महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-26, verse-7

अङ्गिरा उवाच ।
सप्ताहं चन्द्रभागां वै वितस्तामूर्मिमालिनीम् ।
विगाह्य वै निराहारो निर्ममो मुनिवद्भवेत् ॥७॥

7. aṅgirā uvāca ,
saptāhaṁ candrabhāgāṁ vai vitastāmūrmimālinīm ,
vigāhya vai nirāhāro nirmamo munivadbhavet.

7. aṅgirā uvāca saptāham candrabhāgām vai vitastām
ūrmimālinīm vigāhya vai nirāhāro nirmamo munivat bhavet

7. aṅgirā uvāca vai candrabhāgām ūrmimālinīm vitastām
vigāhya vai nirāhāro nirmamo saptāham munivat bhavet

7. Aṅgirā said: By bathing for seven days in the Candrabhāgā and the wave-adorned Vitastā, one who remains without food and free from possessiveness will become like a sage (muni).

Words meanings summery:

• अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Aṅgirā (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सप्ताहम् (saptāham) - for seven days, during seven days

• चन्द्रभागाम् (candrabhāgām) - the Candrabhāgā (river)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• वितस्ताम् (vitastām) - the Vitastā (river)

• ऊर्मिमालिनीम् (ūrmimālinīm) - the wave-adorned (river) (adorned with waves, having garlands of waves)

• विगाह्य (vigāhya) - having entered, having immersed, having plunged into

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• निराहारो (nirāhāro) - without food, fasting

• निर्ममो (nirmamo) - free from possessiveness, unattached, selfless

• मुनिवत् (munivat) - like a sage, after the manner of a sage

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, would be, becomes

Words meanings and morphology

अङ्गिरा (aṅgirā) - Aṅgirā (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - name of a Vedic sage, a class of divine beings

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सप्ताहम् (saptāham) - for seven days, during seven days

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saptāha

saptāha - a period of seven days, a week

Compound type : dvigu (saptan+ahan)

• saptan – seven
  numeral
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

Note: Denotes duration

चन्द्रभागाम् (candrabhāgām) - the Candrabhāgā (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of candrabhāgā

candrabhāgā - name of a river (modern Chenab)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candra+bhāgā)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• bhāgā – portion, share; a river
  noun (feminine)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

वितस्ताम् (vitastām) - the Vitastā (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vitastā

vitastā - name of a river (modern Jhelum)

ऊर्मिमालिनीम् (ūrmimālinīm) - the wave-adorned (river) (adorned with waves, having garlands of waves)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ūrmimālinī

ūrmimālinī - adorned with waves, having garlands of waves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrmi+mālin)

• ūrmi – wave, billow
  noun (masculine)
• mālin – having a garland, adorned with
  adjective (masculine)

विगाह्य (vigāhya) - having entered, having immersed, having plunged into

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

derived from root 'gāh' with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: gāh (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

निराहारो (nirāhāro) - without food, fasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirāhāra

nirāhāra - without food, abstaining from food, fasting

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āhāra)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• āhāra – food, eating, collection
  noun (masculine)

निर्ममो (nirmamo) - free from possessiveness, unattached, selfless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirmama

nirmama - free from possessiveness or egoism, unattached

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+mama)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• mama – mine, my (pronoun in genitive)
  pronoun

मुनिवत् (munivat) - like a sage, after the manner of a sage

(indeclinable)

derived from muni + -vat (suffix meaning 'like')

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, would be, becomes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, potential (optative) (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)