महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-111, verse-21

मधु मांसं च ये नित्यं वर्जयन्तीह मानवाः ।
जन्मप्रभृति मद्यं च दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते ॥२१॥

21. madhu māṁsaṁ ca ye nityaṁ varjayantīha mānavāḥ ,
janmaprabhṛti madyaṁ ca durgāṇyatitaranti te.

21. madhu māṃsam ca ye nityam varjayanti iha mānavāḥ
janmaprabhṛti madyam ca durgāṇi atitaranti te

21. te mānavāḥ ye nityam madhu ca māṃsam iha varjayanti
ca janmaprabhṛti madyam durgāṇi atitaranti

21. Those humans who constantly abstain from honey and meat, and also from intoxicating drinks (madya) from birth onwards, they overcome difficulties.

Words meanings summery:

• मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet substance

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• च (ca) - and, also

• ये (ye) - those who, which

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, perpetually, always

• वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid, they abstain from, they abandon

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, men

• जन्मप्रभृति (janmaprabhṛti) - from birth, since birth, beginning with birth

• मद्यम् (madyam) - intoxicating drink, liquor

• च (ca) - and, also

• दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - difficulties, fortresses, impassable places

• अतितरन्ति (atitaranti) - they overcome, they cross over

• ते (te) - they

Words meanings and morphology

मधु (madhu) - honey, sweet substance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet, nectar, wine

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - those who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever, whatever

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, perpetually, always

(indeclinable)

वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid, they abstain from, they abandon

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of varjay

Causal stem

Root verb from the 10th conjugation class, or causal of 1st class vṛj.

Root: vṛj (class 10)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu

Derived from Manu (mythical progenitor of humanity).

जन्मप्रभृति (janmaprabhṛti) - from birth, since birth, beginning with birth

(indeclinable)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (janman+prabhṛti)

• janman – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• prabhṛti – beginning from, onwards, from (as postposition)
  indeclinable (feminine)

मद्यम् (madyam) - intoxicating drink, liquor

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madya

madya - intoxicating, liquor, wine, spirituous drink

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated/rejoice) with suffix -ya.

Root: mad (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - difficulties, fortresses, impassable places

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of durga

durga - difficult path, fortress, difficulty, distress, inaccessible place

Compound of dur (difficult) and ga (going).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dur+ga)

• dur – difficult, bad, evil (prefix)
  indeclinable
• ga – going, moving, pertaining to
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root gam
  Derived from the root gam (to go) with suffix -a.
  Root: gam (class 1)

अतितरन्ति (atitaranti) - they overcome, they cross over

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of atitṛ

Root verb from the 1st conjugation class with prefix ati.

Prefix: ati

Root: tṛ (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they