महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-117, verse-3

वने महति कस्मिंश्चिदमनुष्यनिषेविते ।
ऋषिर्मूलफलाहारो नियतो नियतेन्द्रियः ॥३॥

3. vane mahati kasmiṁścidamanuṣyaniṣevite ,
ṛṣirmūlaphalāhāro niyato niyatendriyaḥ.

3. vane mahati kasmiñcit amanuṣya-niṣevite ṛṣiḥ
mūla-phala-āhāraḥ niyataḥ niyata-indriyaḥ

3. mahati,
amanuṣya-niṣevite,
kasmiñcit vane,
mūla-phala-āhāraḥ,
niyataḥ,
niyata-indriyaḥ ṛṣiḥ

3. In a certain vast forest, frequented by no humans, there lived a sage who subsisted on roots and fruits, disciplined and with his senses perfectly controlled.

Words meanings summery:

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the grove

• महति (mahati) - in a vast (forest) (in a great, vast, large)

• कस्मिञ्चित् (kasmiñcit) - in a certain (forest) (in a certain, in some)

• अमनुष्य-निषेविते (amanuṣya-niṣevite) - frequented by no humans (forest) (frequented by non-humans; uninhabited by humans)

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer, ascetic

• मूल-फल-आहारः (mūla-phala-āhāraḥ) - whose food is roots and fruits; subsisting on roots and fruits

• नियतः (niyataḥ) - disciplined, restrained, self-controlled

• नियत-इन्द्रियः (niyata-indriyaḥ) - with his senses perfectly controlled (with restrained senses, whose senses are controlled)

Words meanings and morphology

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the grove

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

महति (mahati) - in a vast (forest) (in a great, vast, large)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, noble

Note: Agrees with 'vane'.

कस्मिञ्चित् (kasmiñcit) - in a certain (forest) (in a certain, in some)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kaścid

kaścid - certain, some (indefinite pronoun)

Compound of 'kim' (interrogative pronoun) + 'cid' (particle indicating indefiniteness).

Note: The base form is 'kaścid' but the locative neuter singular is 'kasmiñcit'.

अमनुष्य-निषेविते (amanuṣya-niṣevite) - frequented by no humans (forest) (frequented by non-humans; uninhabited by humans)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of amanuṣya-niṣevita

amanuṣya-niṣevita - frequented by non-humans, not resorted to by men, uninhabited by humans

Nañ-Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+manuṣya-niṣevita)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• manuṣya-niṣevita – frequented by humans
  adjective (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer, ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, ascetic

Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

मूल-फल-आहारः (mūla-phala-āhāraḥ) - whose food is roots and fruits; subsisting on roots and fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūla-phala-āhāra

mūla-phala-āhāra - subsisting on roots and fruits

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mūla+phala+āhāra)

• mūla – root, origin, foundation
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• āhāra – food, diet, sustenance, taking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root Hṛ with prefix Ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

नियतः (niyataḥ) - disciplined, restrained, self-controlled

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata

niyata - restrained, regulated, controlled, disciplined, fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root Yam with prefix Ni

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ṛṣiḥ'.

नियत-इन्द्रियः (niyata-indriyaḥ) - with his senses perfectly controlled (with restrained senses, whose senses are controlled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata-indriya

niyata-indriya - one whose senses are controlled, self-controlled

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niyata+indriya)

• niyata – restrained, regulated, controlled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root Yam with prefix Ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'ṛṣiḥ'.