महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-27, verse-24

न भोक्ष्ये न च पानीयमुपयोक्ष्ये कथंचन ।
शोषयिष्ये प्रियान्प्राणानिहस्थोऽहं तपोधन ॥२४॥

24. na bhokṣye na ca pānīyamupayokṣye kathaṁcana ,
śoṣayiṣye priyānprāṇānihastho'haṁ tapodhana.

24. na bhokṣye na ca pānīyam upayokṣye kathaṃcana
śoṣayiṣye priyān prāṇān iha sthaḥ aham tapodhana

24. na bhokṣye,
ca na kathaṃcana pānīyam upayokṣye aham iha sthaḥ tapodhana priyān prāṇān śoṣayiṣye.

24. I will not eat, nor will I consume water (pānīyam) by any means. Remaining here, I, whose only wealth is asceticism (tapas), will cause my dear vital breaths (prāṇān) to waste away.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• भोक्ष्ये (bhokṣye) - I will not consume food (I will eat, I will enjoy)

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• पानीयम् (pānīyam) - water, drink, beverage

• उपयोक्ष्ये (upayokṣye) - I will use, I will consume

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, at all, in any way

• शोषयिष्ये (śoṣayiṣye) - I will make my vital breaths waste away (I will dry up, I will cause to waste away)

• प्रियान् (priyān) - dear, beloved

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, life forces, life

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• स्थः (sthaḥ) - standing, situated, remaining

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तपोधन (tapodhana) - one committed to asceticism as their only wealth (whose wealth is asceticism/austerity)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भोक्ष्ये (bhokṣye) - I will not consume food (I will eat, I will enjoy)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पानीयम् (pānīyam) - water, drink, beverage

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pānīya

pānīya - drinkable, potable; water, drink

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pā' (to drink)

Root: pā (class 1)

उपयोक्ष्ये (upayokṣye) - I will use, I will consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of upayuj

Root 'yuj' with upasarga 'upa'

Prefix: upa

Root: yuj (class 7)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, at all, in any way

(indeclinable)

शोषयिष्ये (śoṣayiṣye) - I will make my vital breaths waste away (I will dry up, I will cause to waste away)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śoṣay

Causative stem

Causative of root 'śuṣ'

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

प्रियान् (priyān) - dear, beloved

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable

Note: Modifies 'prāṇān'.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, life forces, life

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, life-force, spirit

From 'pra' (forth) + root 'an' (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

स्थः (sthaḥ) - standing, situated, remaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stha

stha - standing, staying, situated in, abiding

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

तपोधन (tapodhana) - one committed to asceticism as their only wealth (whose wealth is asceticism/austerity)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tapodhana

tapodhana - one whose wealth is asceticism/austerity (tapas), rich in penance

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'tapas' (asceticism) is 'dhana' (wealth) for him.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – asceticism, austerity, penance, spiritual fervor
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'tap' (to heat, to be hot, to suffer penance)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• dhana – wealth, riches, property, treasure
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'aham'.