महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-2

मांसैर्बहुविधैः प्रोक्तस्त्वया श्राद्धविधिः पुरा ।
अहत्वा च कुतो मांसमेवमेतद्विरुध्यते ॥२॥

2. māṁsairbahuvidhaiḥ proktastvayā śrāddhavidhiḥ purā ,
ahatvā ca kuto māṁsamevametadvirudhyate.

2. māṃsaiḥ bahuvidhaiḥ proktaḥ tvayā śrāddhavidhiḥ
purā ahatvā ca kutaḥ māṃsam evam etat virudhyate

2. purā tvayā bahuvidhaiḥ māṃsaiḥ śrāddhavidhiḥ
proktaḥ ca ahatvā māṃsam kutaḥ evam etat virudhyate

2. "You previously prescribed the ritual of ancestral rites (śrāddha) with many kinds of meat. And how can there be meat without killing? This thus creates a contradiction."

Words meanings summery:

• मांसैः (māṁsaiḥ) - by/with meat, by/with flesh

• बहुविधैः (bahuvidhaiḥ) - of various kinds, manifold

• प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, prescribed, stated

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• श्राद्धविधिः (śrāddhavidhiḥ) - the rule/method of ancestral rites (śrāddha)

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in the past

• अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without killing, having not killed

• च (ca) - and, also

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (is it possible) (whence, from where, how)

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• एतत् (etat) - this (situation/contradiction) (this)

• विरुध्यते (virudhyate) - is contradicted, conflicts, opposes

Words meanings and morphology

मांसैः (māṁsaiḥ) - by/with meat, by/with flesh

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat, body

बहुविधैः (bahuvidhaiḥ) - of various kinds, manifold

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, manifold, various

Compound adjective.

Compound type : bahuvrihi or tatpuruṣa (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – much, many, numerous
  adjective (masculine)
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'māṃsaiḥ'.

प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, prescribed, stated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prokta

prokta - declared, stated, prescribed, announced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root vac (to speak) with the prefix pra- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of 'proktaḥ'.

श्राद्धविधिः (śrāddhavidhiḥ) - the rule/method of ancestral rites (śrāddha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrāddhavidhi

śrāddhavidhi - the rule or procedure for ancestral rites (śrāddha)

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrāddha+vidhi)

• śrāddha – ancestral rites, funeral obsequies, faith
  noun (neuter)
  From śrat (faith) + dhā (to place).
• vidhi – rule, method, ordinance, injunction, ritual
  noun (masculine)
  From the root dhā (to place) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in the past

(indeclinable)

अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without killing, having not killed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerundial form derived from the root han (to kill) with the negative prefix a-.

Prefix: a

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how (is it possible) (whence, from where, how)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial interrogative.

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat, body

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (situation/contradiction) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Refers to the entire statement.

विरुध्यते (virudhyate) - is contradicted, conflicts, opposes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of virudh

From the root rudh (to obstruct, block) with the prefix vi-. Used in the middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Here carrying a passive sense ('is contradicted').