महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-283, verse-4

रङ्गावतरणं चैव तथा रूपोपजीवनम् ।
मद्यमांसोपजीव्यं च विक्रयो लोहचर्मणोः ॥४॥

4. raṅgāvataraṇaṁ caiva tathā rūpopajīvanam ,
madyamāṁsopajīvyaṁ ca vikrayo lohacarmaṇoḥ.

4. raṅgāvataraṇam ca eva tathā rūpopajīvanam
madyamāṃsopajīvyam ca vikrayaḥ lohacarmaṇoḥ

4. raṅgāvataraṇam ca eva tathā rūpopajīvanam
madyamāṃsopajīvyam ca lohacarmaṇoḥ vikrayaḥ

4. Performing on stage, living by impersonation (or acting), subsisting on liquor and meat, and the selling of iron and hides (are acts abhorred in society).

Words meanings summery:

• रङ्गावतरणम् (raṅgāvataraṇam) - performing on stage (descending onto a stage, theatrical performance, acting)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just, even)

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, similarly, and)

• रूपोपजीवनम् (rūpopajīvanam) - living by impersonation (or acting) (living by one's beauty/appearance, living by dramatic impersonation, living by acting)

• मद्यमांसोपजीव्यम् (madyamāṁsopajīvyam) - subsisting on liquor and meat (living by means of liquor and meat)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विक्रयः (vikrayaḥ) - selling (sale, selling)

• लोहचर्मणोः (lohacarmaṇoḥ) - of iron and hides (of iron and leather/hides)

Words meanings and morphology

रङ्गावतरणम् (raṅgāvataraṇam) - performing on stage (descending onto a stage, theatrical performance, acting)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of raṅgāvataraṇa

raṅgāvataraṇa - descending to the stage, theatrical performance, acting

verbal noun

From raṅga (stage) + ava- + root tṛ (to cross, descend) + -ana suffix.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṅga+avataraṇa)

• raṅga – stage, arena, theater, color
  noun (masculine)
• avataraṇa – descending, stepping down, entering
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From ava- + root tṛ (to cross, descend) + -ana suffix.
  Prefix: ava
  Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Implied subject of an understood verb.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

एव (eva) - also (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, here functioning as 'also'.

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, similarly, and)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

रूपोपजीवनम् (rūpopajīvanam) - living by impersonation (or acting) (living by one's beauty/appearance, living by dramatic impersonation, living by acting)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpopajīvana

rūpopajīvana - living by means of one's appearance, living by dramatic impersonation or acting

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rūpa+upajīvana)

• rūpa – form, appearance, beauty, dramatic role, impersonation
  noun (neuter)
• upajīvana – living by, subsistence, means of livelihood
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From upa- + root jīv- (to live) + -ana suffix.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Implied subject of an understood verb.

मद्यमांसोपजीव्यम् (madyamāṁsopajīvyam) - subsisting on liquor and meat (living by means of liquor and meat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of madyamāṃsopajīvya

madyamāṁsopajīvya - living by means of liquor and meat

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (madya+māṃsa+upajīvya)

• madya – intoxicating liquor
  noun (neuter)
• māṃsa – meat
  noun (neuter)
• upajīvya – that which is to be lived upon/by, means of subsistence
  noun (neuter)
  gerundive
  From upa- + root jīv- (to live) + -ya suffix, used as a noun.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Implied subject of an understood verb.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connective particle.

विक्रयः (vikrayaḥ) - selling (sale, selling)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikraya

vikraya - sale, selling, traffic

From vi- + root krī (to buy) + -a suffix (denoting action).

Prefix: vi

Root: krī (class 9)

Note: Implied subject of an understood verb.

लोहचर्मणोः (lohacarmaṇoḥ) - of iron and hides (of iron and leather/hides)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, dual of lohacarman

lohacarman - iron and hide

Compound type : dvandva (loha+carman)

• loha – iron, metal, copper
  noun (neuter)
• carman – skin, hide, leather
  noun (neuter)

Note: Dependent on `vikrayaḥ`.