महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-62, verse-33

आवाहाश्च विवाहाश्च यज्ञाश्चान्नमृते तथा ।
न वर्तन्ते नरश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्म चात्र प्रलीयते ॥३३॥

33. āvāhāśca vivāhāśca yajñāścānnamṛte tathā ,
na vartante naraśreṣṭha brahma cātra pralīyate.

33. āvāhāḥ ca vivāhāḥ ca yajñāḥ ca annam ṛte tathā |
na vartante naraśreṣṭha brahma ca atra pralīyate

33. naraśreṣṭha annam ṛte āvāhāḥ ca vivāhāḥ ca yajñāḥ
ca tathā na vartante ca atra brahma pralīyate

33. O best among men, without food, neither social gatherings, nor marriages, nor (Vedic) rituals (yajña) can take place. And here, even sacred knowledge (brahma) dissipates.

Words meanings summery:

• आवाहाः (āvāhāḥ) - invitations, summonings, social gatherings

• च (ca) - and

• विवाहाः (vivāhāḥ) - marriages

• च (ca) - and

• यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - (Vedic) rituals

• च (ca) - and

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

• तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly

• न (na) - not

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they proceed, exist, take place

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Vedic knowledge, sacred knowledge, the priestly class

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this context

• प्रलीयते (pralīyate) - it dissolves, perishes

Words meanings and morphology

आवाहाः (āvāhāḥ) - invitations, summonings, social gatherings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvāha

āvāha - summoning, inviting, invocation, call

Derived from root vah with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: vah (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विवाहाः (vivāhāḥ) - marriages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vivāha

vivāha - marriage, wedding

Derived from root vah with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: vah (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - (Vedic) rituals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yajña

yajña - (Vedic) ritual, sacrifice, worship

Derived from root yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, rice

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ad (to eat)

Root: ad (class 2)

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they proceed, exist, take place

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best among men

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, most distinguished
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Vedic knowledge, sacred knowledge, the priestly class

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - sacred utterance, Vedic text, sacred knowledge, priestly class, the Absolute Reality (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this context

(indeclinable)

प्रलीयते (pralīyate) - it dissolves, perishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lī

Root with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)