महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-129, verse-39

वालखिल्यास्तपःसिद्धा मुनयः सूर्यमण्डले ।
उञ्छमुञ्छन्ति धर्मज्ञाः शाकुनीं वृत्तिमास्थिताः ॥३९॥

39. vālakhilyāstapaḥsiddhā munayaḥ sūryamaṇḍale ,
uñchamuñchanti dharmajñāḥ śākunīṁ vṛttimāsthitāḥ.

39. vālakhilyāḥ tapaḥsiddhāḥ munayaḥ sūryamaṇḍale
uñcham uñchanti dharmajñāḥ śākunīm vṛttim āsthitāḥ

39. vālakhilyāḥ tapaḥsiddhāḥ dharmajñāḥ munayaḥ
sūryamaṇḍale śākunīm vṛttim āsthitāḥ uñcham uñchanti

39. The Vālakhilya sages, perfected through their asceticism (tapas) and conversant with natural law (dharma), reside in the solar orb. They sustain themselves by gleaning, having adopted a lifestyle similar to birds.

Words meanings summery:

• वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - Vālakhilyas (a class of sages)

• तपःसिद्धाः (tapaḥsiddhāḥ) - perfected through asceticism

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

• सूर्यमण्डले (sūryamaṇḍale) - in the solar orb, in the sun's disc

• उञ्छम् (uñcham) - gleanings, collected grains

• उञ्छन्ति (uñchanti) - they glean, they gather

• धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of natural law, righteous

• शाकुनीम् (śākunīm) - bird-like, relating to birds

• वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - lifestyle, mode of living, conduct

• आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - having adopted, taken up, situated in

Words meanings and morphology

वालखिल्याः (vālakhilyāḥ) - Vālakhilyas (a class of sages)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vālakhilya

vālakhilya - a class of 60,000 pygmy sages born from Brahmā's hair, dwelling in the sun's chariot

तपःसिद्धाः (tapaḥsiddhāḥ) - perfected through asceticism

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapaḥsiddha

tapaḥsiddha - perfected by asceticism (tapas)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+siddha)

• tapas – asceticism, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
• siddha – accomplished, perfected, successful
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sidh (to accomplish)
  Root: sidh (class 4)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - sages, ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - a sage, an ascetic, a recluse

सूर्यमण्डले (sūryamaṇḍale) - in the solar orb, in the sun's disc

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sūryamaṇḍala

sūryamaṇḍala - solar orb, sun's disc

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūrya+maṇḍala)

• sūrya – sun, Sun god
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – orb, disc, circle, sphere
  noun (neuter)

उञ्छम् (uñcham) - gleanings, collected grains

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uñcha

uñcha - gleaning, collecting grains left after harvest

उञ्छन्ति (uñchanti) - they glean, they gather

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of uñch

Root: uñch (class 1)

धर्मज्ञाः (dharmajñāḥ) - knowers of natural law, righteous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dharmajña

dharmajña - one who knows natural law (dharma), righteous

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knower of
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

शाकुनीम् (śākunīm) - bird-like, relating to birds

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śākunī

śākunī - bird-like, relating to a bird, a female bird

Feminine form of śākuna (from śakuna 'bird')

वृत्तिम् (vṛttim) - lifestyle, mode of living, conduct

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛtti

vṛtti - mode of life, conduct, livelihood, state, condition

From root vṛt (to turn, exist)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - having adopted, taken up, situated in

(verbal derivative)