महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-15, verse-5

मासमेकं फलाहारो द्वितीयं सलिलाशनः ।
तृतीयं च चतुर्थं च पञ्चमं चानिलाशनः ॥५॥

5. māsamekaṁ phalāhāro dvitīyaṁ salilāśanaḥ ,
tṛtīyaṁ ca caturthaṁ ca pañcamaṁ cānilāśanaḥ.

5. māsam ekam phalāhāraḥ dvitīyam salilāśanaḥ
tṛtīyam ca caturtham ca pañcamam ca anilāśanaḥ

5. ekam māsam phalāhāraḥ dvitīyam salilāśanaḥ
tṛtīyam ca caturtham ca pañcamam ca anilāśanaḥ

5. For one month, I subsisted on fruit; for the second, on water; and for the third, fourth, and fifth, on air.

Words meanings summery:

• मासम् (māsam) - month

• एकम् (ekam) - one (month) (one, single)

• फलाहारः (phalāhāraḥ) - subsisting on fruit (as an ascetic practice) (subsisting on fruit, fruit-eater)

• द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - for the second (month) (second)

• सलिलाशनः (salilāśanaḥ) - subsisting on water (as an ascetic practice) (subsisting on water, water-eater)

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - for the third (month) (third)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - for the fourth (month) (fourth)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - for the fifth (month) (fifth)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अनिलाशनः (anilāśanaḥ) - subsisting on air (as an ascetic practice) (subsisting on air, air-eater)

Words meanings and morphology

मासम् (māsam) - month

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month, moon

एकम् (ekam) - one (month) (one, single)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Agrees with māsam.

फलाहारः (phalāhāraḥ) - subsisting on fruit (as an ascetic practice) (subsisting on fruit, fruit-eater)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalāhāra

phalāhāra - subsisting on fruit

Compound of phala (fruit) and āhāra (food/subsistence).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phala+āhāra)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• āhāra – food, sustenance, taking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root hṛ (to take) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Implies 'I was a fruit-eater' or 'I subsisted on fruit'.

द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - for the second (month) (second)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, secondary

Derived from dvi (two).

Note: Used adverbially or agreeing with an implied 'month'.

सलिलाशनः (salilāśanaḥ) - subsisting on water (as an ascetic practice) (subsisting on water, water-eater)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of salilāśana

salilāśana - subsisting on water

Compound of salila (water) and aśana (eating, food).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (salila+aśana)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Implies 'I was a water-eater' or 'I subsisted on water'.

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - for the third (month) (third)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third

Derived from tri (three).

Note: Used adverbially or agreeing with an implied 'month'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

चतुर्थम् (caturtham) - for the fourth (month) (fourth)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of caturtha

caturtha - fourth

Derived from catur (four).

Note: Used adverbially or agreeing with an implied 'month'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - for the fifth (month) (fifth)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth

Derived from pañca (five).

Note: Used adverbially or agreeing with an implied 'month'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अनिलाशनः (anilāśanaḥ) - subsisting on air (as an ascetic practice) (subsisting on air, air-eater)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anilāśana

anilāśana - subsisting on air

Compound of anila (air, wind) and aśana (eating, food).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+aśana)

• anila – air, wind
  noun (masculine)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Implies 'I was an air-eater' or 'I subsisted on air'.