Question

Gautama had longed enlightenment ( pick out the verb)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

gautama is tense

has longed is verb

i think that this will be the answer.

Answer 2

$\text{The verb in the sentence is} \large \bf{ \: =} \: \red{ \underline{had \: lo \underline{ng \underline{ed}}}}$