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12,172

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-172, verse-21

कणान्कदाचित्खादामि पिण्याकमपि च ग्रसे ।
भक्षये शालिमांसानि भक्षांश्चोच्चावचान्पुनः ॥२१॥
21. kaṇānkadācitkhādāmi piṇyākamapi ca grase ,
bhakṣaye śālimāṁsāni bhakṣāṁścoccāvacānpunaḥ.
21. kaṇān kadācit khādāmi piṇyākam api ca grase
bhakṣaye śālimāṃsāni bhakṣān ca uccāvacān punaḥ
21. Sometimes I eat mere grains, and I also consume oil-cake. Furthermore, I may eat rice and meat, and various other kinds of foods.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कणान् (kaṇān) - grains, particles, fragments
  • कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, at some time, perhaps
  • खादामि (khādāmi) - I eat, I devour
  • पिण्याकम् (piṇyākam) - oil-cake (residue after pressing oil)
  • अपि (api) - even, also, too
  • (ca) - and, also
  • ग्रसे (grase) - I eat, I swallow, I devour
  • भक्षये (bhakṣaye) - I eat, I consume
  • शालिमांसानि (śālimāṁsāni) - rice and meat, or meat of rice-fed animals
  • भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - eatables, foods, delicacies
  • (ca) - and, also
  • उच्चावचान् (uccāvacān) - varied, diverse, high and low
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, also

Words meanings and morphology

कणान् (kaṇān) - grains, particles, fragments
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kaṇa
kaṇa - grain, particle, atom, a small bit
कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, at some time, perhaps
(indeclinable)
खादामि (khādāmi) - I eat, I devour
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √khād
Root: khād (class 1)
पिण्याकम् (piṇyākam) - oil-cake (residue after pressing oil)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of piṇyāka
piṇyāka - oil-cake (the residue after expressing oil from seeds)
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
ग्रसे (grase) - I eat, I swallow, I devour
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √gras
Root: gras (class 1)
भक्षये (bhakṣaye) - I eat, I consume
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √bhakṣ
Root: bhakṣ (class 10)
शालिमांसानि (śālimāṁsāni) - rice and meat, or meat of rice-fed animals
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of śālimāṃsa
śālimāṁsa - rice and meat; meat from animals fed on rice
Compound type : dvandva (śāli+māṃsa)
  • śāli – rice (especially fine rice)
    noun (masculine)
  • māṃsa – flesh, meat
    noun (neuter)
भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - eatables, foods, delicacies
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of bhakṣa
bhakṣa - food, eatable, delicacy
Derived from root √bhakṣ (to eat).
Root: bhakṣ (class 10)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
उच्चावचान् (uccāvacān) - varied, diverse, high and low
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of uccāvaca
uccāvaca - high and low, varied, diverse, good and bad
Compound type : dvandva (ucca+avaca)
  • ucca – high, tall, elevated
    adjective (neuter)
  • avaca – low, inferior
    adjective (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'bhakṣān'.
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, also
(indeclinable)