महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-85

श्वपच उवाच ।
यद्येष हेतुस्तव खादनस्य न ते वेदः कारणं नान्यधर्मः ।
तस्मादभक्ष्ये भक्षणाद्वा द्विजेन्द्र दोषं न पश्यामि यथेदमात्थ ॥८५॥

85. śvapaca uvāca ,
yadyeṣa hetustava khādanasya; na te vedaḥ kāraṇaṁ nānyadharmaḥ ,
tasmādabhakṣye bhakṣaṇādvā dvijendra; doṣaṁ na paśyāmi yathedamāttha.

85. śvapacaḥ uvāca | yadi eṣaḥ hetuḥ tava
khādanasya na te vedaḥ kāraṇam na anyadharmaḥ
| tasmāt abhakṣye bhakṣaṇāt vā
dvijendra doṣam na paśyāmi yathā idam āttha

85. śvapacaḥ uvāca yadi eṣaḥ tava khādanasya hetuḥ,
na te vedaḥ kāraṇam,
na anyadharmaḥ tasmāt,
dvijendra,
abhakṣye bhakṣaṇāt vā doṣam na paśyāmi,
yathā idam āttha

85. The dog-eater said: "If this indeed is your justification for eating, then neither the Veda nor any other natural law (dharma) serves as your authority. Therefore, O chief among the twice-born (dvijendra), I see no fault (doṣa) in consuming the inedible, precisely as you have just articulated."

Words meanings summery:

• श्वपचः (śvapacaḥ) - dog-eater, outcaste

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यदि (yadi) - if

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• हेतुः (hetuḥ) - cause, reason, motive, justification

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• खादनस्य (khādanasya) - of eating, for eating

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - for you (acting as genitive 'your') (to you, for you (dative); or your (genitive))

• वेदः (vedaḥ) - Veda (sacred scripture)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यधर्मः (anyadharmaḥ) - any other natural law (dharma) or rule

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• अभक्ष्ये (abhakṣye) - in the inedible, regarding what is not food

• भक्षणात् (bhakṣaṇāt) - from eating, by eating

• वा (vā) - or

• द्विजेन्द्र (dvijendra) - O chief among the twice-born (dvijendra) (addressing Viśvāmitra) (O chief of the twice-born (vocative))

• दोषम् (doṣam) - fault (doṣa) (fault, defect, error)

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• इदम् (idam) - this

• आत्थ (āttha) - you have said, you speak

Words meanings and morphology

श्वपचः (śvapacaḥ) - dog-eater, outcaste

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvapaca

śvapaca - dog-eater, an outcaste (chaṇḍāla)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvan+paca)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• paca – cooker, one who cooks
  noun (masculine)
  derived from √pac (to cook)
  Root: pac (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

हेतुः (hetuḥ) - cause, reason, motive, justification

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, means

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

खादनस्य (khādanasya) - of eating, for eating

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of khādana

khādana - eating, consuming

Verbal noun

derived from √khād

Root: khād (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - for you (acting as genitive 'your') (to you, for you (dative); or your (genitive))

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

वेदः (vedaḥ) - Veda (sacred scripture)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, scripture

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, instrument

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यधर्मः (anyadharmaḥ) - any other natural law (dharma) or rule

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anyadharma

anyadharma - another's dharma, any other rule/law

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (anya+dharma)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom
  noun (masculine)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

अभक्ष्ये (abhakṣye) - in the inedible, regarding what is not food

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of abhakṣya

abhakṣya - inedible, not fit to be eaten

Negation of bhakṣya

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhakṣya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• bhakṣya – edible, food
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  derived from √bhakṣ (to eat)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

भक्षणात् (bhakṣaṇāt) - from eating, by eating

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhakṣaṇa

bhakṣaṇa - eating, consuming

Verbal noun

derived from √bhakṣ (to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

द्विजेन्द्र (dvijendra) - O chief among the twice-born (dvijendra) (addressing Viśvāmitra) (O chief of the twice-born (vocative))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijendra

dvijendra - chief of the twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, or bird, snake, tooth)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dvija+indra)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, or bird, snake, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, best
  noun (masculine)

दोषम् (doṣam) - fault (doṣa) (fault, defect, error)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, error, vice

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √dṛś

Present stem 'paśya' is irregular for √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

आत्थ (āttha) - you have said, you speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √ah

Root: ah (class 2)