महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-33, verse-24

अथ वा संस्कृतं भोज्यं दूषयन्तु भुजंगमाः ।
स्वेन मूत्रपुरीषेण सर्वभोज्यविनाशिना ॥२४॥

24. atha vā saṁskṛtaṁ bhojyaṁ dūṣayantu bhujaṁgamāḥ ,
svena mūtrapurīṣeṇa sarvabhojyavināśinā.

24. atha vā saṁskṛtam bhojyam dūṣayantu bhujagamāḥ
svena mūtra-purīṣeṇa sarva-bhojya-vināśinā

24. Or else, let the serpents defile the prepared food with their own urine and feces, which would destroy all eatables.

24. או שהנחשים יטמאו את המזון המוכן (לטקס) בשתנם ובצואתם שלהם, המשחיתים כל מזון.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - or else (then, now, or)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• संस्कृतम् (saṁskṛtam) - the prepared (food) (prepared, consecrated, refined)

• भोज्यम् (bhojyam) - the food (food, eatable, to be eaten)

• दूषयन्तु (dūṣayantu) - let them defile (let them pollute, let them defile, let them corrupt)

• भुजगमाः (bhujagamāḥ) - the serpents (serpents, Nāgas)

• स्वेन (svena) - by their own (by one's own, with one's own)

• मूत्र-पुरीषेण (mūtra-purīṣeṇa) - with urine and feces

• सर्व-भोज्य-विनाशिना (sarva-bhojya-vināśinā) - which would destroy all eatables (which destroys all food)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - or else (then, now, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

संस्कृतम् (saṁskṛtam) - the prepared (food) (prepared, consecrated, refined)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṁskṛta

saṁskṛta - prepared, consecrated, refined, cultivated, adorned

past passive participle

From √kṛ (to do, make) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भोज्यम् (bhojyam) - the food (food, eatable, to be eaten)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhojya

bhojya - food, eatable, to be eaten, suitable for eating

future passive participle (gerundive)

From √bhuj (to eat, enjoy)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

दूषयन्तु (dūṣayantu) - let them defile (let them pollute, let them defile, let them corrupt)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dūṣ

causative verb base

Causative of √dūṣ (to spoil, perish)

Root: dūṣ (class 4)

भुजगमाः (bhujagamāḥ) - the serpents (serpents, Nāgas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhujagama

bhujagama - serpent, snake (lit. 'moving on the arm/shoulder')

Compound 'bhuja-gama'

Root: gam (class 1)

स्वेन (svena) - by their own (by one's own, with one's own)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

मूत्र-पुरीषेण (mūtra-purīṣeṇa) - with urine and feces

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mūtrapurīṣa

mūtrapurīṣa - urine and feces, excrement

Compound type : dvandva (mūtra+purīṣa)

• mūtra – urine
  noun (neuter)
  From √mūtr (to urinate)
  Root: mūtr (class 10)
• purīṣa – feces, excrement, dung
  noun (neuter)

सर्व-भोज्य-विनाशिना (sarva-bhojya-vināśinā) - which would destroy all eatables (which destroys all food)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sarvabhojyavināśin

sarvabhojyavināśin - destroying all food/eatables

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa / bahuvrīhi (sarva+bhojya+vināśin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun
• bhojya – food, eatable, to be eaten
  noun (neuter)
  future passive participle
  From √bhuj (to eat, enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• vināśin – destroying, causing ruin, perishable
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  From √naś (to perish) with prefix vi + suffix -in
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

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