महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-39, verse-22

तृतीयमपि मासं स पक्षेणाहारमाचरन् ।
शीर्णं च पतितं भूमौ पर्णं समुपयुक्तवान् ॥२२॥

22. tṛtīyamapi māsaṁ sa pakṣeṇāhāramācaran ,
śīrṇaṁ ca patitaṁ bhūmau parṇaṁ samupayuktavān.

22. tṛtīyam api māsam sa pakṣeṇa āhāram ācaran
śīrṇam ca patitam bhūmau parṇam samupayuktavān

22. Even for the third month, he would consume food only once every fortnight. He sustained himself by consuming withered leaves that had fallen to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - third

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मासम् (māsam) - month

• स (sa) - Arjuna (he)

• पक्षेण (pakṣeṇa) - once every fortnight (by a fortnight)

• आहारम् (āhāram) - food, nourishment

• आचरन् (ācaran) - practicing or taking food (performing, practicing, taking)

• शीर्णम् (śīrṇam) - withered, fallen, decayed

• च (ca) - and

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground

• पर्णम् (parṇam) - leaf

• समुपयुक्तवान् (samupayuktavān) - he consumed, he made use of

Words meanings and morphology

तृतीयम् (tṛtīyam) - third

(numeral)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

मासम् (māsam) - month

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

स (sa) - Arjuna (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पक्षेण (pakṣeṇa) - once every fortnight (by a fortnight)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pakṣa

pakṣa - fortnight, wing, side, party

आहारम् (āhāram) - food, nourishment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āhāra

āhāra - food, nourishment, intake, eating

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

आचरन् (ācaran) - practicing or taking food (performing, practicing, taking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācarat

ācarat - practicing, performing, observing, taking

Present Active Participle

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

शीर्णम् (śīrṇam) - withered, fallen, decayed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śīrṇa

śīrṇa - withered, fallen, decayed, broken

Past Passive Participle

Root: śṝ (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

Root: pat (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - ground, earth, land

पर्णम् (parṇam) - leaf

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather

समुपयुक्तवान् (samupayuktavān) - he consumed, he made use of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samupayukta

samupayukta - utilized, consumed, employed

Past Passive Participle

formed from root yuj with prefixes sam-upa

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used as a Perfect Active Participle (kṛt suffix -vat)