महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-205, verse-30

अथ वा मन्त्रवद्ब्रूयुर्मांसादानां यजुष्कृतम् ।
हेतुः स एवानादाने शुद्धधर्मानुपालने ॥३०॥

30. atha vā mantravadbrūyurmāṁsādānāṁ yajuṣkṛtam ,
hetuḥ sa evānādāne śuddhadharmānupālane.

30. atha vā mantravat brūyuḥ māṃsādānām yajuṣkṛtam
hetuḥ saḥ eva anādāne śuddhadharmānupālane

30. atha vā mantravat māṃsādānām yajuṣkṛtam brūyuḥ
saḥ eva hetuḥ anādāne śuddhadharmānupālane

30. Alternatively, they should declare, using sacred formulas (mantra), that for meat-eaters, the [consumption of meat] has been sanctified through Vedic rituals (yajuṣkṛtam). Yet, that very sanction is the reason for not partaking [of meat] (anādāne) for the sake of observing pure natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - alternatively (now, then, moreover, alternatively)

• वा (vā) - or, alternatively (or, either...or, indeed)

• मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - using sacred formulas (mantra) (with sacred formulas, ritually, containing mantras)

• ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they should declare (they should say/speak/declare)

• मांसादानाम् (māṁsādānām) - for meat-eaters (of meat-eaters, for meat-eaters)

• यजुष्कृतम् (yajuṣkṛtam) - sanctified through Vedic rituals (sanctified by Yajus, ritualistically prepared/performed, sacrificial)

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

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to 'yajuṣkṛtam' or the principle it embodies) (that (masculine singular))

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• अनादाने (anādāne) - in not partaking [of meat] (in not taking, in not eating, in abstaining)

• शुद्धधर्मानुपालने (śuddhadharmānupālane) - in order to uphold pure natural law (dharma) (in the observance of pure dharma, in following a pure natural law)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - alternatively (now, then, moreover, alternatively)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle

वा (vā) - or, alternatively (or, either...or, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

मन्त्रवत् (mantravat) - using sacred formulas (mantra) (with sacred formulas, ritually, containing mantras)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'mantra' + 'vat' (possessive/manner suffix), used adverbially

ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they should declare (they should say/speak/declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of √brū

Optative mood, 3rd person plural

Pāṇinian 'liṅ' (vidhi-liṅ), Parasmaipada

Root: √brū (class 2)

मांसादानाम् (māṁsādānām) - for meat-eaters (of meat-eaters, for meat-eaters)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of māṃsādā

māṁsādā - meat-eater, consumer of meat

Compound 'māṃsa' (meat) + 'adā' (eater, from √ad 'to eat')

Compound type : tatpurusha (māṃsa+adā)

• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• adā – eater, consumer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From '√ad' (to eat) + 'ṇin/ka' suffix
  Root: √ad (class 2)

यजुष्कृतम् (yajuṣkṛtam) - sanctified through Vedic rituals (sanctified by Yajus, ritualistically prepared/performed, sacrificial)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of yajuṣkṛta

yajuṣkṛta - sanctified by Yajus, ritualistically prepared/performed, sacrificial

Past Passive Participle

From 'yajus' + 'kṛta' (done, made) - 'made by Yajus' or 'made into Yajus'

Compound type : tatpurusha (yajus+kṛta)

• yajus – Vedic sacrificial formula, Yajurveda
  noun (neuter)
  Root: √yaj (class 1)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From '√kṛ' (to do, make) + 'kta' suffix
  Root: √kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies an implied object (e.g., meat, the act of eating)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - reason, cause, motive, instrumental cause

From '√hi' (to send, propel)

Root: √hi (class 5)

Note: Subject of the second clause

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to 'yajuṣkṛtam' or the principle it embodies) (that (masculine singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with 'hetuḥ'

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अनादाने (anādāne) - in not partaking [of meat] (in not taking, in not eating, in abstaining)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of anādāna

anādāna - non-taking, non-acceptance, non-consumption, abstention

Compound 'an-' (negative prefix) + 'ādāna' (taking, eating)

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (an+ādāna)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ādāna – taking, receiving, eating
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From 'ā-√dā' (to take) + 'lyuṭ' suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: √dā (class 3)

Note: In the matter of not taking

शुद्धधर्मानुपालने (śuddhadharmānupālane) - in order to uphold pure natural law (dharma) (in the observance of pure dharma, in following a pure natural law)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuddhadharmānupālana

śuddhadharmānupālana - observance of pure dharma

Compound: 'śuddha' (pure) + 'dharma' (dharma) + 'anupālana' (observance)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śuddha+dharma+anupālana)

• śuddha – pure, clean, clear
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From '√śudh' (to purify) + 'kta' suffix
  Root: √śudh (class 4)
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √dhṛ (class 1)
• anupālana – observance, protection, maintenance
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From 'anu-√pāl' (to observe, protect) + 'lyuṭ' suffix
  Prefix: anu
  Root: √pāl (class 10)

Note: In the matter of observing pure dharma