महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-86, verse-17

आस्येन तु यदाहारं गोवन्मृगयते मुनिः ।
अथास्य लोकः पूर्वो यः सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥१७॥

17. āsyena tu yadāhāraṁ govanmṛgayate muniḥ ,
athāsya lokaḥ pūrvo yaḥ so'mṛtatvāya kalpate.

17. āsyena tu yadā āhāram govat mṛgayate muniḥ atha
asya lokaḥ pūrvaḥ yaḥ saḥ amṛtatvāya kalpate

17. But when a sage (muni) seeks his food with his mouth like a cow, then that former world of his becomes fit for immortality.

Words meanings summery:

• आस्येन (āsyena) - with the mouth, by the face

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• यदा (yadā) - when

• आहारम् (āhāram) - food, sustenance

• गोवत् (govat) - like a cow

• मृगयते (mṛgayate) - seeks, hunts, searches for

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

• अस्य (asya) - his, of this, for him

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm

• पूर्वः (pūrvaḥ) - former, earlier, previous

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• अमृतत्वाय (amṛtatvāya) - for immortality, for the state of deathlessness

• कल्पते (kalpate) - becomes fit, is able, happens

Words meanings and morphology

आस्येन (āsyena) - with the mouth, by the face

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face, opening, jaw

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

आहारम् (āhāram) - food, sustenance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āhāra

āhāra - food, diet, sustenance, collection, taking

गोवत् (govat) - like a cow

(indeclinable)

Derived from go (cow) + -vat (like, having) suffix

मृगयते (mṛgayate) - seeks, hunts, searches for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of mṛgay

Root: mṛg (class 10)

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, silent one, an inspired one

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his, of this, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe, space

पूर्वः (pūrvaḥ) - former, earlier, previous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, earlier, first, eastern, ancient

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अमृतत्वाय (amṛtatvāya) - for immortality, for the state of deathlessness

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of amṛtatva

amṛtatva - immortality, deathlessness, eternal life, state of not dying

कल्पते (kalpate) - becomes fit, is able, happens

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kḷp

Root: kḷp (class 1)