महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-66, verse-4

यदन्नं यच्च पानीयं संप्रदायाश्नुते नरः ।
न तस्मात्परमं दानं किंचिदस्तीति मे मतिः ॥४॥

4. yadannaṁ yacca pānīyaṁ saṁpradāyāśnute naraḥ ,
na tasmātparamaṁ dānaṁ kiṁcidastīti me matiḥ.

4. yat annam yat ca pānīyam sampradāya aśnute naraḥ
| na tasmāt paramam dānam kiṃcit asti iti me matiḥ

4. naraḥ yat annam ca yat pānīyam sampradāya aśnute
tasmāt paramam kiṃcit dānam na asti iti me matiḥ

4. Whatever food and drink a person gives away, no gift superior to that exists; such is my conviction.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, sustenance

• यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पानीयम् (pānīyam) - drink, potable water

• सम्प्रदाय (sampradāya) - having given, having bestowed, having delivered

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - obtains, enjoys, consumes

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

• न (na) - not, no

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, than that, therefore

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, greatest

• दानम् (dānam) - gift, donation, act of giving

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

• अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

• मे (me) - my, to me

• मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, conviction

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

अन्नम् (annam) - food, sustenance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, sustenance, rice

Root: ad (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, what, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, whatever

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पानीयम् (pānīyam) - drink, potable water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pānīya

pānīya - drink, potable, water

Gerundive

from root pā (to drink) + anīya suffix

Root: pā (class 1)

सम्प्रदाय (sampradāya) - having given, having bestowed, having delivered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from sam-pra-dā (to give, bestow)

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dā (class 3)

अश्नुते (aśnute) - obtains, enjoys, consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of aśnute

Root: aś (class 5)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, human being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, than that, therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, greatest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, greatest, excellent

दानम् (dānam) - gift, donation, act of giving

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dāna

dāna - gift, donation, act of giving

Root: dā (class 3)

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - something, anything

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - exists, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मतिः (matiḥ) - opinion, thought, conviction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - thought, opinion, intelligence, conviction

Root: man (class 4)