महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-246, verse-14

स्वागतं तेऽस्त्विति मुनिं मुद्गलः प्रत्यभाषत ।
पाद्यमाचमनीयं च प्रतिवेद्यान्नमुत्तमम् ॥१४॥

14. svāgataṁ te'stviti muniṁ mudgalaḥ pratyabhāṣata ,
pādyamācamanīyaṁ ca prativedyānnamuttamam.

14. svāgataṃ te astu iti munim mudgalaḥ pratyabhāṣata
pādyaṃ ācamanīyaṃ ca prativedya annaṃ uttamam

14. Mudgala replied to the sage, saying, 'Welcome to you!' And having offered water for the feet and water for sipping, he presented excellent food.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वागतं (svāgataṁ) - welcome, well-arrived

• ते (te) - to you, your

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

• मुनिम् (munim) - the approaching sage (e.g. Durvāsā) (the sage)

• मुद्गलः (mudgalaḥ) - Mudgala (proper name)

• प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied, spoke in return

• पाद्यं (pādyaṁ) - water for feet

• आचमनीयं (ācamanīyaṁ) - water for sipping (for ritual purification)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• प्रतिवेद्य (prativedya) - having offered, having presented, having made known

• अन्नं (annaṁ) - food, grain

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

Words meanings and morphology

स्वागतं (svāgataṁ) - welcome, well-arrived

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well-arrived, propitious

Compound of 'su' (well) and 'āgata' (arrived)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (su+āgata)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• āgata – arrived, come
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root 'gam' (to go) + 'ā' prefix + 'kta' suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of as

Imperative Mood

Root 'as' (class 2) in imperative mood, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

(indeclinable)

मुनिम् (munim) - the approaching sage (e.g. Durvāsā) (the sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit

मुद्गलः (mudgalaḥ) - Mudgala (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mudgala

mudgala - Name of a sage

प्रत्यभाषत (pratyabhāṣata) - replied, spoke in return

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of pratibhāṣ

Imperfect Tense

Root 'bhāṣ' (to speak) + 'prati' prefix (class 1, ātmanepada) in imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

पाद्यं (pādyaṁ) - water for feet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pādya

pādya - water for washing feet, foot-water

Gerundive

From 'pāda' (foot) + 'ya' suffix, or root 'pad' + 'ṇyaT' suffix

Root: pad (class 4)

आचमनीयं (ācamanīyaṁ) - water for sipping (for ritual purification)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ācamanīya

ācamanīya - water for sipping, fit for sipping

Gerundive

Root 'cam' (to sip) + 'ā' prefix + 'anīya' suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: cam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

प्रतिवेद्य (prativedya) - having offered, having presented, having made known

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root 'vid' (to know) + 'prati' prefix + 'lyap' suffix (often used in the sense of 'to offer')

Prefix: prati

Root: vid (class 2)

अन्नं (annaṁ) - food, grain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, rice, grain

Past Passive Participle (originally)

From root 'ad' (to eat) + 'na' suffix, meaning 'that which is eaten'

Root: ad (class 2)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, supreme, excellent

From 'ut' (up) + 'tama' (superlative suffix)