महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-292, verse-9

चीरधारणमाकाशे शयनं स्थानमेव च ।
इष्टकाप्रस्तरे चैव कण्टकप्रस्तरे तथा ॥९॥

9. cīradhāraṇamākāśe śayanaṁ sthānameva ca ,
iṣṭakāprastare caiva kaṇṭakaprastare tathā.

9. cīradhāraṇam ākāśe śayanam sthānam eva ca
iṣṭakāprastare ca eva kaṇṭakaprastare tathā

9. cīradhāraṇam,
ākāśe śayanam ca sthānam eva; ca eva iṣṭakāprastare tathā kaṇṭakaprastare (śayanam).

9. (Practices include) the wearing of bark garments, sleeping in the open air, and also staying there; and similarly, (lying) on a bed of bricks and on a bed of thorns.

Words meanings summery:

• चीरधारणम् (cīradhāraṇam) - the wearing of bark garments (wearing bark garments, the act of wearing bark)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the open air (in the sky, in space, in the open air)

• शयनम् (śayanam) - sleeping (sleeping, lying down, bed, couch)

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - staying (standing) (standing, staying, place, position)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• इष्टकाप्रस्तरे (iṣṭakāprastare) - on a bed of bricks (on a bed of bricks, on a brick platform)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एव (eva) - similarly (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• कण्टकप्रस्तरे (kaṇṭakaprastare) - on a bed of thorns (on a bed of thorns, on a thorny surface)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, also)

Words meanings and morphology

चीरधारणम् (cīradhāraṇam) - the wearing of bark garments (wearing bark garments, the act of wearing bark)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cīradhāraṇa

cīradhāraṇa - wearing bark garments, the act of putting on bark clothes

Verbal Noun

Compound of cīra (bark garment) and dhāraṇa (wearing, holding).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cīra+dhāraṇa)

• cīra – bark garment, strip of bark
  noun (neuter)
• dhāraṇa – wearing, holding, bearing, maintaining, the act of wearing
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal Noun
  Derived from root √dhṛ (to hold, bear, wear) with suffix -ana.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of a list of ascetic practices.

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the open air (in the sky, in space, in the open air)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether, open air

Note: Refers to a place for ascetic practice.

शयनम् (śayanam) - sleeping (sleeping, lying down, bed, couch)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śayana

śayana - sleeping, lying down, bed, couch

Verbal Noun

Derived from root √śī (to lie down, sleep) with suffix -ana.

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Part of a list of ascetic practices.

स्थानम् (sthānam) - staying (standing) (standing, staying, place, position)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - standing, staying, place, position, state, condition

Verbal Noun

Derived from root √sthā (to stand) with suffix -ana.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Part of a list of ascetic practices, referring to staying/standing in the open.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

इष्टकाप्रस्तरे (iṣṭakāprastare) - on a bed of bricks (on a bed of bricks, on a brick platform)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of iṣṭakāprastara

iṣṭakāprastara - bed of bricks, brick platform

Compound of iṣṭakā (brick) and prastara (bed, layer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṣṭakā+prastara)

• iṣṭakā – brick
  noun (feminine)
• prastara – bed, couch, layer, surface, spread
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pra (forth) + √stṛ (to spread).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to a difficult sleeping surface.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - similarly (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

कण्टकप्रस्तरे (kaṇṭakaprastare) - on a bed of thorns (on a bed of thorns, on a thorny surface)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kaṇṭakaprastara

kaṇṭakaprastara - bed of thorns, thorny surface

Compound of kaṇṭaka (thorn) and prastara (bed, layer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṇṭaka+prastara)

• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle, difficulty, enemy
  noun (masculine)
• prastara – bed, couch, layer, surface, spread
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pra (forth) + √stṛ (to spread).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to a difficult sleeping surface.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.