महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-26

न हि मांसं तृणात्काष्ठादुपलाद्वापि जायते ।
हत्वा जन्तुं ततो मांसं तस्माद्दोषोऽस्य भक्षणे ॥२६॥

26. na hi māṁsaṁ tṛṇātkāṣṭhādupalādvāpi jāyate ,
hatvā jantuṁ tato māṁsaṁ tasmāddoṣo'sya bhakṣaṇe.

26. na hi māṃsaṃ tṛṇāt kāṣṭhāt upalāt vā api jāyate
hatvā jantuṃ tataḥ māṃsaṃ tasmāt doṣaḥ asya bhakṣaṇe

26. Indeed, meat is not born from grass, wood, or even stone. One obtains meat only by killing a living being. Therefore, there is a fault in its consumption.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• मांसं (māṁsaṁ) - meat, flesh

• तृणात् (tṛṇāt) - from grass

• काष्ठात् (kāṣṭhāt) - from wood, from a piece of wood

• उपलात् (upalāt) - from stone, from a rock

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, is produced

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having struck

• जन्तुं (jantuṁ) - a living being, creature, animal

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, thence, then

• मांसं (māṁsaṁ) - meat, flesh

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, sin, defect, blemish

• अस्य (asya) - of its (consumption) (of its, of this)

• भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consumption

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

मांसं (māṁsaṁ) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

तृणात् (tṛṇāt) - from grass

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw

काष्ठात् (kāṣṭhāt) - from wood, from a piece of wood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, log, timber

उपलात् (upalāt) - from stone, from a rock

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of upala

upala - stone, rock

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born, originates, is produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jan

Present 3rd Person Singular (Ātmanepada)

root jan, class 4, present tense

Root: jan (class 4)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having struck

(absolutive)

जन्तुं (jantuṁ) - a living being, creature, animal

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, animal

Root: jan (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, thence, then

(indeclinable)

from tad (that)

मांसं (māṁsaṁ) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad, used adverbially

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, sin, defect, blemish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, blemish

Root: duṣ (class 4)

अस्य (asya) - of its (consumption) (of its, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

genitive singular masculine/neuter of idam

भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consumption

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhakṣaṇa

bhakṣaṇa - eating, consuming, devouring

verbal noun

from root bhakṣ (to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)