महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-39

गोचारिणोऽथाश्मकुट्टा दन्तोलूखलिनस्तथा ।
मरीचिपाः फेनपाश्च तथैव मृगचारिणः ॥३९॥

39. gocāriṇo'thāśmakuṭṭā dantolūkhalinastathā ,
marīcipāḥ phenapāśca tathaiva mṛgacāriṇaḥ.

39. gocāriṇaḥ atha aśmakuṭṭāḥ dantolūkhālinaḥ tathā
marīcipāḥ phenapāḥ ca tathā eva mṛgacāriṇaḥ

39. Moreover, there were ascetics who grazed like cows, those who pounded their food with stones, and those who used their teeth as a mortar. Similarly, there were those who subsisted on sunbeams, those who drank only foam, and those who wandered like deer, living on wild plants.

Words meanings summery:

• गोचारिणः (gocāriṇaḥ) - cow-graziers, those who live like cows (an ascetic practice)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and so

• अश्मकुट्टाः (aśmakuṭṭāḥ) - stone-grinders (ascetics who pound their food with stones)

• दन्तोलूखालिनः (dantolūkhālinaḥ) - those who use their teeth as a mortar (for grinding food, an ascetic practice)

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, also, in that manner

• मरीचिपाः (marīcipāḥ) - sunbeam-drinkers, those subsisting on sunbeams/light

• फेनपाः (phenapāḥ) - foam-drinkers, those subsisting on foam

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, also, in that manner

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• मृगचारिणः (mṛgacāriṇaḥ) - deer-graziers, those who wander like deer (an ascetic practice)

Words meanings and morphology

गोचारिणः (gocāriṇaḥ) - cow-graziers, those who live like cows (an ascetic practice)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gocārin

gocārin - living like a cow, a cow-grazer (an ascetic who lives on grass, etc.)

Compound: go + cārin

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (go+cārin)

• go – cow, ox
  noun (masculine/feminine)
• cārin – moving, wandering, practicing, observing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root car
  Suffix -in from root car- ('to move, wander')
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to types of ascetics implicitly being described as present or adorning the place.

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover, and so

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce a new item in a list or a new subject.

अश्मकुट्टाः (aśmakuṭṭāḥ) - stone-grinders (ascetics who pound their food with stones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aśmakuṭṭa

aśmakuṭṭa - one who pounds food with stones (an ascetic practice)

Compound: aśman + kuṭṭa

Compound type : Tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (aśman+kuṭṭa)

• aśman – stone, rock
  noun (masculine)
• kuṭṭa – pounding, crushing, breaking
  adjective (masculine)
  From root kuṭṭ- ('to pound, crush')
  Root: kuṭṭ (class 10)

दन्तोलूखालिनः (dantolūkhālinaḥ) - those who use their teeth as a mortar (for grinding food, an ascetic practice)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dantolūkhālin

dantolūkhālin - one who uses teeth as a mortar (for food, an ascetic practice)

Compound: danta + ulūkhala + -in

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (danta+ulūkhala)

• danta – tooth
  noun (masculine)
• ulūkhala – mortar
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - likewise, also, in that manner

(indeclinable)

मरीचिपाः (marīcipāḥ) - sunbeam-drinkers, those subsisting on sunbeams/light

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of marīcipa

marīcipa - one who subsists on sunbeams or light (an ascetic practice)

Compound: marīci + pa

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (marīci+pa)

• marīci – ray of light, sunbeam, particle of light
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinker, protector
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā- ('to drink')
  Root: pā (class 2)

फेनपाः (phenapāḥ) - foam-drinkers, those subsisting on foam

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phenapa

phenapa - one who subsists on foam (an ascetic practice)

Compound: phena + pa

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (phena+pa)

• phena – foam, froth
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinker, protector
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā- ('to drink')
  Root: pā (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - likewise, also, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with 'tathā' as 'tathaiva'.

मृगचारिणः (mṛgacāriṇaḥ) - deer-graziers, those who wander like deer (an ascetic practice)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgacārin

mṛgacārin - living like a deer, wandering like a deer (an ascetic who lives on wild plants, etc.)

Compound: mṛga + cārin

Compound type : Upapada-tatpuruṣa (mṛga+cārin)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• cārin – moving, wandering, practicing, observing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root car
  Suffix -in from root car- ('to move, wander')
  Root: car (class 1)