वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-13, verse-8

ब्राह्मणा भुञ्जते नित्यं नाथवन्तश्च भुञ्जते ।
तापसा भुञ्जते चापि श्रमणा भुञ्जते तथा ॥८॥

8. brāhmaṇā bhuñjate nityaṃ nāthavantaśca bhuñjate ,
tāpasā bhuñjate cāpi śramaṇā bhuñjate tathā.

8. brāhmaṇāḥ bhuñjate nityam nāthavantaḥ ca bhuñjate
tāpasāḥ bhuñjate ca api śramaṇāḥ bhuñjate tathā

8. brāhmaṇāḥ nityam bhuñjate ca nāthavantaḥ bhuñjate
ca api tāpasāḥ bhuñjate tathā śramaṇāḥ bhuñjate

8. Brahmins constantly eat, and so do those who are supported. Ascetics also partake, and likewise do mendicants.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins, priests

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• नाथवन्तः (nāthavantaḥ) - those who have a protector/master, supported

• च (ca) - and, also

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

• तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits (those practicing austerity)

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• श्रमणाः (śramaṇāḥ) - mendicants, ascetics

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins, priests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

नाथवन्तः (nāthavantaḥ) - those who have a protector/master, supported

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāthavat

nāthavat - having a protector, having a master, dependent, supported

from nātha + -vat (possessive suffix)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits (those practicing austerity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit, one who practices austerity (tapas)

from tapas

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

श्रमणाः (śramaṇāḥ) - mendicants, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śramaṇa

śramaṇa - ascetic, mendicant, one who exerts oneself

from √śram (to exert, toil)

Root: śram (class 4)

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they eat, they enjoy, they partake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in the same way

(indeclinable)