महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-118, verse-7

उपवासैश्च विविधैर्दीक्षाभिर्नियमैस्तथा ।
आत्मनो लघुतां कृत्वा बभूव मृगचारिणी ॥७॥

7. upavāsaiśca vividhairdīkṣābhirniyamaistathā ,
ātmano laghutāṁ kṛtvā babhūva mṛgacāriṇī.

7. upavāsaiḥ ca vividhaiḥ dīkṣābhiḥ niyamaiḥ
tathā ātmanaḥ laghutām kṛtvā babhūva mṛgacāriṇī

7. With various fasts, vows, and observances, and having made herself light (or humble) in her inner self (ātman), she became a deer-grazer.

Words meanings summery:

• उपवासैः (upavāsaiḥ) - by fasts, by abstinences

• च (ca) - and, also

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, of many kinds

• दीक्षाभिः (dīkṣābhiḥ) - by vows, by initiations, by consecrations

• नियमैः (niyamaiḥ) - by observances, by regulations, by self-restraints

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul, of oneself

• लघुताम् (laghutām) - lightness, insignificance, humility

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• बभूव (babhūva) - she became, she was

• मृगचारिणी (mṛgacāriṇī) - a female ascetic living like a deer (a deer-grazer, one who roams like a deer)

Words meanings and morphology

उपवासैः (upavāsaiḥ) - by fasts, by abstinences

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upavāsa

upavāsa - fasting, abstinence from food, a religious observance

Prefix: upa

Root: vas (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, of many kinds

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of many kinds

Note: Agrees with 'upavāsaiḥ', 'dīkṣābhiḥ', 'niyamaiḥ'

दीक्षाभिः (dīkṣābhiḥ) - by vows, by initiations, by consecrations

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of dīkṣā

dīkṣā - vow, solemn rite, initiation, consecration

Root: dīkṣ (class 1)

नियमैः (niyamaiḥ) - by observances, by regulations, by self-restraints

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niyama

niyama - observance, religious duty, self-restraint, regulation, rule

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to connect the series of instrumental nouns, meaning 'and'

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of the soul, of oneself

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

लघुताम् (laghutām) - lightness, insignificance, humility

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laghutā

laghutā - lightness, smallness, insignificance, humility, agility

Derived from 'laghu' (light, small) + suffix '-tā' (forms abstract nouns)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, to make) + suffix '-tvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

बभूव (babhūva) - she became, she was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

Third person singular, Perfect Active, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

मृगचारिणी (mṛgacāriṇī) - a female ascetic living like a deer (a deer-grazer, one who roams like a deer)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgacāriṇī

mṛgacāriṇī - a female deer-grazer, one who roams like a deer, a female ascetic living like a deer

Feminine form of mṛgacārin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+cārin)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• cārin – roaming, moving, following
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root 'car' (to move, to graze) + suffix '-in'
  Root: car (class 1)