महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-37

यो हि खादति मांसानि प्राणिनां जीवितार्थिनाम् ।
हतानां वा मृतानां वा यथा हन्ता तथैव सः ॥३७॥

37. yo hi khādati māṁsāni prāṇināṁ jīvitārthinām ,
hatānāṁ vā mṛtānāṁ vā yathā hantā tathaiva saḥ.

37. yaḥ hi khādati māṃsāni prāṇinām jīvitārthinām
hatānām vā mṛtānām vā yathā hantā tathā eva saḥ

37. yaḥ hi jīvitārthinām prāṇinām hatānām vā mṛtānām
vā māṃsāni khādati saḥ yathā hantā tathā eva

37. Whoever indeed consumes the flesh of living beings (prāṇin) who desire to live, whether those beings are killed or already dead, that person is certainly just like the one who kills.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, surely

• खादति (khādati) - eats, consumes

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats, flesh

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

• जीवितार्थिनाम् (jīvitārthinām) - of those desiring to live

• हतानाम् (hatānām) - of those killed, of the slain

• वा (vā) - or, either

• मृतानाम् (mṛtānām) - of those dead, of the deceased

• वा (vā) - or, either

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• हन्ता (hantā) - the killer, slayer

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• सः (saḥ) - he

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Used as a relative pronoun implying 'whoever'.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

खादति (khādati) - eats, consumes

(verb)

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

Root: khād (class 1)

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats, flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature, sentient being

From prāṇa (life, breath) + in (suffix meaning 'possessing')

जीवितार्थिनाम् (jīvitārthinām) - of those desiring to live

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jīvitārthin

jīvitārthin - desiring life, seeking to live

Compound of jīvita (life) and arthin (desiring, seeking)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jīvita+arthin)

• jīvita – life, living, livelihood
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From root jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• arthin – desiring, seeking, supplicant
  adjective (masculine)
  From artha (purpose, object, wealth) + in (suffix)

Note: Agrees with `prāṇinām`.

हतानाम् (hatānām) - of those killed, of the slain

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used substantively, referring to living beings that have been killed.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

मृतानाम् (mṛtānām) - of those dead, of the deceased

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used substantively, referring to living beings that are already dead.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

हन्ता (hantā) - the killer, slayer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hantṛ

hantṛ - killer, slayer, destroyer

Agent noun from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it