महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-86, verse-13

यावत्प्राणाभिसंधानं तावदिच्छेच्च भोजनम् ।
तथास्य वसतो ग्रामेऽरण्यं भवति पृष्ठतः ॥१३॥

13. yāvatprāṇābhisaṁdhānaṁ tāvadicchecca bhojanam ,
tathāsya vasato grāme'raṇyaṁ bhavati pṛṣṭhataḥ.

13. yāvat prāṇābhisaṃdhānam tāvat icchet ca bhojanam
tathā asya vasataḥ grāme araṇyam bhavati pṛṣṭhataḥ

13. One should desire food only to the extent necessary for the sustenance of life. Similarly, for one dwelling in a village, the forest is (metaphorically) always at their back (implying that the ascetic path is ever present or easily accessible).

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, to the extent that

• प्राणाभिसंधानम् (prāṇābhisaṁdhānam) - sustenance of life, connection with vital functions

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much, to that extent

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - one should desire/wish/eat/take

• च (ca) - and, also

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, eating

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

• अस्य (asya) - of him, of this

• वसतः (vasataḥ) - of one dwelling, of one living

• ग्रामे (grāme) - in the village

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest, wilderness

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - at the back, behind

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, to the extent that

(indeclinable)

प्राणाभिसंधानम् (prāṇābhisaṁdhānam) - sustenance of life, connection with vital functions

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāṇābhisaṃdhāna

prāṇābhisaṁdhāna - sustenance of life, connection with vital functions, aiming at breath

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+abhisaṃdhāna)

• prāṇa – life breath, vital air, life principle (prāṇa)
  noun (masculine)
• abhisaṃdhāna – connection, aiming at, intention, attention, sustenance
  noun (neuter)
  From root dhā with prefixes abhi- and sam-
  Prefixes: abhi+sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much, to that extent

(indeclinable)

इच्छेत् (icchet) - one should desire/wish/eat/take

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, eating

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, eating, meal

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him, of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he/she/it

वसतः (vasataḥ) - of one dwelling, of one living

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasat

vasat - dwelling, living (present participle)

present active participle

root vas (to dwell) + śatṛ pratyaya

Root: vas (class 1)

ग्रामे (grāme) - in the village

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of grāma

grāma - village

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest, wilderness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - at the back, behind

(indeclinable)