महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-49, verse-9

आहारकाले मतिमान्परिव्राड्जनमेजय ।
उपातिष्ठत धर्मज्ञो भैक्षकाले स देवलम् ॥९॥

9. āhārakāle matimānparivrāḍjanamejaya ,
upātiṣṭhata dharmajño bhaikṣakāle sa devalam.

9. āhārakāle matimān parivrāṭ janamejaya
upātiṣṭhata dharmajñaḥ bhaikṣakāle sa devalam

9. janamejaya āhārakāle matimān parivrāṭ
dharmajñaḥ sa bhaikṣakāle devalam upātiṣṭhata

9. O Janamejaya, at mealtime, that wise wandering ascetic, the knower of natural law (dharma), approached Devala at the time for alms.

Words meanings summery:

• आहारकाले (āhārakāle) - at mealtime, at the time of food

• मतिमान् (matimān) - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

• परिव्राट् (parivrāṭ) - wandering ascetic, mendicant

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya

• उपातिष्ठत (upātiṣṭhata) - approached, stood near, attended

• धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of natural law (dharma), righteous

• भैक्षकाले (bhaikṣakāle) - at begging time, at the time for alms

• स (sa) - he, that

• देवलम् (devalam) - Devala

Words meanings and morphology

आहारकाले (āhārakāle) - at mealtime, at the time of food

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhārakāla

āhārakāla - mealtime, time for food

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āhāra+kāla)

• āhāra – food, meal, eating
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

मतिमान् (matimān) - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matimat

matimat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, having thought or mind

Derived from mati (mind, thought) + -mat (possessive suffix)

Note: Refers to the parivrāṭ.

परिव्राट् (parivrāṭ) - wandering ascetic, mendicant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivrāj

parivrāj - wandering ascetic, mendicant, one who has renounced the world

Derived from root vraj (to go) with prefix pari (around, completely)

Prefix: pari

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: The form `parivrāṭ` is the nominative singular of `parivrāj`.

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, grandson of Arjuna

Note: Refers to the listener of the narrative.

उपातिष्ठत (upātiṣṭhata) - approached, stood near, attended

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of upasthā

root sthā (to stand) with prefix upa (near)

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of natural law (dharma), righteous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of natural law (dharma), conversant with duty/virtue/righteousness

compound of dharma and jña (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective
  agent noun
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to the parivrāṭ.

भैक्षकाले (bhaikṣakāle) - at begging time, at the time for alms

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhaikṣakāla

bhaikṣakāla - time for alms/begging

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaikṣa+kāla)

• bhaikṣa – alms, begging, mendicancy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from bhikṣā (alms)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Corresponds to "that wise wandering ascetic".

देवलम् (devalam) - Devala

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devala

devala - name of a sage

Note: Object of `upātiṣṭhata`.