महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-86

ततोऽहं तप आस्थाय तोषयामास शंकरम् ।
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः ॥८६॥

86. tato'haṁ tapa āsthāya toṣayāmāsa śaṁkaram ,
divyaṁ varṣasahasraṁ tu pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥ.

86. tataḥ aham tapaḥ āsthāya toṣayāmāsa śaṅkaram
divyam varṣasahasram tu pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥ

86. tataḥ aham pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥ tapaḥ āsthāya
divyam varṣasahasram tu śaṅkaram toṣayāmāsa

86. Thereupon, I undertook austerity (tapas) and pleased Śaṅkara, standing on the tip of my big toe for a divine thousand years.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon, then, from that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance, heat

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having undertaken, having adopted, having performed

• तोषयामास (toṣayāmāsa) - I pleased, he pleased

• शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - Śaṅkara (a name of Shiva)

• दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine, celestial, heavenly

• वर्षसहस्रम् (varṣasahasram) - a thousand years

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand (for emphasis)

• पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः (pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥ) - standing on the tip of the big toe

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon, then, from that

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity, penance, heat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having undertaken, having adopted, having performed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from ā- + sthā + -ya suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तोषयामास (toṣayāmāsa) - I pleased, he pleased

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past perfect (periphrastic) (lit) of tuṣ

Periphrastic Perfect

Causal form of tuṣ (toṣaya) + ām āsa (auxiliary verb).

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - Śaṅkara (a name of Shiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaṅkara

śaṅkara - Śaṅkara (doer of good, auspicious, Shiva)

दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine, celestial, heavenly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly

वर्षसहस्रम् (varṣasahasram) - a thousand years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣasahasra

varṣasahasra - a thousand years

Compound type : dvigu (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand (for emphasis)

(indeclinable)

पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रविष्ठितः (pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitaḥ) - standing on the tip of the big toe

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhita

pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhita - standing on the tip of the big toe

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāda+aṅguṣṭha+agra+viṣṭhita)

• pāda – foot
  noun (masculine)
• aṅguṣṭha – thumb, big toe
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, front, top
  noun (neuter)
• viṣṭhita – stationed, standing, placed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sthā (class 1)