महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-254, verse-38

हत्वा सत्त्वानि खादन्ति तान्कथं न विगर्हसे ।
मानुषा मानुषानेव दासभोगेन भुञ्जते ॥३८॥

38. hatvā sattvāni khādanti tānkathaṁ na vigarhase ,
mānuṣā mānuṣāneva dāsabhogena bhuñjate.

38. hatvā sattvāni khādanti tān katham na vigarhase
mānuṣāḥ mānuṣān eva dāsabhogena bhuñjate

38. sattvāni hatvā खादन्ति tān katham na vigarhase
mānuṣāḥ mānuṣān eva dāsabhogena bhuñjate

38. They kill living beings and consume them; why do you not condemn them? Humans indeed exploit other humans by means of servitude.

Words meanings summery:

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

• सत्त्वानि (sattvāni) - living beings, creatures

• खादन्ति (khādanti) - they eat, they consume

• तान् (tān) - them, those (people)

• कथम् (katham) - why, how

• न (na) - not, no

• विगर्हसे (vigarhase) - you censure, you condemn

• मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans, human beings

• मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - humans, human beings

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

• दासभोगेन (dāsabhogena) - by the enjoyment of servitude, by treating as slaves

• भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they enjoy, they consume, they use, they exploit

Words meanings and morphology

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

Root: han (class 2)

सत्त्वानि (sattvāni) - living beings, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sattva

sattva - being, creature, essence, reality

खादन्ति (khādanti) - they eat, they consume

(verb)

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

Root: khād (class 1)

तान् (tān) - them, those (people)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कथम् (katham) - why, how

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विगर्हसे (vigarhase) - you censure, you condemn

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vigarh

Prefix: vi

Root: garh (class 1)

मानुषाः (mānuṣāḥ) - humans, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, pertaining to man

मानुषान् (mānuṣān) - humans, human beings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, pertaining to man

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

(indeclinable)

दासभोगेन (dāsabhogena) - by the enjoyment of servitude, by treating as slaves

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dāsabhoga

dāsabhoga - enjoyment by/of slaves, treating as slaves

Compound type : tatpurusha (dāsa+bhoga)

• dāsa – slave, servant
  noun (masculine)
• bhoga – enjoyment, use, experience
  noun (masculine)

भुञ्जते (bhuñjate) - they enjoy, they consume, they use, they exploit

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)