महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-76

यश्च तिक्तं कषायं वाप्यास्वादविधुरं हितम् ।
आहारं कुरुते नित्यं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥७६॥

76. yaśca tiktaṁ kaṣāyaṁ vāpyāsvādavidhuraṁ hitam ,
āhāraṁ kurute nityaṁ so'mṛtatvāya kalpate.

76. yaḥ ca tiktam kaṣāyam vā api āsvādavidhuram
hitam āhāram kurute nityam saḥ amṛtatvāya kalpate

76. yaḥ ca tiktam kaṣāyam vā api āsvādavidhuram
hitam āhāram nityam kurute saḥ amṛtatvāya kalpate

76. And he who constantly partakes of food (āhāra) that may be bitter, astringent, or unpalatable, but is wholesome, becomes fit for immortality (amṛtatva).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, that)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तिक्तम् (tiktam) - bitter, pungent

• कषायम् (kaṣāyam) - astringent, styptic

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even (if it is) (even, also, too)

• आस्वादविधुरम् (āsvādavidhuram) - devoid of taste, unpalatable, unpleasant to taste

• हितम् (hitam) - wholesome, beneficial, salutary

• आहारम् (āhāram) - food, diet, intake, sustenance

• कुरुते (kurute) - partakes of (food) (does, makes, performs, takes)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

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

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

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, that (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

तिक्तम् (tiktam) - bitter, pungent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tikta

tikta - bitter, pungent

Note: Agrees with 'āhāram'

कषायम् (kaṣāyam) - astringent, styptic

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kaṣāya

kaṣāya - astringent, brown, any astringent substance

Note: Agrees with 'āhāram'

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (if it is) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

आस्वादविधुरम् (āsvādavidhuram) - devoid of taste, unpalatable, unpleasant to taste

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsvādavidhura

āsvādavidhura - devoid of taste, unpleasant to taste

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (āsvāda+vidhura)

• āsvāda – taste, flavor, tasting
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'svad' with prefix 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: svad (class 1)
• vidhura – separated from, deprived of, distressed, distressed
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'āhāram'

हितम् (hitam) - wholesome, beneficial, salutary

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, wholesome, good for

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place, to put), meaning 'placed well', 'beneficial'

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'āhāram'

आहारम् (āhāram) - food, diet, intake, sustenance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āhāra

āhāra - food, diet, nourishment, intake

From root 'hṛ' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

कुरुते (kurute) - partakes of (food) (does, makes, performs, takes)

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

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

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of amṛtatva

amṛtatva - immortality, deathlessness, the state of not dying

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (amṛta+tva)

• amṛta – immortal, deathless, nectar
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation 'a-' + 'mṛta' (dead)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• tva – suffix for abstract nouns, e.g., -ness, -hood
  indeclinable

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

(verb)

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

Root: kḷp (class 1)