महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-49

अप्येकं भोजयेद्विप्रं पुष्करारण्यमाश्रितः ।
तेनासौ कर्मणा भीष्म प्रेत्य चेह च मोदते ॥४९॥

49. apyekaṁ bhojayedvipraṁ puṣkarāraṇyamāśritaḥ ,
tenāsau karmaṇā bhīṣma pretya ceha ca modate.

49. api ekam bhojayet vipram puṣkarāraṇyam āśritaḥ
tena asau karmaṇā bhīṣma pretya ca iha ca modate

49. O Bhīṣma, even a person dwelling in the Puṣkara forest who feeds a single brahmin (vipra) will rejoice both in this world and after death due to that action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, and, too)

• एकम् (ekam) - one (one, a single)

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

• विप्रम् (vipram) - a brahmin (a brahmin, a sage, a twice-born)

• पुष्करारण्यम् (puṣkarāraṇyam) - the Puṣkara forest (the forest of Puṣkara, the Puṣkara forest)

• आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - one who is dwelling in (resorted to, dependent on, dwelling in, one who has resorted)

• तेन (tena) - by that (by that, with that)

• असौ (asau) - he (that (person), he, she, it (distal demonstrative))

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by that action (karma) (by action (karma), by deed)

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhīṣma (O Bhīṣma, the terrible one)

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, in the next world (after dying, having passed away, in the other world)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मोदते (modate) - rejoices (rejoices, delights, is pleased)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even (even, also, and, too)

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - one (one, a single)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique, chief

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhuj

Causative Optative

Causative stem bhoj-aya- from root bhuj, 3rd person singular active optative

Root: bhuj (class 7)

विप्रम् (vipram) - a brahmin (a brahmin, a sage, a twice-born)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a brahmin, a sage, inspired, learned, a priest

पुष्करारण्यम् (puṣkarāraṇyam) - the Puṣkara forest (the forest of Puṣkara, the Puṣkara forest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkarāraṇya

puṣkarāraṇya - Puṣkara forest, a particular holy forest

Compound of Puṣkara and Araṇya

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣkara+araṇya)

• puṣkara – lotus, water, a holy place (esp. the sacred lake Puṣkara)
  noun (neuter)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - one who is dwelling in (resorted to, dependent on, dwelling in, one who has resorted)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, dependent on, supported by, dwelling in

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root śri with prefix ā, referring to the agent in active sense.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Acts as the subject of the sentence.

तेन (tena) - by that (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

असौ (asau) - he (that (person), he, she, it (distal demonstrative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, he, she, it (remote demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers back to āśritaḥ.

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by that action (karma) (by action (karma), by deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action (karma), deed, work, ritual, consequence of action

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhīṣma (O Bhīṣma, the terrible one)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; also a proper name, Bhīṣma

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, in the next world (after dying, having passed away, in the other world)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed from root i with prefix pra, and suffix -tya

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मोदते (modate) - rejoices (rejoices, delights, is pleased)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mud

Root: mud (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada verb.