महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-148, verse-3

हित्वा सुरुचिरं भक्ष्यं भोगांश्च तप आस्थितः ।
इत्येतदपि भूतानामद्भुतं जनमेजय ॥३॥

3. hitvā suruciraṁ bhakṣyaṁ bhogāṁśca tapa āsthitaḥ ,
ityetadapi bhūtānāmadbhutaṁ janamejaya.

3. hitvā su-ruciram bhakṣyam bhogān ca tapaḥ āsthitaḥ
| iti etat api bhūtānām adbhutam janamejaya

3. janamejaya,
su-ruciram bhakṣyam ca bhogān hitvā tapaḥ āsthitaḥ iti etat api bhūtānām adbhutam

3. O Janamejaya, having abandoned very pleasant food and enjoyments, you are practicing austerity (tapas). Even this is wonderful for living beings (bhūtāni).

Words meanings summery:

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)

• सु-रुचिरम् (su-ruciram) - very pleasant (very pleasant, very delightful)

• भक्ष्यम् (bhakṣyam) - food (food, edible things)

• भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments (pleasures, enjoyments, possessions)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance)

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - (you are) practicing (austerity) (practicing, devoted to, resorting to)

• इति (iti) - even this (thus, so)

• एतत् (etat) - this (act of austerity) (this)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - for living beings (bhūtāni) (of beings, for creatures)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful (wonderful, amazing, miraculous)

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya (King Janamejaya) (O Janamejaya)

Words meanings and morphology

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root hā, class 3, absolutive (gerund)

Root: hā (class 3)

सु-रुचिरम् (su-ruciram) - very pleasant (very pleasant, very delightful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of su-rucira

su-rucira - very beautiful, very agreeable, very pleasant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+rucira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• rucira – pleasant, delightful, beautiful, splendid
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bhakṣyam`.

भक्ष्यम् (bhakṣyam) - food (food, edible things)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhakṣya

bhakṣya - food, edible, to be eaten

Gerundive

From root bhakṣ (desiderative of bhaj), 'that which is to be eaten'.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

भोगान् (bhogān) - enjoyments (pleasures, enjoyments, possessions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhoga

bhoga - enjoyment, pleasure, possession, experience

Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, religious meditation

Root: tap (class 1)

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - (you are) practicing (austerity) (practicing, devoted to, resorting to)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - seated, standing, firm, practicing, resorting to

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Implicitly refers to Janamejaya.

इति (iti) - even this (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Here often indicates 'even this' in context with 'etat api'.

एतत् (etat) - this (act of austerity) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

अपि (api) - even (also, even)

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - for living beings (bhūtāni) (of beings, for creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū, 'that which has come into being'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful (wonderful, amazing, miraculous)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, amazing, miraculous, strange

Note: Predicate adjective for 'etat'.

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya (King Janamejaya) (O Janamejaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikshit