महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-31

यस्माद्ग्रसति चैवायुर्हिंसकानां महाद्युते ।
तस्माद्विवर्जयेन्मांसं य इच्छेद्भूतिमात्मनः ॥३१॥

31. yasmādgrasati caivāyurhiṁsakānāṁ mahādyute ,
tasmādvivarjayenmāṁsaṁ ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ.

31. yasmāt grasati ca eva āyuḥ hiṃsakānām mahādyute
tasmāt vivarjayet māṃsam yaḥ icchet bhūtim ātmanaḥ

31. mahādyute yasmāt ca eva hiṃsakānām āyuḥ grasati
tasmāt yaḥ ātmanaḥ bhūtim icchet māṃsam vivarjayet

31. Because it consumes the very life of those who cause harm, O greatly radiant one, therefore, whoever desires their own well-being (ātman) should abstain from meat.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from which, because of which, since

• ग्रसति (grasati) - consumes, devours, seizes

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

• आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, duration of life

• हिंसकानाम् (hiṁsakānām) - of those who harm, of aggressors, of killers

• महाद्युते (mahādyute) - O greatly radiant one, O highly glorious one

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore, hence

• विवर्जयेत् (vivarjayet) - should avoid, should shun, should abstain from

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, wishes

• भूतिम् (bhūtim) - prosperity, well-being, welfare, power

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, of the self (ātman), of the soul

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from which, because of which, since

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'because' or 'since'.

ग्रसति (grasati) - consumes, devours, seizes

(verb)

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

Root: gras (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आयुः (āyuḥ) - life, duration of life

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus

āyus - life, duration of life

हिंसकानाम् (hiṁsakānām) - of those who harm, of aggressors, of killers

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hiṃsaka

hiṁsaka - harming, injurious, killer, aggressor

agent noun

Derived from root hiṃs (to harm) + ṇaka (agent suffix)

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

Note: Used substantively to refer to those who cause harm.

महाद्युते (mahādyute) - O greatly radiant one, O highly glorious one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - great radiance, great splendor; one with great radiance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+dyuti)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• dyuti – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dyut (class 1)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, therefore, hence

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

विवर्जयेत् (vivarjayet) - should avoid, should shun, should abstain from

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vivarj

Causative from root vṛj with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛj (class 1)

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should desire, wishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भूतिम् (bhūtim) - prosperity, well-being, welfare, power

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūti

bhūti - prosperity, welfare, well-being, power, ashes

Derived from root bhū (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, of the self (ātman), of the soul

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essential nature

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