महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-240

अनाश्रित्यैतदाख्यानं कथा भुवि न विद्यते ।
आहारमनपाश्रित्य शरीरस्येव धारणम् ॥२४०॥

240. anāśrityaitadākhyānaṁ kathā bhuvi na vidyate ,
āhāramanapāśritya śarīrasyeva dhāraṇam.

240. anāśritya etat ākhyānam kathā bhuvi na vidyate
āhāram anapāśritya śarīrasya iva dhāraṇam

240. No story on earth exists without relying on this narrative, just as the body's maintenance is impossible without relying on food.

Words meanings summery:

• अनाश्रित्य (anāśritya) - without relying on (without resorting to, not having relied upon)

• एतत् (etat) - this (narrative) (this)

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - this narrative/epic (narrative, story, epic)

• कथा (kathā) - story (story, tale, narrative)

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found (is found, exists, is known)

• आहारम् (āhāram) - food (food, diet)

• अनपाश्रित्य (anapāśritya) - without relying on (without resorting to, not having depended on)

• शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• धारणम् (dhāraṇam) - sustenance, maintenance (maintenance, support, bearing)

Words meanings and morphology

अनाश्रित्य (anāśritya) - without relying on (without resorting to, not having relied upon)

(indeclinable)

indeclinable participle (absolutive/gerund)

from an + ā + √śri (to resort to)

Prefixes: an+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this (narrative) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Nominative singular of etad (neuter)

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - this narrative/epic (narrative, story, epic)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, epic

action noun

Derived from √khyā (to tell) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

कथा (kathā) - story (story, tale, narrative)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

Root: kath (class 10)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, world, ground

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found (is found, exists, is known)

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Ātmanepada form. From root vid (to exist/be found).

आहारम् (āhāram) - food (food, diet)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āhāra

āhāra - food, diet, nourishment, taking

action noun

from ā + √hṛ (to take)

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अनपाश्रित्य (anapāśritya) - without relying on (without resorting to, not having depended on)

(indeclinable)

indeclinable participle (absolutive/gerund)

from an + apa + ā + √śri (to resort to)

Prefixes: an+apa+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

धारणम् (dhāraṇam) - sustenance, maintenance (maintenance, support, bearing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhāraṇa

dhāraṇa - bearing, holding, maintaining, sustenance

action noun

from √dhṛ (to hold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)