महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-36, verse-30

तिर्यग्योनिवधं कृत्वा द्रुमांश्छित्त्वेतरान्बहून् ।
त्रिरात्रं वायुभक्षः स्यात्कर्म च प्रथयेन्नरः ॥३०॥

30. tiryagyonivadhaṁ kṛtvā drumāṁśchittvetarānbahūn ,
trirātraṁ vāyubhakṣaḥ syātkarma ca prathayennaraḥ.

30. tiryagyonivadham kṛtvā drumān chittvā itarān bahūn
trirātram vāyubhakṣaḥ syāt karma ca prathayet naraḥ

30. naraḥ tiryagyonivadham kṛtvā bahūn itarān drumān
chittvā trirātram vāyubhakṣaḥ syāt ca karma prathayet

30. Having killed creatures of the lower species (tiryagyonivadha) and cut down many other trees, a man should fast for three nights, subsisting only on air, and should confess his deed (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• तिर्यग्योनिवधम् (tiryagyonivadham) - the killing of animals (killing of animals, slaughter of lower creatures)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made)

• द्रुमान् (drumān) - trees

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut down (having cut, having severed)

• इतरान् (itarān) - other (than those permitted to be cut) (other, different)

• बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous)

• त्रिरात्रम् (trirātram) - for three nights (as a penance) (for three nights, a period of three nights)

• वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - fasting, subsisting only on air (as penance) (subsisting on air, eating air)

• स्यात् (syāt) - he should be (subsisting on air) (should be, may be)

• कर्म (karma) - his wrongful deed (karma) (action, deed, ritual action (karma))

• च (ca) - and

• प्रथयेत् (prathayet) - should confess or disclose (should disclose, should make known, should spread)

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man (who committed the deeds) (a man, a human being)

Words meanings and morphology

तिर्यग्योनिवधम् (tiryagyonivadham) - the killing of animals (killing of animals, slaughter of lower creatures)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tiryagyonivadha

tiryagyonivadha - killing of creatures born in lower species (animals)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tiryagyoni+vadha)

• tiryagyoni – animal birth, lower species
  noun (feminine)
  Compound: tiryak (crooked, horizontal, animal) + yoni (womb, origin)
• vadha – killing, slaughter
  noun (masculine)
  from √vadh 'to strike, kill'
  Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having committed (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

indeclinable past participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

द्रुमान् (drumān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree

Note: Object of 'chittvā'.

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut down (having cut, having severed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

indeclinable past participle

Root: chid (class 7)

इतरान् (itarān) - other (than those permitted to be cut) (other, different)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of itara

itara - other, different, rest

Note: Agrees with 'drumān'.

बहून् (bahūn) - many (many, numerous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Agrees with 'drumān'.

त्रिरात्रम् (trirātram) - for three nights (as a penance) (for three nights, a period of three nights)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trirātra

trirātra - three nights, a period of three days and nights

Compound type : dvigu (tri+rātra)

• tri – three
  numeral
• rātra – night
  noun (neuter)
  from rātri

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration.

वायुभक्षः (vāyubhakṣaḥ) - fasting, subsisting only on air (as penance) (subsisting on air, eating air)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyubhakṣa

vāyubhakṣa - eating air, subsisting on air

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāyu+bhakṣa)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• bhakṣa – food, eating, consuming
  noun (masculine)
  from √bhakṣ 'to eat'
  Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'naraḥ'.

स्यात् (syāt) - he should be (subsisting on air) (should be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कर्म (karma) - his wrongful deed (karma) (action, deed, ritual action (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

from √kṛ 'to do'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'prathayet'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रथयेत् (prathayet) - should confess or disclose (should disclose, should make known, should spread)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prath

causative optative

Causative of √prath 'to spread out'

Root: prath (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man (who committed the deeds) (a man, a human being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of 'syāt' and 'prathayet'.