महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-26

पानमक्षास्तथा नार्यो मृगया गीतवादितम् ।
एतानि युक्त्या सेवेत प्रसङ्गो ह्यत्र दोषवान् ॥२६॥

26. pānamakṣāstathā nāryo mṛgayā gītavāditam ,
etāni yuktyā seveta prasaṅgo hyatra doṣavān.

26. pānam akṣāḥ tathā nāryaḥ mṛgayā gītavāditam
etāni yuktyā seveta prasaṅgaḥ hi atra doṣavān

26. pānam akṣāḥ tathā nāryaḥ mṛgayā gītavāditam etāni yuktyā seveta,
hi atra prasaṅgaḥ doṣavān

26. One should indulge in drinking, gambling, women, hunting, and music with moderation, for excessive attachment (prasaṅga) to these is indeed harmful.

Words meanings summery:

• पानम् (pānam) - drinking alcohol (drinking, beverage)

• अक्षाः (akṣāḥ) - dice, gambling

• तथा (tathā) - and, thus, likewise

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

• मृगया (mṛgayā) - hunting, chase

• गीतवादितम् (gītavāditam) - singing and music, song and play

• एतानि (etāni) - these (things)

• युक्त्या (yuktyā) - with propriety, skillfully, moderately, by means of a plan

• सेवेत (seveta) - one should resort to, one should indulge in, one should serve

• प्रसङ्गः (prasaṅgaḥ) - attachment, excessive involvement, connection, occasion

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• दोषवान् (doṣavān) - faulty, harmful, having faults

Words meanings and morphology

पानम् (pānam) - drinking alcohol (drinking, beverage)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāna

pāna - drinking, beverage, a drink

Root: pā (class 1)

अक्षाः (akṣāḥ) - dice, gambling

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣa

akṣa - dice, game of dice

तथा (tathā) - and, thus, likewise

(indeclinable)

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, wife

मृगया (mṛgayā) - hunting, chase

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, chase, pursuit

Root: mṛg (class 10)

गीतवादितम् (gītavāditam) - singing and music, song and play

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gītavādita

gītavādita - singing and music, instrumental music and song

Compound type : dvandva (gīta+vādita)

• gīta – sung, song, melody
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gai (class 1)
• vādita – played (music), musical instrument, music
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: vad (class 1)

एतानि (etāni) - these (things)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

युक्त्या (yuktyā) - with propriety, skillfully, moderately, by means of a plan

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - propriety, skill, reason, suitability, method

Root: yuj (class 7)

सेवेत (seveta) - one should resort to, one should indulge in, one should serve

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of sev

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form

प्रसङ्गः (prasaṅgaḥ) - attachment, excessive involvement, connection, occasion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasaṅga

prasaṅga - attachment, excessive involvement, connection, occasion, context

Prefixes: pra+sam

Root: saj (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

दोषवान् (doṣavān) - faulty, harmful, having faults

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣavat

doṣavat - having faults, faulty, harmful, vicious

possessive suffix -vat