महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-90, verse-47

यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां भोजयेदनृचां नरः ।
एकस्तान्मन्त्रवित्प्रीतः सर्वानर्हति भारत ॥४७॥

47. yaḥ sahasraṁ sahasrāṇāṁ bhojayedanṛcāṁ naraḥ ,
ekastānmantravitprītaḥ sarvānarhati bhārata.

47. yaḥ sahasram sahasrāṇām bhojayet anṛcām naraḥ
ekaḥ tān mantravit prītaḥ sarvān arhati bhārata

47. bhārata yaḥ naraḥ sahasrāṇām sahasram anṛcām
bhojayet ekaḥ prītaḥ mantravit tān sarvān arhati

47. O Bhārata, a single man who is a knower of sacred incantations (mantra) and is pleased, is worthy of the merit of feeding even a thousand times a thousand men who are ignorant of the Vedic hymns.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

• भोजयेत् (bhojayet) - he should cause to eat, he should feed

• अनृचाम् (anṛcām) - of those without knowledge of the Ṛc (Vedas), of those ignorant of sacred hymns

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, person

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single (person)

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• मन्त्रवित् (mantravit) - knower of sacred incantations (mantra)

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased, satisfied

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of them)

• अर्हति (arhati) - he deserves, he is worthy of

• भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata, here Yudhiṣṭhira))

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Relative pronoun.

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - thousand, a great number

Note: Used adverbially or as a noun.

सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand, a great number

Note: Expresses 'a thousand of thousands'.

भोजयेत् (bhojayet) - he should cause to eat, he should feed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Causative form of the root 'bhuj'.

अनृचाम् (anṛcām) - of those without knowledge of the Ṛc (Vedas), of those ignorant of sacred hymns

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anṛc

anṛc - ignorant of the Ṛc Veda, unlearned

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+ṛc)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• ṛc – Vedic hymn, verse, Ṛgveda
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies the implied 'persons'.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being, person

Note: Subject of 'bhojayet'.

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single (person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Refers to 'mantravit'.

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the 'thousand times a thousand men'.

मन्त्रवित् (mantravit) - knower of sacred incantations (mantra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantravid

mantravid - one who knows the mantras

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantra+vid)

• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, incantation
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, learned
  adjective
  From root vid 'to know'.
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'arhati'.

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased, satisfied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, satisfied, beloved

Past Passive Participle

From root 'prī' (to please, satisfy).

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'mantravit'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the merit/benefits implied from feeding many.

अर्हति (arhati) - he deserves, he is worthy of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Main verb for 'mantravit'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata, here Yudhiṣṭhira))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a warrior

Note: Address to Yudhiṣṭhira.