महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-87, verse-16

विविधान्यन्नपानानि पुरुषा येऽनुयायिनः ।
तेषां नृपोपभोज्यानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददुः स्म ते ॥१६॥

16. vividhānyannapānāni puruṣā ye'nuyāyinaḥ ,
teṣāṁ nṛpopabhojyāni brāhmaṇebhyo daduḥ sma te.

16. vividhāni annapānāni puruṣā ye anuyāyinaḥ
teṣām nṛpopabhojyāni brāhmaṇebhyaḥ daduḥ sma te

16. Those men who were attendants regularly gave various foods and drinks, suitable for kings to enjoy, to those Brahmins.

Words meanings summery:

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

• अन्नपानानि (annapānāni) - foods and drinks, provisions

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, people

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• अनुयायिनः (anuyāyinaḥ) - followers, attendants

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (Brahmins) (of them)

• नृपोपभोज्यानि (nṛpopabhojyāni) - fit for a king's enjoyment/consumption

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins

• ददुः (daduḥ) - they gave

• स्म (sma) - indicates the action was regular or habitual in the past ((particle indicating past habit or continuous action))

• ते (te) - they

Words meanings and morphology

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different kinds of

Note: Agrees with 'annapānāni'.

अन्नपानानि (annapānāni) - foods and drinks, provisions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of annapāna

annapāna - food and drink, provisions

Compound type : dvandva (anna+pāna)

• anna – food, rice, grain
  noun (neuter)
• pāna – drink, drinking, beverage
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root √pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to 'puruṣāḥ'.

अनुयायिनः (anuyāyinaḥ) - followers, attendants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anuyāyin

anuyāyin - follower, attendant, accompanying, conforming to

agent noun

Derived from root √yā (to go) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (Brahmins) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Brahmins, emphasizing 'those' Brahmins.

नृपोपभोज्यानि (nṛpopabhojyāni) - fit for a king's enjoyment/consumption

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nṛpopabhojya

nṛpopabhojya - suitable for a king to eat or enjoy, fit for royal consumption

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+upabhojya)

• nṛpa – king, ruler (literally 'protector of men')
  noun (masculine)
• upabhojya – to be enjoyed, fit for consumption, edible
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive / Future Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhuj (to enjoy, eat) with prefix upa-
  Prefix: upa
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'annapānāni'.

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to the Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly caste

ददुः (daduḥ) - they gave

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

स्म (sma) - indicates the action was regular or habitual in the past ((particle indicating past habit or continuous action))

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'puruṣā ye anuyāyinaḥ'.