वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-13, verse-18

सप्तरात्रकृताहारा वायुना वनवासिनः ।
दिवं वर्षशतैर्याताः सप्तभिः सकलेवराः ॥१८॥

18. saptarātrakṛtāhārā vāyunā vanavāsinaḥ ,
divaṃ varṣaśatairyātāḥ saptabhiḥ sakalevarāḥ.

18. sapta-rātra-kṛta-āhārāḥ vāyunā vanavāsinaḥ
divam varṣa-śataiḥ yātāḥ saptabhiḥ sa-kalevarāḥ

18. vanavāsinaḥ sapta-rātra-kṛta-āhārāḥ vāyunā
saptabhiḥ varṣa-śataiḥ sa-kalevarāḥ divam yātāḥ

18. Those forest dwellers who partook of food only once every seven nights, sustaining themselves primarily on air, ascended to heaven with their physical bodies after seven hundred years.

Words meanings summery:

• सप्त-रात्र-कृत-आहाराः (sapta-rātra-kṛta-āhārāḥ) - ascetic forest dwellers who consumed food only once in seven nights (those who took food (only) once in seven nights)

• वायुना (vāyunā) - by means of air (as sustenance) (by air, by wind)

• वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - the ascetics dwelling in the forest (forest dwellers, ascetics living in the forest)

• दिवम् (divam) - to the celestial abode (to heaven, to the sky)

• वर्ष-शतैः (varṣa-śataiḥ) - after a duration of hundreds of years (by hundreds of years)

• याताः (yātāḥ) - ascended (gone, attained, reached)

• सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - by seven (hundreds) (by seven)

• स-कलेवराः (sa-kalevarāḥ) - with their physical bodies (intact) (with bodies, embodied)

Words meanings and morphology

सप्त-रात्र-कृत-आहाराः (sapta-rātra-kṛta-āhārāḥ) - ascetic forest dwellers who consumed food only once in seven nights (those who took food (only) once in seven nights)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sapta-rātra-kṛta-āhāra

sapta-rātra-kṛta-āhāra - one who has eaten food (āhāra) once (kṛta) in seven nights (sapta-rātra)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saptan+rātra+kṛta+āhāra)

• saptan – seven
  numeral
• rātra – night
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – done, made, performed, taken (food)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• āhāra – food, eating, taking
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root hṛ with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vanavāsinaḥ'.

वायुना (vāyunā) - by means of air (as sustenance) (by air, by wind)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind

वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - the ascetics dwelling in the forest (forest dwellers, ascetics living in the forest)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - forest dweller, ascetic

Compound of vana (forest) and vāsin (dweller).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, resident
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root vas (to dwell) with suffix -in.
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

दिवम् (divam) - to the celestial abode (to heaven, to the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day

Note: Object of the verb 'yātāḥ'.

वर्ष-शतैः (varṣa-śataiḥ) - after a duration of hundreds of years (by hundreds of years)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of varṣa-śata

varṣa-śata - hundred years

Tatpuruṣa compound of varṣa (year) and śata (hundred).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+śata)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Indicates duration or means.

याताः (yātāḥ) - ascended (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, moved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yā (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agreement with 'vanavāsinaḥ'.

सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - by seven (hundreds) (by seven)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to 'varṣa-śataiḥ', meaning 'seven hundreds of years'.

स-कलेवराः (sa-kalevarāḥ) - with their physical bodies (intact) (with bodies, embodied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-kalevara

sa-kalevara - having a body, embodied

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa (with) + kalevara (body).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kalevara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• kalevara – body, corpse
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'vanavāsinaḥ'.