महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-109, verse-42

षष्ठे काले तु कौन्तेय नरः संवत्सरं क्षपेत् ।
अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥४२॥

42. ṣaṣṭhe kāle tu kaunteya naraḥ saṁvatsaraṁ kṣapet ,
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ.

42. ṣaṣṭhe kāle tu kaunteya naraḥ saṃvatsaram kṣapet
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalam prāpnoti mānavaḥ

42. kaunteya naraḥ ṣaṣṭhe kāle tu saṃvatsaram kṣapet
mānavaḥ aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalam prāpnoti

42. O son of Kunti, a person who lives for a year by subsisting only on food taken at the sixth meal (of the day) obtains the fruit of the aśvamedha (Vedic ritual).

Words meanings summery:

• षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - at the sixth (meal) (sixth)

• काले (kāle) - at the mealtime (in time, at time, in period)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, and

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna (son of Kunti) (O son of Kunti)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

• संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for a year (year)

• क्षपेत् (kṣapet) - should subsist, should spend (time) (should spend, should observe)

• अश्वमेधस्य (aśvamedhasya) - of the aśvamedha (Vedic ritual) (of the Aśvamedha)

• यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the ritual, of the Vedic ritual

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - obtains, reaches, acquires

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being (human being, man)

Words meanings and morphology

षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - at the sixth (meal) (sixth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth (ordinal numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'kāle'

काले (kāle) - at the mealtime (in time, at time, in period)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, proper season, mealtime

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, and

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O Arjuna (son of Kunti) (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

Derived from Kunti (mother's name)

नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for a year (year)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year, a full year

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration

क्षपेत् (kṣapet) - should subsist, should spend (time) (should spend, should observe)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṣi

Root: kṣi (class 1)

अश्वमेधस्य (aśvamedhasya) - of the aśvamedha (Vedic ritual) (of the Aśvamedha)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse-sacrifice, aśvamedha ritual

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – fat, marrow, sap, essence; a sacrificial animal; a Vedic ritual (often implies sacrifice)
  noun (masculine)

यज्ञस्य (yajñasya) - of the ritual, of the Vedic ritual

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, devotion, worship, sacrifice

Root: yaj (class 1)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, reward

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - obtains, reaches, acquires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prāp

Root 'āp' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a human being (human being, man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human being, man, descendant of Manu