महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-63

ये वर्जयन्ति मांसानि मासशः पक्षशोऽपि वा ।
तेषां हिंसानिवृत्तानां ब्रह्मलोको विधीयते ॥६३॥

63. ye varjayanti māṁsāni māsaśaḥ pakṣaśo'pi vā ,
teṣāṁ hiṁsānivṛttānāṁ brahmaloko vidhīyate.

63. ye varjayanti māṃsāni māsaśaḥ pakṣaśaḥ api vā
teṣām hiṃsānivṛttānām brahmalokaḥ vidhīyate

63. For those who abstain from meats, either monthly or even fortnightly, the world of [brahman] (brahmaloka) is ordained, as they have ceased from violence.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (referring to people) (those who, which)

• वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they abstain from (they avoid, they shun, they renounce)

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats (as food) (meats, flesh)

• मासशः (māsaśaḥ) - monthly (month by month, monthly)

• पक्षशः (pakṣaśaḥ) - fortnightly (fortnight by fortnight, fortnightly)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (to them, for them, of them)

• हिंसानिवृत्तानाम् (hiṁsānivṛttānām) - of those who have ceased from violence (of those abstaining from violence, those who have ceased from injury)

• ब्रह्मलोकः (brahmalokaḥ) - the world of [brahman] (the world of [brahman], the realm of [brahman])

• विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is ordained (is ordained, is prescribed, is arranged)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (referring to people) (those who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what, that

Note: Relative pronoun

वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they abstain from (they avoid, they shun, they renounce)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of varjaya

causative stem varjaya-

From root vṛj (cl. 1, 6) 'to shun, avoid' with causative suffix ṇic.

Root: vṛj (class 1)

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats (as food) (meats, flesh)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat

मासशः (māsaśaḥ) - monthly (month by month, monthly)

(indeclinable)

From māsa (month) + śas (suffix indicating distribution/repetition)

Note: Adverbial suffix -śaḥ

पक्षशः (pakṣaśaḥ) - fortnightly (fortnight by fortnight, fortnightly)

(indeclinable)

From pakṣa (fortnight) + śas (suffix indicating distribution/repetition)

Note: Adverbial suffix -śaḥ

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (to them, for them, of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'ye'

हिंसानिवृत्तानाम् (hiṁsānivṛttānām) - of those who have ceased from violence (of those abstaining from violence, those who have ceased from injury)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hiṃsānivṛtta

hiṁsānivṛtta - abstaining from violence, desisting from injury

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hiṃsā+nivṛtta)

• hiṃsā – injury, violence
  noun (feminine)
  From root hiṃs 'to injure'
  Root: hiṃs
• nivṛtta – ceased, returned, abstained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from ni-√vṛt 'to turn back, desist'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'teṣām'

ब्रह्मलोकः (brahmalokaḥ) - the world of [brahman] (the world of [brahman], the realm of [brahman])

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmaloka

brahmaloka - the world of [brahman], the highest heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+loka)

• brahman – the Absolute, universal spirit
  noun (neuter)
• loka – world, realm, sphere
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of vidhīyate

विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is ordained (is ordained, is prescribed, is arranged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of vi-√dhā

passive stem

From root dhā (cl. 3U) 'to place, put' with prefix vi-, passive voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)