महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-103, verse-37

यावदक्षिनिमेषाणि ज्वलते तावतीः समाः ।
रूपवान्धनवांश्चापि नरो भवति दीपदः ॥३७॥

37. yāvadakṣinimeṣāṇi jvalate tāvatīḥ samāḥ ,
rūpavāndhanavāṁścāpi naro bhavati dīpadaḥ.

37. yāvat akṣinimeṣāṇi jvalate tāvatīḥ samāḥ
rūpavān dhanavān ca api naraḥ bhavati dīpadaḥ

37. For as many years as a lamp burns (for the duration of) eye-blinks, the person who offers lamps becomes handsome and wealthy.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as many as, as long as

• अक्षिनिमेषाणि (akṣinimeṣāṇi) - eye-blinks, winks of an eye

• ज्वलते (jvalate) - it shines, it burns, it blazes

• तावतीः (tāvatīḥ) - so many, so much (feminine plural)

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• रूपवान् (rūpavān) - handsome, beautiful, endowed with form

• धनवान् (dhanavān) - wealthy, rich, endowed with riches

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

• दीपदः (dīpadaḥ) - lamp-giver, one who offers lamps

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as many as, as long as

(indeclinable)

अक्षिनिमेषाणि (akṣinimeṣāṇi) - eye-blinks, winks of an eye

(noun)

neuter, plural of akṣinimeṣa

akṣinimeṣa - a wink of the eye, eye-blink

Compound type : tatpurusha (akṣi+nimeṣa)

• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)
• nimeṣa – wink, blink, moment
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here to denote duration or measure.

ज्वलते (jvalate) - it shines, it burns, it blazes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jval

Root: jval (class 1)

तावतीः (tāvatīḥ) - so many, so much (feminine plural)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tāvat

tāvat - so much, so many, so far, so long

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, a year, a season

रूपवान् (rūpavān) - handsome, beautiful, endowed with form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūpavat

rūpavat - possessed of form or beauty, handsome, beautiful

Suffix -vat indicating possession

धनवान् (dhanavān) - wealthy, rich, endowed with riches

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanavat

dhanavat - possessed of wealth, rich, wealthy

Suffix -vat indicating possession

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, person, male

भवति (bhavati) - becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

दीपदः (dīpadaḥ) - lamp-giver, one who offers lamps

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīpada

dīpada - one who gives lamps or light

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (dīpa+da)

• dīpa – lamp, light, lantern
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• da – giver, bestower
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Agent Suffix
  Root: dā (class 3)