महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-34

अन्नं पानं च माल्यं च वासांस्याभरणानि च ।
ब्राह्मण्यै तानि देयानि भर्तुः सा हि गरीयसी ॥३४॥

34. annaṁ pānaṁ ca mālyaṁ ca vāsāṁsyābharaṇāni ca ,
brāhmaṇyai tāni deyāni bhartuḥ sā hi garīyasī.

34. annam pānam ca mālyam ca vāsāṃsi ābharaṇāni ca
brāhmaṇyai tāni deyāni bhartuḥ sā hi garīyasī

34. annam ca pānam ca mālyam ca vāsāṃsi ca ābharaṇāni
ca brāhmaṇyai tāni deyāni hi sā bhartuḥ garīyasī

34. Food, drink, garlands, clothes, and ornaments should be given to the Brahmin woman, for she is indeed more revered than her husband.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

• पानम् (pānam) - drink, beverage

• च (ca) - and, also

• माल्यम् (mālyam) - garland, wreath

• च (ca) - and, also

• वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments

• आभरणानि (ābharaṇāni) - ornaments, decorations

• च (ca) - and, also

• ब्राह्मण्यै (brāhmaṇyai) - to the Brahmin woman

• तानि (tāni) - those items (food, drink, etc.) (those (neuter plural))

• देयानि (deyāni) - should be given, fit to be given

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - than her husband (than the husband, of the husband)

• सा (sā) - the Brahmin woman (she)

• हि (hi) - for (indeed, because, for)

• गरीयसी (garīyasī) - more revered (more important, more revered, heavier)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain

Past passive participle of root ad (to eat) used as a noun

Root: ad

Note: Used as the object of 'should be given'.

पानम् (pānam) - drink, beverage

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāna

pāna - drink, beverage

From root pā (to drink)

Root: pā

Note: Used as the object of 'should be given'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

माल्यम् (mālyam) - garland, wreath

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mālya

mālya - garland, wreath

Note: Used as the object of 'should be given'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vāsas

vāsas - clothing, garment

Noun ending in -as

Note: Used as the object of 'should be given'.

आभरणानि (ābharaṇāni) - ornaments, decorations

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ābharaṇa

ābharaṇa - ornament, decoration

From prefix ā- and root bhṛ (to bear)

Prefix: ā

Root: bhṛ

Note: Used as the object of 'should be given'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

ब्राह्मण्यै (brāhmaṇyai) - to the Brahmin woman

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin woman

Feminine form of brāhmaṇa

Note: The recipient of the items.

तानि (tāni) - those items (food, drink, etc.) (those (neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the previously listed items (food, drink, etc.).

देयानि (deyāni) - should be given, fit to be given

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of deya

deya - to be given, fit to be given

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Future passive participle (gerundive) from root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tāni'.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - than her husband (than the husband, of the husband)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, lord

Noun ending in -ṛ, agent noun from root bhṛ (to bear, maintain)

Root: bhṛ

Note: Used for comparison with 'garīyasī'.

सा (sā) - the Brahmin woman (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the Brahmin woman.

हि (hi) - for (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating cause or emphasis

गरीयसी (garīyasī) - more revered (more important, more revered, heavier)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of garīyas

garīyas - heavier, more important, more revered

Comparative degree of guru (heavy, important)

Note: Agrees with 'sā'.