महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-126, verse-6

ततश्चीराजिनधरं कृशमुच्चमतीव च ।
अद्राक्षमृषिमायान्तं तनुं नाम तपोनिधिम् ॥६॥

6. tataścīrājinadharaṁ kṛśamuccamatīva ca ,
adrākṣamṛṣimāyāntaṁ tanuṁ nāma taponidhim.

6. tataḥ ca cīrājinadharam kṛśam uccam atīva ca
adrākṣam ṛṣim āyāntam tanum nāma taponidhim

6. tataḥ ca aham cīrājinadharam kṛśam atīva uccam
ca nāma tanum taponidhim āyāntam ṛṣim adrākṣam

6. And then I saw a sage approaching, named Tanu, who was exceedingly thin and tall, and wore bark garments and deerskin, truly a treasure of asceticism (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

• च (ca) - and

• चीराजिनधरम् (cīrājinadharam) - describing the sage Tanu as wearing bark and deerskin (wearing bark garments and deerskin)

• कृशम् (kṛśam) - describing the sage Tanu (thin, emaciated)

• उच्चम् (uccam) - describing the sage Tanu (tall, high)

• अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly, very much, extremely

• च (ca) - and

• अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage Tanu (a sage)

• आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - describing the sage Tanu as he was coming (coming, approaching)

• तनुम् (tanum) - the specific sage named Tanu (Tanu (a proper name))

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, verily

• तपोनिधिम् (taponidhim) - describing the sage Tanu as a repository of ascetic merit (a treasure of asceticism (tapas))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चीराजिनधरम् (cīrājinadharam) - describing the sage Tanu as wearing bark and deerskin (wearing bark garments and deerskin)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cīrājinadhara

cīrājinadhara - one who wears bark garments and deerskin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cīra+ajina+dhara)

• cīra – bark, bark garment
  noun (neuter)
• ajina – skin, deerskin
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – wearing, holding, bearing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold/wear) with suffix -a
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कृशम् (kṛśam) - describing the sage Tanu (thin, emaciated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, lean, weak

उच्चम् (uccam) - describing the sage Tanu (tall, high)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ucca

ucca - high, tall, lofty, elevated

अतीव (atīva) - exceedingly, very much, extremely

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the sage Tanu (a sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - describing the sage Tanu as he was coming (coming, approaching)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āyānt

āyānt - coming, approaching

Present Active Participle

Formed from root yā- (to go) with upasarga ā- and suffix -at

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

तनुम् (tanum) - the specific sage named Tanu (Tanu (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person; also a proper name of a sage

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, verily

(indeclinable)

तपोनिधिम् (taponidhim) - describing the sage Tanu as a repository of ascetic merit (a treasure of asceticism (tapas))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of taponidhi

taponidhi - a treasure of asceticism, one who possesses abundant ascetic merit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+nidhi)

• tapas – heat, asceticism, penance, spiritual austerity (tapas)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• nidhi – treasure, store, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhā (class 3)