अन्नस्य हि प्रदानेन स्वर्गमाप्नोति कौशिकः ॥९॥

9. annameva praśaṁsanti devarṣipitṛmānavāḥ ,
annasya hi pradānena svargamāpnoti kauśikaḥ.

9. annam eva praśaṃsanti devarṣipitṛmānavāḥ
annasya hi pradānena svargam āpnoti kauśikaḥ

9. devarṣipitṛmānavāḥ annam eva praśaṃsanti hi
annasya pradānena kauśikaḥ svargam āpnoti

9. Gods, sages, ancestors, and human beings indeed glorify food. For it is by the offering of food that Kauśika attains heaven.

Words meanings summery:

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

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - indeed glorify (they praise, they glorify, they commend)

• देवर्षिपितृमानवाः (devarṣipitṛmānavāḥ) - Gods, sages, ancestors, and human beings (gods, sages, ancestors, and humans)

• अन्नस्य (annasya) - of food

• हि (hi) - For it is (indeed, for, because)

• प्रदानेन (pradānena) - by the offering (by the giving, by the offering)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven (heaven, celestial world)

• आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

• कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - Kauśika (Kauśika (a proper name, often referring to Viśvāmitra or other descendants of Kuśika))

Words meanings and morphology

अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, sustenance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, rice, corn, meal, sustenance

Past Passive Participle

From root ad (to eat).

Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Object of praśaṃsanti.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - indeed glorify (they praise, they glorify, they commend)

(verb)

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

Present tense, 3rd person plural, active voice.

From root śaṃs (to praise) with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

देवर्षिपितृमानवाः (devarṣipitṛmānavāḥ) - Gods, sages, ancestors, and human beings (gods, sages, ancestors, and humans)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devarṣipitṛmānava

devarṣipitṛmānava - gods, sages, ancestors, and men (collectively)

Dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (deva+ṛṣi+pitṛ+mānava)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• ṛṣi – seer, sage, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)
• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• mānava – human being, man
  noun (masculine)
  From 'manu'.

Note: Compound refers to all categories together.

अन्नस्य (annasya) - of food

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, rice, corn, meal, sustenance

Past Passive Participle

From root ad (to eat).

Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Pertaining to food.

हि (hi) - For it is (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Causal or emphatic particle.

प्रदानेन (pradānena) - by the offering (by the giving, by the offering)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pradāna

pradāna - giving, bestowing, donation, gift, grant, offering

Derived from pra-dā (to give forth, grant).

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Means 'by means of giving'.

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven (heaven, celestial world)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode, paradise

Note: Object of āpnoti.

आप्नोति (āpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āp

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

From root āp (5th class).

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - Kauśika (Kauśika (a proper name, often referring to Viśvāmitra or other descendants of Kuśika))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kauśika

kauśika - descendant of Kuśika; name of a sage (Viśvāmitra); an owl

Patronymic.