महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-159, verse-68

तत्रैव लब्धभोजी स्याद्द्वादशाहात्स शुध्यति ।
चरेत्संवत्सरं चापि तद्व्रतं यन्निराकृति ॥६८॥

68. tatraiva labdhabhojī syāddvādaśāhātsa śudhyati ,
caretsaṁvatsaraṁ cāpi tadvrataṁ yannirākṛti.

68. tatra eva labdha bhojī syāt dvādaśa ahāt saḥ śudhyati
caret saṃvatsaram ca api tat vratam yat nirākṛtiḥ

68. (saḥ) tatra eva labdhabhojī syāt saḥ dvādaśāhāt śudhyati
ca api yat nirākṛtiḥ tat vratam saṃvatsaram caret

68. He should eat only what he obtains through begging there. He becomes purified after twelve days. He should also observe that vow (vrata) of renunciation for a year.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• लब्ध (labdha) - obtained, received

• भोजी (bhojī) - one who eats, an eater

• स्यात् (syāt) - he should be, may be

• द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

• अहात् (ahāt) - from (after) days (from day)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the ascetic) (he, that)

• शुध्यति (śudhyati) - becomes pure, is purified

• चरेत् (caret) - he should observe (the vow) (he should wander, he should practice, he should observe)

• संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for a year

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• तत् (tat) - that (vow) (that)

• व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

• यत् (yat) - which, that

• निराकृतिः (nirākṛtiḥ) - renunciation (of attachments) (abandonment, renunciation, rejection, denial)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation from 'tad' (that).

Note: Refers to the place mentioned in the previous verse (the houses he visits for alms).

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

लब्ध (labdha) - obtained, received

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of labdha

labdha - obtained, gained, received, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of √labh (to obtain, to gain).

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhojī'.

भोजी (bhojī) - one who eats, an eater

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhojin

bhojin - eating, one who eats, an eater, consumer

Derived from √bhuj (to eat, to enjoy) with suffix -in.

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Part of the compound 'labdhabhojī'.

स्यात् (syāt) - he should be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √as

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular optative of √as.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: The implied subject is the ascetic/student.

द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'ahāt' (implicitly, as part of the compound).

अहात् (ahāt) - from (after) days (from day)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

Note: The ablative singular of 'ahan' (day) with stem 'aha'.

सः (saḥ) - he (the ascetic) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to the ascetic/student.

शुध्यति (śudhyati) - becomes pure, is purified

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √śudh

Present Indicative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular present indicative of √śudh.

Root: śudh (class 4)

चरेत् (caret) - he should observe (the vow) (he should wander, he should practice, he should observe)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of √car

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

3rd person singular optative of √car.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is the ascetic/student.

संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for a year

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year

Note: Indicates duration.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or inclusive particle.

तत् (tat) - that (vow) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to 'vratam'.

व्रतम् (vratam) - vow, sacred observance, religious practice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vrata

vrata - vow, religious observance, sacred practice, rule, duty

Note: Subject of 'yat nirākṛtiḥ' clause; object of 'caret'.

यत् (yat) - which, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'vratam'.

निराकृतिः (nirākṛtiḥ) - renunciation (of attachments) (abandonment, renunciation, rejection, denial)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirākṛti

nirākṛti - abandonment, rejection, renunciation, negation, denial

From nir-ā-√kṛ (to abandon, to reject).

Prefixes: nis+ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'tat vratam yat'.