महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-16

मासि मास्यश्वमेधेन यो यजेत शतं समाः ।
न खादति च यो मांसं सममेतन्मतं मम ॥१६॥

16. māsi māsyaśvamedhena yo yajeta śataṁ samāḥ ,
na khādati ca yo māṁsaṁ samametanmataṁ mama.

16. māsi māsi aśvameḍhena yaḥ yajeta śatam samāḥ
na khādati ca yaḥ māṃsam samam etat matam mama

16. mama etat matam samam (asti yat) yaḥ māsi māsi
aśvameḍhena śatam samāḥ yajeta ca yaḥ māṃsam na khādati

16. My opinion is that one who performs the Vedic ritual (aśvamedha) every month for a hundred years, and one who does not eat meat, are considered equal.

Words meanings summery:

• मासि (māsi) - in the month

• मासि (māsi) - used to denote 'every month' or 'month after month' (in the month)

• अश्वमेढेन (aśvameḍhena) - by means of the horse Vedic ritual

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, one who

• यजेत (yajeta) - would perform a Vedic ritual

• शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• न (na) - not

• खादति (khādati) - eats

• च (ca) - and

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, one who

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• समम् (samam) - equal in merit or status (equal, alike, impartial)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मतम् (matam) - opinion, view, belief

• मम (mama) - my

Words meanings and morphology

मासि (māsi) - in the month

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month, moon

मासि (māsi) - used to denote 'every month' or 'month after month' (in the month)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month, moon

Note: Repetition of locative singular indicates 'every month'.

अश्वमेढेन (aśvameḍhena) - by means of the horse Vedic ritual

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - horse Vedic ritual, a royal Vedic ritual signifying imperial sovereignty

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – Vedic ritual, oblation, offering
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, one who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

यजेत (yajeta) - would perform a Vedic ritual

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of yaj

Root yaj, class 1 (Bhvādi)

Root: yaj (class 1)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred

(numeral)

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

खादति (khādati) - eats

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of khād

Root khād, class 1 (Bhvādi)

Root: khād (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, one who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

समम् (samam) - equal in merit or status (equal, alike, impartial)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, like, even, balanced

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

मतम् (matam) - opinion, view, belief

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mata

mata - opinion, view, doctrine; thought, believed (past passive participle of man)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root man (to think) as a PPP, here used as a noun.

Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)