महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-31

पशुयज्ञैः कथं हिंस्रैर्मादृशो यष्टुमर्हति ।
अन्तवद्भिरुत प्राज्ञः क्षत्रयज्ञैः पिशाचवत् ॥३१॥

31. paśuyajñaiḥ kathaṁ hiṁsrairmādṛśo yaṣṭumarhati ,
antavadbhiruta prājñaḥ kṣatrayajñaiḥ piśācavat.

31. paśuyajñaiḥ kathaṃ hiṃsraiḥ mādṛśaḥ yaṣṭum arhati
antavadbhiḥ uta prājñaḥ kṣatrayajñaiḥ piśācavat

31. mādṛśaḥ kathaṃ hiṃsraiḥ paśuyajñaiḥ yaṣṭum arhati uta
prājñaḥ antavadbhiḥ kṣatrayajñaiḥ piśācavat (yastuṃ) arhati

31. How can someone like me be fit to perform violent animal Vedic rituals (yajña)? And how can a wise person engage in transient, demon-like kṣatriya Vedic rituals (yajña)?

Words meanings summery:

• पशुयज्ञैः (paśuyajñaiḥ) - by animal sacrifices

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

• हिंस्रैः (hiṁsraiḥ) - by violent, by harmful

• मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me, a person like me

• यष्टुम् (yaṣṭum) - to sacrifice, to perform a yajña

• अर्हति (arhati) - is fit, is able, deserves

• अन्तवद्भिः (antavadbhiḥ) - by perishable, by finite, by transient

• उत (uta) - and, moreover, also

• प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - a wise person, an intelligent person

• क्षत्रयज्ञैः (kṣatrayajñaiḥ) - by kṣatriya sacrifices, by sacrifices of kṣatriyas

• पिशाचवत् (piśācavat) - like a demon, demon-like

Words meanings and morphology

पशुयज्ञैः (paśuyajñaiḥ) - by animal sacrifices

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paśuyajña

paśuyajña - animal sacrifice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paśu+yajña)

• paśu – animal, beast
  noun (masculine)
• yajña – sacrifice, ritual (yajña)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

(indeclinable)

हिंस्रैः (hiṁsraiḥ) - by violent, by harmful

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hiṃsra

hiṁsra - violent, cruel, harmful

From root √hiṃs (to harm)

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

Note: Agrees with `paśuyajñaiḥ`.

मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me, a person like me

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādṛśa

mādṛśa - like me, similar to me

Derived from `mad` (me) + `dṛś` (like, resembling)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यष्टुम् (yaṣṭum) - to sacrifice, to perform a yajña

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of √yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

अर्हति (arhati) - is fit, is able, deserves

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular present active

Root: arh (class 1)

अन्तवद्भिः (antavadbhiḥ) - by perishable, by finite, by transient

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of antavat

antavat - having an end, perishable, finite, transient

From `anta` (end) + possessive suffix `vat`

Note: Agrees with `kṣatrayajñaiḥ`.

उत (uta) - and, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

प्राज्ञः (prājñaḥ) - a wise person, an intelligent person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prājña

prājña - wise, knowing, intelligent; a wise person

From `pra-jñā` (to know well)

Prefix: pra

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्षत्रयज्ञैः (kṣatrayajñaiḥ) - by kṣatriya sacrifices, by sacrifices of kṣatriyas

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣatrayajña

kṣatrayajña - sacrifice performed by kṣatriyas, kṣatriya sacrifice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatra+yajña)

• kṣatra – rule, dominion; warrior class (kṣatriya)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• yajña – sacrifice, ritual (yajña)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)

पिशाचवत् (piśācavat) - like a demon, demon-like

(indeclinable)

From `piśāca` (demon) + suffix `vat` (like)

Note: Functions as an adverbial modifier.