महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-13, verse-12

ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्विशालायां बदर्यां मधुसूदन ।
अतिष्ठ एकपादेन वायुभक्षः शतं समाः ॥१२॥

12. ūrdhvabāhurviśālāyāṁ badaryāṁ madhusūdana ,
atiṣṭha ekapādena vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṁ samāḥ.

12. ūrdhvabāhuḥ viśālāyāṃ badaryāṃ madhusūdana
atiṣṭha ekapādena vāyubhakṣaḥ śatam samāḥ

12. O Madhusūdana, in the vast Badarī region, you stood for a hundred years with your arms raised, on one foot, subsisting on air.

12. הו מַדְהוּסוּדַנַה, בְּוִישָׁאלָה בַּדַרִי עמדת מאה שנים על רגל אחת, כשידיך מורמות למעלה, ניזון מרוח בלבד.

Words meanings summery:

• ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - with raised arms, having raised arms

• विशालायां (viśālāyāṁ) - in the vast, in the expansive

• बदर्यां (badaryāṁ) - in the Badarī region, a sacred place for asceticism (in Badarī (region/forest))

• मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Krishna, the slayer of the demon Madhu (O Madhusūdana)

• अतिष्ठ (atiṣṭha) - you stood, you remained

• एकपादेन (ekapādena) - on one foot, with one foot

• वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - practicing austerity by consuming only air (subsisting on air, air-eating)

• शतम् (śatam) - for a hundred (years) (a hundred)

• समाः (samāḥ) - for a hundred years (years)

Words meanings and morphology

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः (ūrdhvabāhuḥ) - with raised arms, having raised arms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrdhvabāhu

ūrdhvabāhu - having elevated arms, with raised hands

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhva+bāhu)

• ūrdhva – upward, raised, elevated
  adjective
• bāhu – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)

विशालायां (viśālāyāṁ) - in the vast, in the expansive

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of viśālā

viśālā - vast, expansive, broad, wide

बदर्यां (badaryāṁ) - in the Badarī region, a sacred place for asceticism (in Badarī (region/forest))

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of badarī

badarī - jujube tree; a sacred forest or region (Badarīkāśrama)

मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Krishna, the slayer of the demon Madhu (O Madhusūdana)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - Slayer of Madhu (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

Compound type : aluk-tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey; sweet; Madhu (name of a demon)
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – slayer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root sūd
  Root: sūd (class 10)

अतिष्ठ (atiṣṭha) - you stood, you remained

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

एकपादेन (ekapādena) - on one foot, with one foot

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekapāda

ekapāda - one-footed, having one foot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+pāda)

• eka – one, single
  numeral
• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)

वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - practicing austerity by consuming only air (subsisting on air, air-eating)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyubhakṣa

vāyubhakṣa - subsisting on air

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+bhakṣa)

• vāyu – air, wind, breath
  noun (masculine)
• bhakṣa – food, eating, consuming
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

शतम् (śatam) - for a hundred (years) (a hundred)

(indeclinable)

Cardinal numeral

समाः (samāḥ) - for a hundred years (years)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

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