महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-351, verse-2

एष मूलफलाहारः शीर्णपर्णाशनस्तथा ।
अब्भक्षो वायुभक्षश्च आसीद्विप्रः समाहितः ॥२॥

2. eṣa mūlaphalāhāraḥ śīrṇaparṇāśanastathā ,
abbhakṣo vāyubhakṣaśca āsīdvipraḥ samāhitaḥ.

2. eṣa mūlaphalāhāraḥ śīrṇaparṇāśanaḥ tathā
abbhakṣaḥ vāyubhakṣaḥ ca āsīt vipraḥ samāhitaḥ

2. This brahmin (vipra) subsisted on roots and fruits, ate withered leaves, and lived only on water and air, remaining deeply absorbed (samāhita).

Words meanings summery:

• एष (eṣa) - this (brahmin) (this, he)

• मूलफलाहारः (mūlaphalāhāraḥ) - subsisting on roots and fruits, one who eats roots and fruits

• शीर्णपर्णाशनः (śīrṇaparṇāśanaḥ) - eating withered leaves, subsisting on dry leaves

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

• अब्भक्षः (abbhakṣaḥ) - one who eats water, subsisting on water

• वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - one who eats air, subsisting on air

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin (brahmin, sage, inspired one)

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - deeply absorbed (in spiritual practice/meditation) (concentrated, absorbed, composed, collected, fixed)

Words meanings and morphology

एष (eṣa) - this (brahmin) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

मूलफलाहारः (mūlaphalāhāraḥ) - subsisting on roots and fruits, one who eats roots and fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūlaphalāhāra

mūlaphalāhāra - eating roots and fruits, subsisting on roots and fruits

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mūla+phala+āhāra)

• mūla – root, origin
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• āhāra – food, eating, diet
  noun (masculine)
  From √hṛ with ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'vipra'.

शीर्णपर्णाशनः (śīrṇaparṇāśanaḥ) - eating withered leaves, subsisting on dry leaves

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śīrṇaparṇāśana

śīrṇaparṇāśana - eating withered leaves

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīrṇa+parṇa+aśana)

• śīrṇa – withered, dried up, decayed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √śṝ
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• parṇa – leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  From √aś
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'vipra'.

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

(indeclinable)

अब्भक्षः (abbhakṣaḥ) - one who eats water, subsisting on water

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abbhakṣa

abbhakṣa - consuming water, one who eats water

Compound (ap + bhakṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ap+bhakṣa)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• bhakṣa – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhakṣ
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'vipra'.

वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - one who eats air, subsisting on air

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyubhakṣa

vāyubhakṣa - consuming air, one who eats air

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+bhakṣa)

• vāyu – air, wind
  noun (masculine)
• bhakṣa – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  From √bhakṣ
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'vipra'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect, 3rd person singular

Root verb 'as', used as a copula

Root: as (class 2)

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin (brahmin, sage, inspired one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, priest, inspired, wise, sage

From √vip (to tremble, to be inspired)

Root: vip (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - deeply absorbed (in spiritual practice/meditation) (concentrated, absorbed, composed, collected, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, collected, composed, absorbed, fixed (in meditation), self-possessed

Past Passive Participle

From √dhā with sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Describes the 'vipra'.