महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-236, verse-25

त्रींश्चैवाग्नीन्यजेत्सम्यगात्मन्येवात्ममोक्षणात् ।
प्राणेभ्यो यजुषा पञ्च षट्प्राश्नीयादकुत्सयन् ॥२५॥

25. trīṁścaivāgnīnyajetsamyagātmanyevātmamokṣaṇāt ,
prāṇebhyo yajuṣā pañca ṣaṭprāśnīyādakutsayan.

25. trīn ca eva agnīn yajet samyak ātmani eva ātma mokṣaṇāt
prāṇebhyaḥ yajuṣā pañca ṣaṭ prāśnīyāt akutsayan

25. ātmani eva ātma mokṣaṇāt trīn ca eva agnīn samyak yajet
prāṇebhyaḥ yajuṣā akutsayan pañca ṣaṭ (bhakṣyāṇi) prāśnīyāt

25. And one should properly offer the three fires *into the self (ātman)* for the liberation (mokṣa) of the self (ātman). One should consume five or six mouthfuls of food for the vital breaths (prāṇa), uttering a Yajus mantra, and without expressing any disdain (for the food).

Words meanings summery:

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three (three (masculine plural accusative))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• अग्नीन् (agnīn) - the (three sacred) fires (fires (plural))

• यजेत् (yajet) - one should offer (one should sacrifice, one should worship)

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly, completely, rightly)

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - into the self (ātman) (in the self, on the self)

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

• आत्म (ātma) - self (ātman) (self, soul)

• मोक्षणात् (mokṣaṇāt) - for the liberation (mokṣa) (from liberation, for the sake of liberation)

• प्राणेभ्यः (prāṇebhyaḥ) - for the vital breaths (prāṇa) (for the vital breaths, to the vital breaths)

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

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

• प्राश्नीयात् (prāśnīyāt) - one should consume (one should eat, one should partake)

• अकुत्सयन् (akutsayan) - without expressing any disdain (for the food) (not reviling, not blaming, without contempt)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रीन् (trīn) - three (three (masculine plural accusative))

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'agnīn'. Refers to the three sacred fires (Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇāgni).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

अग्नीन् (agnīn) - the (three sacred) fires (fires (plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of agni

agni - fire, sacred fire, god of fire

Note: Object of 'yajet'.

यजेत् (yajet) - one should offer (one should sacrifice, one should worship)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of yaj

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: An injunction.

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly (properly, completely, rightly)

(indeclinable)

From sam-añc (to go together, to be right)

Prefix: sam

Root: añc (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'yajet'.

आत्मनि (ātmani) - into the self (ātman) (in the self, on the self)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath, mind

Note: Indicates the internal location of the ritual.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'ātmani'.

आत्म (ātma) - self (ātman) (self, soul)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, breath

Note: First part of 'ātma mokṣaṇāt'. Appears as a stem in compounds.

मोक्षणात् (mokṣaṇāt) - for the liberation (mokṣa) (from liberation, for the sake of liberation)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mokṣaṇa

mokṣaṇa - liberation, release, act of freeing

From √muc (to free, release)

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'for the purpose of' liberation. Part of compound 'ātma mokṣaṇāt'.

प्राणेभ्यः (prāṇebhyaḥ) - for the vital breaths (prāṇa) (for the vital breaths, to the vital breaths)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life force, vital principle

From pra-√an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Indicates the purpose or beneficiary of the eating.

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

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yajus

yajus - sacrificial prayer, prose mantra (from Yajurveda)

From √yaj (to sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Means by recitation of a Yajus text.

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Refers to morsels of food (implied).

षट् (ṣaṭ) - six

(numeral)

Note: Refers to morsels of food (implied).

प्राश्नीयात् (prāśnīyāt) - one should consume (one should eat, one should partake)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of prāś

Prefix: pra

Root: aś (class 9)

Note: An injunction.

अकुत्सयन् (akutsayan) - without expressing any disdain (for the food) (not reviling, not blaming, without contempt)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akutsayat

akutsayat - not reviling, not blaming

Present Active Participle

Negative particle 'a' + kutsayat (reviling), from √kuts (to revile, blame)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kutsayat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kutsayat – reviling, blaming
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From √kuts (to revile, blame)
  Root: kuts (class 10)

Note: Refers to the person eating. Functions adverbially.