महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-186, verse-13

यजुषा संस्कृतं मांसं निवृत्तो मांसभक्षणात् ।
न भक्षयेद्वृथामांसं पृष्ठमांसं च वर्जयेत् ॥१३॥

13. yajuṣā saṁskṛtaṁ māṁsaṁ nivṛtto māṁsabhakṣaṇāt ,
na bhakṣayedvṛthāmāṁsaṁ pṛṣṭhamāṁsaṁ ca varjayet.

13. yajuṣā saṃskṛtam māṃsam nivṛttaḥ māṃsabhakṣaṇāt
na bhakṣayet vṛthāmāṃsam pṛṣṭhamāṃsam ca varjayet

13. yajuṣā saṃskṛtam māṃsam māṃsabhakṣaṇāt nivṛttaḥ
na vṛthāmāṃsam bhakṣayet ca pṛṣṭhamāṃsam varjayet

13. Meat (māṃsa) consecrated by a Yajus (yajuṣā) [is permissible]; however, one who has ceased from meat consumption (māṃsabhakṣaṇa) should not eat meat for pleasure (vṛthāmāṃsa), and should avoid backbiting (pṛṣṭhamāṃsa).

Words meanings summery:

• यजुषा (yajuṣā) - by means of a Yajus, by a sacrificial formula

• संस्कृतम् (saṁskṛtam) - consecrated, prepared, refined

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• निवृत्तः (nivṛttaḥ) - one who has ceased, abstained

• मांसभक्षणात् (māṁsabhakṣaṇāt) - from meat-eating, from the consumption of meat

• न (na) - not

• भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - one should eat, one should consume

• वृथामांसम् (vṛthāmāṁsam) - meat killed in vain, useless meat, meat for pleasure

• पृष्ठमांसम् (pṛṣṭhamāṁsam) - backbiting, slander (literally 'back-meat')

• च (ca) - and

• वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, one should abstain from

Words meanings and morphology

यजुषा (yajuṣā) - by means of a Yajus, by a sacrificial formula

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yajus

yajus - a sacrificial formula, a Vedic text (Yajurveda)

संस्कृतम् (saṁskṛtam) - consecrated, prepared, refined

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃskṛta

saṁskṛta - consecrated, purified, prepared, refined, Sanskrit language

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root kṛ (to do, to make) with prefix sam (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

निवृत्तः (nivṛttaḥ) - one who has ceased, abstained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - ceased, abstained, retired, returned

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vṛt (to turn, to exist) with prefix ni (down, back).

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मांसभक्षणात् (māṁsabhakṣaṇāt) - from meat-eating, from the consumption of meat

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of māṃsabhakṣaṇa

māṁsabhakṣaṇa - meat-eating, consumption of meat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+bhakṣaṇa)

• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• bhakṣaṇa – eating, consuming
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun from root bhakṣ (to eat).
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - one should eat, one should consume

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

वृथामांसम् (vṛthāmāṁsam) - meat killed in vain, useless meat, meat for pleasure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛthāmāṃsa

vṛthāmāṁsa - meat not offered in sacrifice, meat eaten for pleasure, useless meat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vṛthā+māṃsa)

• vṛthā – in vain, uselessly, for nothing, improperly
  indeclinable
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

पृष्ठमांसम् (pṛṣṭhamāṁsam) - backbiting, slander (literally 'back-meat')

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭhamāṃsa

pṛṣṭhamāṁsa - backbiting, slander (metaphorical); meat from the back (literal)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛṣṭha+māṃsa)

• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, rear
  noun (neuter)
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, one should abstain from

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vṛj

Root: vṛj (class 1)