महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-277, verse-8

अपत्योत्पादनार्थं स तीव्रं नियममास्थितः ।
काले परिमिताहारो ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः ॥८॥

8. apatyotpādanārthaṁ sa tīvraṁ niyamamāsthitaḥ ,
kāle parimitāhāro brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ.

8. apatyotpādanārtham saḥ tīvram niyamam āsthitaḥ
kāle parimitāhāraḥ brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ

8. For the purpose of begetting offspring, he undertook a severe discipline (niyama), becoming one who ate sparingly at proper times, practiced celibacy (brahmacārī), and controlled his senses.

Words meanings summery:

• अपत्योत्पादनार्थम् (apatyotpādanārtham) - for the purpose of begetting offspring

• सः (saḥ) - he

• तीव्रम् (tīvram) - severe, intense

• नियमम् (niyamam) - discipline, vow, observance

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having undertaken, having resorted to, engaged in

• काले (kāle) - at the proper time, in due time

• परिमिताहारः (parimitāhāraḥ) - one who has limited food intake, abstemious in food

• ब्रह्मचारी (brahmacārī) - one observing celibacy (brahmacārī) (celibate, student of sacred knowledge)

• जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has controlled his senses, self-controlled

Words meanings and morphology

अपत्योत्पादनार्थम् (apatyotpādanārtham) - for the purpose of begetting offspring

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (apatya+utpādana+artha)

• apatya – offspring, progeny
  noun (neuter)
• utpādana – production, begetting
  noun (neuter)
  from 'ut-pad' (causative of 'pad')
  Prefix: ut
  Root: pad (class 4)
• artha – purpose, aim, sake, meaning
  noun (masculine)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तीव्रम् (tīvram) - severe, intense

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tīvra

tīvra - sharp, keen, intense, severe

नियमम् (niyamam) - discipline, vow, observance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niyama

niyama - rule, regulation, restraint, religious observance

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having undertaken, having resorted to, engaged in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - standing on, engaged in, undertaken, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

from 'ā-sthā' (to stand upon, undertake, resort to)

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

काले (kāle) - at the proper time, in due time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

परिमिताहारः (parimitāhāraḥ) - one who has limited food intake, abstemious in food

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parimitāhāra

parimitāhāra - one whose food is limited

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (parimita+āhāra)

• parimita – limited, measured, restricted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from 'pari-mā' (to measure around, limit)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: mā (class 2)
• āhāra – food, diet, intake
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

ब्रह्मचारी (brahmacārī) - one observing celibacy (brahmacārī) (celibate, student of sacred knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmacārin

brahmacārin - one who practices celibacy, a religious student, a celibate

Compound type : Tatpurusha (brahman+carin)

• brahman – sacred knowledge, Veda, ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• carin – practicing, observing, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun suffix
  from 'car' (to move, practice)
  Root: car (class 1)

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has controlled his senses, self-controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - having subdued the senses

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, subdued, vanquished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from 'ji' (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)