महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-18, verse-18

खादन्ति हस्तिनं न्यासे क्रव्यादा बहवोऽप्युत ।
बहवः कृमयश्चैव किं पुनस्त्वामनर्थकम् ॥१८॥

18. khādanti hastinaṁ nyāse kravyādā bahavo'pyuta ,
bahavaḥ kṛmayaścaiva kiṁ punastvāmanarthakam.

18. khādanti hastinam nyāse kravyādāḥ bahavaḥ api uta
bahavaḥ kṛmayaḥ ca eva kim punaḥ tvām anarthakam

18. bahavaḥ kravyādāḥ api uta bahavaḥ kṛmayaḥ ca eva nyāse
hastinam khādanti kim punaḥ anarthakam tvām (khādanti)

18. Many flesh-eaters and even many worms consume an elephant that has been left (as a deposit or abandoned). What then, indeed, of you, who are worthless?

Words meanings summery:

• खादन्ति (khādanti) - they eat, they consume

• हस्तिनम् (hastinam) - a dead elephant's body (an elephant)

• न्यासे (nyāse) - implies an abandoned or dead body, left as if a 'deposit' for scavengers. (in a deposit, in a pledge, as a trust)

• क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, scavengers, carnivores

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उत (uta) - and (connecting kravyādāḥ and kṛmayaḥ) (and, moreover, or)

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• कृमयः (kṛmayaḥ) - worms, insects

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

• किम् (kim) - What then? (implying 'how much more easily') (what, how much more/less)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - then (in a rhetorical question) (again, moreover, then)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• अनर्थकम् (anarthakam) - useless, worthless, meaningless

Words meanings and morphology

खादन्ति (khādanti) - they eat, they consume

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of khād

Present Active

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice.

Root: khād (class 1)

हस्तिनम् (hastinam) - a dead elephant's body (an elephant)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hastin

hastin - having a hand, elephant

From hasta + -in (possessive suffix).

Note: Object of 'khādanti'.

न्यासे (nyāse) - implies an abandoned or dead body, left as if a 'deposit' for scavengers. (in a deposit, in a pledge, as a trust)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nyāsa

nyāsa - deposit, trust, pledge, laying down, abandonment

From ni + root as (to throw, to place).

Prefix: ni

Root: as (class 2)

क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, scavengers, carnivores

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyāda

kravyāda - flesh-eater, carnivore, scavenger

Compound of kravya (raw flesh) and ada (eater, from root ad 'to eat').

Compound type : tatpurusha (kravya+ada)

• kravya – raw flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eater, consuming
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root 'ad' (to eat), with suffix -a.
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'khādanti'.

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'kravyādāḥ' and 'kṛmayaḥ'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - and (connecting kravyādāḥ and kṛmayaḥ) (and, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'kṛmayaḥ'.

कृमयः (kṛmayaḥ) - worms, insects

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛmi

kṛmi - worm, insect

Root: kṛm

Note: Subject of 'khādanti'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

किम् (kim) - What then? (implying 'how much more easily') (what, how much more/less)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

पुनः (punaḥ) - then (in a rhetorical question) (again, moreover, then)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Object of implied 'khādanti'.

अनर्थकम् (anarthakam) - useless, worthless, meaningless

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anarthaka

anarthaka - useless, unprofitable, meaningless, vain

Negative compound with 'an' + 'arthaka'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+arthaka)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• arthaka – useful, meaningful, having purpose
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'artha' with suffix -ka.

Note: Agrees with 'tvām'.