महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-59

अब्भक्षैर्वायुभक्षैश्च पत्राहारैस्तथैव च ।
जितेन्द्रियैर्महाभागैः स्वर्गमार्गदिदृक्षुभिः ॥५९॥

59. abbhakṣairvāyubhakṣaiśca patrāhāraistathaiva ca ,
jitendriyairmahābhāgaiḥ svargamārgadidṛkṣubhiḥ.

59. abbhakṣaiḥ vāyubhakṣaiḥ ca patrāhāraiḥ tathā eva
ca jitendriyaiḥ mahābhāgaiḥ svargamārgadidṛkṣubhiḥ

59. It was graced by ascetics who subsisted on water, on air, and also on leaves; they had conquered their senses, were greatly virtuous, and yearned to see the path to heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• अब्भक्षैः (abbhakṣaiḥ) - subsisting on water, eating water

• वायुभक्षैः (vāyubhakṣaiḥ) - subsisting on air, eating air

• च (ca) - and, also

• पत्राहारैः (patrāhāraiḥ) - subsisting on leaves, eating leaves

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• जितेन्द्रियैः (jitendriyaiḥ) - with controlled senses, having conquered their senses

• महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - by the highly fortunate ones, by the great souls, by the greatly virtuous

• स्वर्गमार्गदिदृक्षुभिः (svargamārgadidṛkṣubhiḥ) - desirous of seeing the path to heaven

Words meanings and morphology

अब्भक्षैः (abbhakṣaiḥ) - subsisting on water, eating water

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of abbhakṣa

abbhakṣa - subsisting on water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ap+bhakṣa)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
• bhakṣa – eating, food
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhakṣ (to eat)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tāpasaiḥ' from verse 48410.

वायुभक्षैः (vāyubhakṣaiḥ) - subsisting on air, eating air

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāyubhakṣa

vāyubhakṣa - subsisting on air

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāyu+bhakṣa)

• vāyu – air, wind
  noun (masculine)
• bhakṣa – eating, food
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhakṣ (to eat)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tāpasaiḥ' from verse 48410.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

पत्राहारैः (patrāhāraiḥ) - subsisting on leaves, eating leaves

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patrāhāra

patrāhāra - subsisting on leaves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (patra+āhāra)

• patra – leaf
  noun (neuter)
• āhāra – food, diet
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'tāpasaiḥ' from verse 48410.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

जितेन्द्रियैः (jitendriyaiḥ) - with controlled senses, having conquered their senses

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered senses, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)

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

Note: Qualifies 'tāpasaiḥ' from verse 48410.

महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - by the highly fortunate ones, by the great souls, by the greatly virtuous

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - highly fortunate, great-souled, greatly virtuous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhāga – share, fortune, destiny, virtue
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'tāpasaiḥ' from verse 48410.

स्वर्गमार्गदिदृक्षुभिः (svargamārgadidṛkṣubhiḥ) - desirous of seeing the path to heaven

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svargamārgadidṛkṣu

svargamārgadidṛkṣu - desirous of seeing the path to heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svargamārga+didṛkṣu)

• svargamārga – path to heaven
  noun (masculine)
• didṛkṣu – desirous of seeing
  adjective
  Desiderative noun/adjective
  Desiderative form of root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tāpasaiḥ' from verse 48410.