महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-52

य इच्छेत्पुरुषोऽत्यन्तमात्मानं निरुपद्रवम् ।
स वर्जयेत मांसानि प्राणिनामिह सर्वशः ॥५२॥

52. ya icchetpuruṣo'tyantamātmānaṁ nirupadravam ,
sa varjayeta māṁsāni prāṇināmiha sarvaśaḥ.

52. yaḥ icchet puruṣaḥ atyantam ātmānam nirupadravam
saḥ varjayeta māṃsāni prāṇinām iha sarvaśaḥ

52. yaḥ puruṣaḥ ātmānam atyantam nirupadravam icchet
saḥ iha sarvaśaḥ prāṇinām māṃsāni varjayeta

52. A person (puruṣa) who desires his true self (ātman) to be completely free from trouble should entirely avoid the flesh of living beings in this world.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, which

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - should wish, desires

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, man, spiritual being (puruṣa)

• अत्यन्तम् (atyantam) - extremely, completely, entirely

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self, the soul (ātman)

• निरुपद्रवम् (nirupadravam) - free from trouble, unharmed, safe

• सः (saḥ) - refers back to 'yaḥ puruṣaḥ' (that, he)

• वर्जयेत (varjayeta) - should avoid, renounce

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats, flesh

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

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely, entirely, by all means

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

इच्छेत् (icchet) - should wish, desires

(verb)

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

Optative 3rd singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person, man, spiritual being (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, spiritual being (puruṣa)

अत्यन्तम् (atyantam) - extremely, completely, entirely

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular neuter of 'atyanta' used adverbially.

Note: Adverbial usage.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self, the soul (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

निरुपद्रवम् (nirupadravam) - free from trouble, unharmed, safe

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nirupadrava

nirupadrava - free from trouble, harmless, safe, undisturbed

From 'nir-' (without) + 'upadrava' (calamity, trouble)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmānam'.

सः (saḥ) - refers back to 'yaḥ puruṣaḥ' (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वर्जयेत (varjayeta) - should avoid, renounce

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vṛj

Optative 3rd singular

Root: vṛj (class 1)

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats, flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of animals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature, animal

From 'prāṇa' (life-breath) + '-in' (having)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely, entirely, by all means

(indeclinable)

From 'sarva' (all) + suffix '-śaḥ'