महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-81, verse-156

बदरीपाचनं गच्छेद्वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं ततः ।
बदरं भक्षयेत्तत्र त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः ॥१५६॥

156. badarīpācanaṁ gacchedvasiṣṭhasyāśramaṁ tataḥ ,
badaraṁ bhakṣayettatra trirātropoṣito naraḥ.

156. badarīpācanam gacchet vasiṣṭhasya āśramam tataḥ
badaram bhakṣayet tatra trirātropoṣitaḥ naraḥ

156. Then, a person should go to the hermitage (āśrama) of Vasiṣṭha at Badarīpācana. There, fasting for three nights, he should eat jujube fruits.

Words meanings summery:

• बदरीपाचनम् (badarīpācanam) - Badarīpācana (a specific place name)

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - he should go, one should go

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - to the hermitage, to the retreat

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, afterwards

• बदरम् (badaram) - jujube fruit

• भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - he should eat, one should eat

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• त्रिरात्रोपोषितः (trirātropoṣitaḥ) - one who has fasted for three nights, having fasted for three nights

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

Words meanings and morphology

बदरीपाचनम् (badarīpācanam) - Badarīpācana (a specific place name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of badarīpācana

badarīpācana - name of a place, specifically the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - he should go, one should go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: gam (class 1)

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - name of a revered Vedic sage

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - to the hermitage, to the retreat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, afterwards

(indeclinable)

बदरम् (badaram) - jujube fruit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of badara

badara - jujube fruit (Ziziphus mauritiana), jujube tree

भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - he should eat, one should eat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhakṣ

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice; desiderative of root *bhaj*

Root: bhaj (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

त्रिरात्रोपोषितः (trirātropoṣitaḥ) - one who has fasted for three nights, having fasted for three nights

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of trirātropoṣita

trirātropoṣita - one who has fasted for three nights

Past Passive Participle

Compound of tri-rātra (three nights) and upoṣita (fasted), from root *vas* (to dwell) with *upa*.

Compound type : tatpurusha (trirātra+upoṣita)

• trirātra – three nights
  noun (neuter)
• upoṣita – fasted, abstained, dwelt near
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root *vas* (to dwell) with prefix *upa*.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Acts as an agent noun here.

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being