महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-115, verse-13

भेरीशङ्खमृदङ्गाद्यांस्तन्त्रीशब्दांश्च पुष्कलान् ।
निषेविष्यन्ति वै मन्दा मांसभक्षाः कथं नराः ॥१३॥

13. bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādyāṁstantrīśabdāṁśca puṣkalān ,
niṣeviṣyanti vai mandā māṁsabhakṣāḥ kathaṁ narāḥ.

13. bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādyān tantrīśabdān ca puṣkalān
niṣeviṣyanti vai mandāḥ māṃsabhakṣāḥ katham narāḥ

13. katham mandāḥ māṃsabhakṣāḥ narāḥ vai bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādyān
ca puṣkalān tantrīśabdān niṣeviṣyanti

13. How can foolish, meat-eating people truly appreciate the abundant sounds of drums (bherī), conches (śaṅkha), mṛdaṅgas, and other stringed instruments?

Words meanings summery:

• भेरीशङ्खमृदङ्गाद्यान् (bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādyān) - (sounds) of drums, conches, mṛdaṅgas, and the like

• तन्त्रीशब्दान् (tantrīśabdān) - sounds of stringed instruments

• च (ca) - and

• पुष्कलान् (puṣkalān) - abundant, ample, excellent

• निषेविष्यन्ति (niṣeviṣyanti) - will enjoy, will partake of

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• मन्दाः (mandāḥ) - foolish, dull, slow

• मांसभक्षाः (māṁsabhakṣāḥ) - meat-eaters, those who eat meat

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

Words meanings and morphology

भेरीशङ्खमृदङ्गाद्यान् (bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādyān) - (sounds) of drums, conches, mṛdaṅgas, and the like

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādi

bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādi - beginning with drums, conches, and mṛdaṅgas; etc.

compound of bherī, śaṅkha, mṛdaṅga, and ādi

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (bherī+śaṅkha+mṛdaṅga+ādi)

• bherī – drum
  noun (feminine)
• śaṅkha – conch, conch-shell
  noun (masculine)
• mṛdaṅga – a kind of drum, mridangam
  noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective form of the compound, modifying 'tantrīśabdān'.

तन्त्रीशब्दान् (tantrīśabdān) - sounds of stringed instruments

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tantrīśabda

tantrīśabda - sound of a stringed instrument

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tantrī+śabda)

• tantrī – string (of a musical instrument)
  noun (feminine)
• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुष्कलान् (puṣkalān) - abundant, ample, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puṣkala

puṣkala - abundant, plentiful, full, excellent, loud

Note: Modifies 'tantrīśabdān' and also implied for 'bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgādyān'.

निषेविष्यन्ति (niṣeviṣyanti) - will enjoy, will partake of

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of sev

future, middle voice

Prefix: ni

Root: sev (class 1)

Note: The 'ṣ' comes from 'ni' prefix affecting 's'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

मन्दाः (mandāḥ) - foolish, dull, slow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manda

manda - slow, dull, foolish, weak

Note: Modifies 'narāḥ'.

मांसभक्षाः (māṁsabhakṣāḥ) - meat-eaters, those who eat meat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māṃsabhakṣa

māṁsabhakṣa - meat-eater, one who eats flesh

tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+bhakṣa)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• bhakṣa – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  from bhakṣ (desiderative of bhaj)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'narāḥ'.

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of the sentence.