महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-43

भीष्म उवाच ।
कणानां भक्षणे युक्तः पिण्याकस्य च भक्षणे ।
स्नेहानां वर्जने युक्तो योगी बलमवाप्नुयात् ॥४३॥

43. bhīṣma uvāca ,
kaṇānāṁ bhakṣaṇe yuktaḥ piṇyākasya ca bhakṣaṇe ,
snehānāṁ varjane yukto yogī balamavāpnuyāt.

43. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca kaṇānām bhakṣaṇe yuktaḥ piṇyākasya ca
bhakṣaṇe snehānām varjane yuktaḥ yogī balam avāpnuyāt

43. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca kaṇānām bhakṣaṇe,
piṇyākasya ca bhakṣaṇe,
snehānām varjane ca yuktaḥ yogī balam avāpnuyāt

43. Bhishma said: A practitioner of yoga (yogī) who is content with eating small grains and oil-cake, and who avoids rich foods, will attain strength.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कणानाम् (kaṇānām) - of small grains, of particles

• भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consuming

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged, devoted, suited, content

• पिण्याकस्य (piṇyākasya) - of oil-cake, of press-cake

• च (ca) - and, also

• भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consuming

• स्नेहानाम् (snehānām) - of rich/fatty foods (of fats, of oils, of rich foods)

• वर्जने (varjane) - in avoiding, in renouncing

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged, devoted, suited, content

• योगी (yogī) - a yogi, one who practices yoga (yoga) (a practitioner of yoga)

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power

• अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - may obtain, would attain

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

Perfect 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

कणानाम् (kaṇānām) - of small grains, of particles

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaṇa

kaṇa - a small grain, particle, atom

भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consuming

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhakṣaṇa

bhakṣaṇa - eating, consuming, feeding

nominalization of verbal root

Derived from √bhakṣ (to eat) + Lyuṭ suffix

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged, devoted, suited, content

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, engaged, devoted, appropriate, content

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √yuj (to join) + kta suffix

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Adjective here, agreeing with 'yogī'.

पिण्याकस्य (piṇyākasya) - of oil-cake, of press-cake

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of piṇyāka

piṇyāka - oil-cake, the residue after pressing oil from seeds

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consuming

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhakṣaṇa

bhakṣaṇa - eating, consuming, feeding

nominalization of verbal root

Derived from √bhakṣ (to eat) + Lyuṭ suffix

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

स्नेहानाम् (snehānām) - of rich/fatty foods (of fats, of oils, of rich foods)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sneha

sneha - oil, fat, unctuousness, affection, love

वर्जने (varjane) - in avoiding, in renouncing

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of varjana

varjana - avoiding, shunning, abandonment, exclusion

nominalization of verbal root

Derived from √vṛj (to avoid) + Lyuṭ suffix

Root: vṛj (class 1)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - engaged, devoted, suited, content

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, engaged, devoted, appropriate, content

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √yuj (to join) + kta suffix

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Adjective here, agreeing with 'yogī'.

योगी (yogī) - a yogi, one who practices yoga (yoga) (a practitioner of yoga)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogin

yogin - a practitioner of yoga, an ascetic, a holy man

Derived from yoga + -in suffix

Root: yuj (class 7)

बलम् (balam) - strength, power

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - may obtain, would attain

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of āp

optative active

Optative 3rd person singular, parasmaipada. Root √āp with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)