महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-66, verse-15

अन्नमेव मनुष्याणां प्राणानाहुर्मनीषिणः ।
तच्च सर्वं नरव्याघ्र पानीयात्संप्रवर्तते ॥१५॥

15. annameva manuṣyāṇāṁ prāṇānāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ,
tacca sarvaṁ naravyāghra pānīyātsaṁpravartate.

15. annam eva manuṣyāṇām prāṇān āhuḥ manīṣiṇaḥ tat
ca sarvam naravyāghra pānīyāt sampravartate

15. manīṣiṇaḥ manuṣyāṇām annam eva prāṇān āhuḥ
naravyāghra tat sarvam ca pānīyāt sampravartate

15. Indeed, the wise declare food alone to be the vital energies (prāṇa) of humans. And all of that (food), O tiger among men, originates from water.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, grain, meal)

• एव (eva) - indeed, alone (even, only, exactly, truly)

• मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of humans (of humans, of mankind)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital energies (prāṇa) (life-breaths, vital airs, vital energies)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare, they speak)

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise (the wise, intelligent ones, thinkers)

• तत् (tat) - that (food) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and (and; also)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of that (all, entire, whole)

• नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men (O tiger among men, O best of men)

• पानीयात् (pānīyāt) - from water (from water, from drink)

• सम्प्रवर्तते (sampravartate) - originate (proceeds, originates, arises, comes forth)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, grain, meal)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, grain, meal

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √ad (to eat)

Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Predicate noun for prāṇān.

एव (eva) - indeed, alone (even, only, exactly, truly)

(indeclinable)

मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of humans (of humans, of mankind)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man, mankind

Note: Modifies prāṇān.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital energies (prāṇa) (life-breaths, vital airs, vital energies)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - life-breath, vital air, life, spirit, energy

From pra + √an

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of āhuḥ, with annam as its predicate.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare, they speak)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present-like (lit) of āh

Perfect tense 3rd plural of √brū or √vac (anomalous form), often used as present.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Verb for manīṣiṇaḥ.

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise (the wise, intelligent ones, thinkers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, thoughtful, a sage

From manīṣā (intellect)

Note: Subject of āhuḥ.

तत् (tat) - that (food) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Subject.

च (ca) - and (and; also)

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of that (all, entire, whole)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Qualifies tat.

नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men (O tiger among men, O best of men)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, best of men, excellent man

Compound: nara (man) + vyāghra (tiger). vyāghra used metaphorically for 'best' or 'foremost'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Address to a king/hero.

पानीयात् (pānīyāt) - from water (from water, from drink)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pānīya

pānīya - drinkable, water, beverage

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Gerundive of √pā (to drink)

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Indicates source.

सम्प्रवर्तते (sampravartate) - originate (proceeds, originates, arises, comes forth)

(verb)

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

√vṛt with prefixes sam and pra

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Verb for tat sarvam.