महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-87

एकं वर्षशतं चैव फलाहारस्तदाभवम् ।
द्वितीयं शीर्णपर्णाशी तृतीयं चाम्बुभोजनः ।
शतानि सप्त चैवाहं वायुभक्षस्तदाभवम् ॥८७॥

87. ekaṁ varṣaśataṁ caiva phalāhārastadābhavam ,
dvitīyaṁ śīrṇaparṇāśī tṛtīyaṁ cāmbubhojanaḥ ,
śatāni sapta caivāhaṁ vāyubhakṣastadābhavam.

87. ekam varṣaśatam ca eva phalāhāraḥ
tadā abhavam dvitīyam śīrṇaparṇāśī
tṛtīyam ca ambubhojanaḥ śatāni sapta
ca eva aham vāyubhakṣaḥ tadā abhavam

87. aham ekam varṣaśatam ca eva phalāhāraḥ
tadā abhavam dvitīyam śīrṇaparṇāśī
tṛtīyam ca ambubhojanaḥ ca eva
sapta śatāni vāyubhakṣaḥ tadā abhavam

87. For one hundred years I subsisted on fruits. For the second (hundred years), I subsisted on dry leaves, and for the third, I subsisted on water. And for seven hundred years, I then subsisted on air.

Words meanings summery:

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• वर्षशतम् (varṣaśatam) - a hundred years

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, even

• फलाहारः (phalāhāraḥ) - one who subsists on fruits

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अभवम् (abhavam) - I was, I became

• द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - the second (hundred years) (the second)

• शीर्णपर्णाशी (śīrṇaparṇāśī) - one who subsists on dry leaves

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - the third (hundred years) (the third)

• च (ca) - and

• अम्बुभोजनः (ambubhojanaḥ) - one who subsists on water

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds (plural of hundred)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, even

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - one who subsists on air

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अभवम् (abhavam) - I was, I became

Words meanings and morphology

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(numeral)

वर्षशतम् (varṣaśatam) - a hundred years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣaśata

varṣaśata - a hundred years

Compound type : dvigu (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, even

(indeclinable)

फलाहारः (phalāhāraḥ) - one who subsists on fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalāhāra

phalāhāra - subsisting on fruits

Compound type : bahuvrihi (phala+āhāra)

• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• āhāra – food, sustenance, eating
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अभवम् (abhavam) - I was, I became

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Tense

Root: bhū (class 1)

द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - the second (hundred years) (the second)

(numeral)

शीर्णपर्णाशी (śīrṇaparṇāśī) - one who subsists on dry leaves

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śīrṇaparṇāśin

śīrṇaparṇāśin - subsisting on dry leaves

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīrṇa+parṇa+aśin)

• śīrṇa – withered, dry, fallen
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• parṇa – leaf
  noun (neuter)
• aśin – eater, subsister
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root aś (to eat) with -in suffix.
  Root: aś (class 9)

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - the third (hundred years) (the third)

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अम्बुभोजनः (ambubhojanaḥ) - one who subsists on water

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambubhojana

ambubhojana - subsisting on water

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ambu+bhojana)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• bhojana – food, eating
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds (plural of hundred)

(numeral)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, even

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - one who subsists on air

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyubhakṣa

vāyubhakṣa - subsisting on air

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vāyu+bhakṣa)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• bhakṣa – food, eating, eater
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अभवम् (abhavam) - I was, I became

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Tense

Root: bhū (class 1)