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.

59. אוכלי מים, אוכלי רוח ואוכלי עלים, כובשי חושיהם, בעלי מזל גדול, השואפים לראות את הדרך לשמיים.

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.

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