महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-110, verse-36

यस्तु संवत्सरं भुङ्क्ते नवमे नवमेऽहनि ।
सदा द्वादशमासान्वै जुह्वानो जातवेदसम् ॥३६॥

36. yastu saṁvatsaraṁ bhuṅkte navame navame'hani ,
sadā dvādaśamāsānvai juhvāno jātavedasam.

36. yaḥ tu saṃvatsaram bhuṅkte navame navame ahni
sadā dvādaśamāsān vai juhvānaḥ jātavedasam

36. yaḥ tu saṃvatsaram navame navame ahni bhuṅkte
sadā dvādaśamāsān vai jātavedasam juhvānaḥ

36. And that person who, throughout the year, eats only on every ninth day, constantly for twelve months, performing Vedic fire rituals (homa) to Agni...

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - that person who (who, which)

• तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, however, and)

• संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - throughout the year (a year, for a year)

• भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - eats (eats, enjoys, consumes)

• नवमे (navame) - on the ninth (ninth)

• नवमे (navame) - on the ninth (ninth)

• अह्नि (ahni) - on the day (on a day, in a day)

• सदा (sadā) - constantly (always, constantly, forever)

• द्वादशमासान् (dvādaśamāsān) - for twelve months (twelve months, for twelve months)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly)

• जुह्वानः (juhvānaḥ) - performing Vedic fire rituals (offering, performing a fire ritual)

• जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - to Agni (Agni, fire god, all-knowing)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - that person who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

तु (tu) - and (but, indeed, however, and)

(indeclinable)

संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - throughout the year (a year, for a year)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year

Note: denotes duration

भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅkte) - eats (eats, enjoys, consumes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

present tense, ātmanepada

Root: bhuj (class 7)

नवमे (navame) - on the ninth (ninth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of navama

navama - ninth

ordinal number from navan (nine)

Note: repeated for distributive sense: 'on every ninth'

नवमे (navame) - on the ninth (ninth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of navama

navama - ninth

ordinal number from navan (nine)

Note: repeated for distributive sense: 'on every ninth'

अह्नि (ahni) - on the day (on a day, in a day)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

सदा (sadā) - constantly (always, constantly, forever)

(indeclinable)

द्वादशमासान् (dvādaśamāsān) - for twelve months (twelve months, for twelve months)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvādaśamāsa

dvādaśamāsa - twelve months

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (dvādaśa+māsa)

• dvādaśa – twelve
  numeral
• māsa – month
  noun (masculine)

Note: denotes duration

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

जुह्वानः (juhvānaḥ) - performing Vedic fire rituals (offering, performing a fire ritual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of juhvāna

juhvāna - offering, sacrificing, performing a homa

Present Participle, ātmanepada

from root hu (to offer) in reduplicated form + śānac suffix

Root: hu (class 3)

जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - to Agni (Agni, fire god, all-knowing)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - knowing all created beings, all-knowing; a name for Agni

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jāta+vedas)

• jāta – born, produced, created
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jan (to be born) + kta suffix
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vedas – knowledge, wealth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vid (class 2)