महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-46, verse-13

आमूलफलभिक्षाभिरर्चेदतिथिमागतम् ।
यद्भक्षः स्यात्ततो दद्याद्भिक्षां नित्यमतन्द्रितः ॥१३॥

13. āmūlaphalabhikṣābhirarcedatithimāgatam ,
yadbhakṣaḥ syāttato dadyādbhikṣāṁ nityamatandritaḥ.

13. āmūlaphalabhikṣābhiḥ arcet atithim āgatam yat
bhakṣaḥ syāt tataḥ dadyāt bhikṣām nityam atandritaḥ

13. atandritaḥ āgatam atithim āmūlaphalabhikṣābhiḥ
arcet yat bhakṣaḥ syāt tataḥ nityam bhikṣām dadyāt

13. One should honor an arrived guest with alms consisting of roots and fruits. Whatever food one (the host) may consume, from that one should always diligently offer alms.

Words meanings summery:

• आमूलफलभिक्षाभिः (āmūlaphalabhikṣābhiḥ) - with alms consisting of roots and fruits

• अर्चेत् (arcet) - one should honor, worship

• अतिथिम् (atithim) - guest

• आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• भक्षः (bhakṣaḥ) - food, what is eaten

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

• दद्यात् (dadyāt) - one should give, may give

• भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - alms, begged food

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

• अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - diligent, not lazy, watchful

Words meanings and morphology

आमूलफलभिक्षाभिः (āmūlaphalabhikṣābhiḥ) - with alms consisting of roots and fruits

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of āmūlaphalabhikṣā

āmūlaphalabhikṣā - alms of roots and fruits

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āmūlaphala+bhikṣā)

• āmūlaphala – roots and fruits (even humble ones)
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of mūla (root) and phala (fruit). The particle 'ā' here emphasizes inclusion or origin, meaning 'even roots and fruits' or 'from roots and fruits'.
  Prefix: ā
• bhikṣā – alms, begged food, mendicancy
  noun (feminine)

अर्चेत् (arcet) - one should honor, worship

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Liṅ) of arc

Optative Mood

Root √arc (P. 1) 'to shine, praise, worship', Parasmaipada

Root: arc (class 1)

अतिथिम् (atithim) - guest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of atithi

atithi - guest, stranger, one who comes without a fixed date

आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √gam (P. 1) 'to go' with prefix ā- and -kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, whoever, whatever

भक्षः (bhakṣaḥ) - food, what is eaten

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣa

bhakṣa - food, edible substance, prey

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

Root √as (P. 2) 'to be', Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

(indeclinable)

दद्यात् (dadyāt) - one should give, may give

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Liṅ) of dā

Optative Mood

Root √dā, Class 3, Parasmaipada

Root: dā (class 3)

भिक्षाम् (bhikṣām) - alms, begged food

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhikṣā

bhikṣā - alms, begged food, mendicancy

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

अतन्द्रितः (atandritaḥ) - diligent, not lazy, watchful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atandrita

atandrita - diligent, alert, active, not lazy

Negative prefix a- with tandrita (lazy/weary)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tandrita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• tandrita – lazy, weary, fatigued
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (implied)
  from √tandr (to be weary)
  Root: tandr