महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-112, verse-5

संस्मृत्य पूर्वजातिं स निर्वेदं परमं गतः ।
न भक्षयति मांसानि परैरुपहृतान्यपि ॥५॥

5. saṁsmṛtya pūrvajātiṁ sa nirvedaṁ paramaṁ gataḥ ,
na bhakṣayati māṁsāni parairupahṛtānyapi.

5. saṃsmṛtya pūrvajātim saḥ nirvedaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
na bhakṣayati māṃsāni paraiḥ upahṛtāni api

5. saḥ pūrvajātim saṃsmṛtya paramaṃ nirvedaṃ gataḥ
na paraiḥ upahṛtāni api māṃsāni bhakṣayati

5. Remembering his former birth, he attained supreme dispassion, and he would not eat meat, even that offered by others.

Words meanings summery:

• संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - having remembered

• पूर्वजातिम् (pūrvajātim) - former birth

• सः (saḥ) - that (jackal) (he)

• निर्वेदं (nirvedaṁ) - dispassion, detachment

• परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest

• गतः (gataḥ) - having attained (gone, attained)

• न (na) - not

• भक्षयति (bhakṣayati) - eats, devours

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats

• परैः (paraiḥ) - by others

• उपहृतानि (upahṛtāni) - offered, presented

• अपि (api) - even, also

Words meanings and morphology

संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - having remembered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root smṛ (to remember) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: smṛ (class 1)

पूर्वजातिम् (pūrvajātim) - former birth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrvajāti

pūrvajāti - former birth, previous existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+jāti)

• pūrva – previous, former, prior
  adjective (masculine)
• jāti – birth, origin, species
  noun (feminine)
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - that (jackal) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निर्वेदं (nirvedaṁ) - dispassion, detachment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirveda

nirveda - dispassion, detachment, disillusionment, apathy

From root vid (to know) with prefix nir-

Prefix: nir

Root: vid (class 2)

परमं (paramaṁ) - supreme, highest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

गतः (gataḥ) - having attained (gone, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भक्षयति (bhakṣayati) - eats, devours

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhakṣ

Derived from root bhaj (to divide, eat) in the causative sense

Root: bhaj (class 1)

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

परैः (paraiḥ) - by others

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, distant

उपहृतानि (upahṛtāni) - offered, presented

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of upahṛta

upahṛta - offered, presented, brought, given

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ (to carry) with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)