महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-62, verse-5

नारद उवाच ।
अन्नमेव प्रशंसन्ति देवाः सर्षिगणाः पुरा ।
लोकतन्त्रं हि यज्ञाश्च सर्वमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥५॥

5. nārada uvāca ,
annameva praśaṁsanti devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā ,
lokatantraṁ hi yajñāśca sarvamanne pratiṣṭhitam.

5. nāradaḥ uvāca annam eva praśaṃsanti devāḥ saṛṣigaṇāḥ
purā lokatantram hi yajñāḥ ca sarvam anne pratiṣṭhitam

5. nāradaḥ uvāca purā devāḥ saṛṣigaṇāḥ annam eva praśaṃsanti
hi lokatantram yajñāḥ ca sarvam anne pratiṣṭhitam

5. Nārada said: In ancient times, gods along with groups of sages praised food alone. Indeed, the entire social order, as well as (Vedic) rituals (yajña), everything is founded upon food.

Words meanings summery:

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, they commend

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• सऋषिगणाः (saṛṣigaṇāḥ) - accompanied by groups of sages, with sages' assemblies

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

• लोकतन्त्रम् (lokatantram) - social order, system of the world

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - Vedic rituals

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• अन्ने (anne) - in food

• प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - established, founded, based

Words meanings and morphology

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Name of a divine sage and musician

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, cooked rice

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ad (to eat)

Root: ad

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - they praise, they commend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of śams

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

सऋषिगणाः (saṛṣigaṇāḥ) - accompanied by groups of sages, with sages' assemblies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṛṣigaṇa

saṛṣigaṇa - accompanied by groups of sages

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+ṛṣigaṇa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• ṛṣigaṇa – group of sages
  noun (masculine)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

लोकतन्त्रम् (lokatantram) - social order, system of the world

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lokatantra

lokatantra - social order, system of the world, government

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

यज्ञाः (yajñāḥ) - Vedic rituals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship

Root: yaj

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

अन्ने (anne) - in food

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, cooked rice

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ad (to eat)

Root: ad

प्रतिष्ठितम् (pratiṣṭhitam) - established, founded, based

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, fixed, founded, resting upon

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā (to stand) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā