महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-56

श्यामाकभोजनं तत्र यः प्रयच्छति मानवः ।
देवान्पितॄंश्च उद्दिश्य तस्य धर्मफलं महत् ।
एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता ॥५६॥

56. śyāmākabhojanaṁ tatra yaḥ prayacchati mānavaḥ ,
devānpitṝṁśca uddiśya tasya dharmaphalaṁ mahat ,
ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā.

56. śyāmākabhojanam tatra yaḥ prayacchati
mānavaḥ devān pitṝn ca uddiśya
tasya dharmaphalam mahat ekasmin
bhojite vipre koṭiḥ bhavati bhojitā

56. A person who, at that place, offers food made of śyāmāka millet, dedicating it to the gods and ancestors, obtains a great reward (dharma) for that righteous act. Feeding just one Brahmin there is equivalent to feeding ten million.

Words meanings summery:

• श्यामाकभोजनम् (śyāmākabhojanam) - food made of śyāmāka millet

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, offers

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - man, human being

• देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors, forefathers

• च (ca) - and, also

• उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having aimed at, intending for, dedicating to

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of it

• धर्मफलम् (dharmaphalam) - fruit of dharma, righteous reward

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in one

• भोजिते (bhojite) - fed, nourished

• विप्रे (vipre) - in a Brahmin, to a Brahmin

• कोटिः (koṭiḥ) - ten million, crore, extremity

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• भोजिता (bhojitā) - regarded as fed (ten million) (fed, nourished)

Words meanings and morphology

श्यामाकभोजनम् (śyāmākabhojanam) - food made of śyāmāka millet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śyāmākabhojana

śyāmākabhojana - food made from śyāmāka (a type of millet)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śyāmāka+bhojana)

• śyāmāka – a kind of millet (Panicum frumentaceum)
  noun (masculine)
• bhojana – food, eating, meal
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, offers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of prayacch

Derived from √yam with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - man, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - man, human being, descendant of Manu

देवान् (devān) - gods, deities

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors, forefathers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, forefathers

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having aimed at, intending for, dedicating to

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive from √diś with prefix ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: diś (class 6)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of it

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मफलम् (dharmaphalam) - fruit of dharma, righteous reward

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharmaphala

dharmaphala - fruit of righteousness, reward for good deeds, consequence of (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+phala)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, law, natural law, intrinsic nature, constitution, religion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, reward
  noun (neuter)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in one

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

भोजिते (bhojite) - fed, nourished

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhojita

bhojita - fed, caused to eat, nourished

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Past Passive Participle of the causative of √bhuj (bhojayati)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

विप्रे (vipre) - in a Brahmin, to a Brahmin

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, priest, inspired, wise

कोटिः (koṭiḥ) - ten million, crore, extremity

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of koṭi

koṭi - ten million, crore, end, point, sum

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भोजिता (bhojitā) - regarded as fed (ten million) (fed, nourished)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhojita

bhojita - fed, caused to eat, nourished

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Past Passive Participle of the causative of √bhuj (bhojayati)

Root: bhuj (class 7)