महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-7

भीष्म उवाच ।
मांसस्य भक्षणे राजन्योऽधर्मः कुरुपुंगव ।
तं मे शृणु यथातत्त्वं यश्चास्य विधिरुत्तमः ॥७॥

7. bhīṣma uvāca ,
māṁsasya bhakṣaṇe rājanyo'dharmaḥ kurupuṁgava ,
taṁ me śṛṇu yathātattvaṁ yaścāsya vidhiruttamaḥ.

7. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca māṃsasya bhakṣaṇe rājan yaḥ adharmaḥ kurupuṅgava
tam me śṛṇu yathātattvam yaḥ ca asya vidhiḥ uttamaḥ

7. Bhishma spoke: "O King, O best among Kurus, hear from me about the unrighteousness (adharma) involved in eating meat, precisely as it is, and also what its excellent rule is."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat, pertaining to flesh

• भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consuming

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Yudhishthira (O king!)

• यः (yaḥ) - the unrighteousness (adharma) which exists (who, which, what)

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

• कुरुपुङ्गव (kurupuṅgava) - Addressed to Yudhishthira, a descendant of Kuru (O best among Kurus!)

• तम् (tam) - referring to the 'adharma' (unrighteousness) (that (masculine accusative))

• मे (me) - hear from me (as the source of information) (to me, from me, my)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!

• यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - exactly as it is, truthfully, according to the truth

• यः (yaḥ) - referring to the rule ('vidhiḥ') which is excellent (who, which)

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• विधिः (vidhiḥ) - rule, method, injunction, ordinance

• उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, highest

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense form (liṭ)

Root: vac (class 2)

मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat, pertaining to flesh

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

भक्षणे (bhakṣaṇe) - in eating, in consuming

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhakṣaṇa

bhakṣaṇa - eating, consuming

Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Yudhishthira (O king!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यः (yaḥ) - the unrighteousness (adharma) which exists (who, which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, impiety, violation of natural law

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'dharma'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• dharma – righteousness, natural law, constitution, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

कुरुपुङ्गव (kurupuṅgava) - Addressed to Yudhishthira, a descendant of Kuru (O best among Kurus!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurupuṅgava

kurupuṅgava - best among Kurus, eminent Kuru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+puṅgava)

• kuru – name of an ancient kingdom or dynasty; a descendant of Kuru
  proper noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – a bull; a chief, best, eminent (often used as suffix to mean 'best among')
  noun (masculine)

तम् (tam) - referring to the 'adharma' (unrighteousness) (that (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

मे (me) - hear from me (as the source of information) (to me, from me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form for the first person singular pronoun, functioning as a dative or genitive.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative form (loṭ)

Root: śru (class 5)

यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - exactly as it is, truthfully, according to the truth

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - referring to the rule ('vidhiḥ') which is excellent (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

विधिः (vidhiḥ) - rule, method, injunction, ordinance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, injunction, ordinance, destiny

Derived from root dhā (to place, put) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, best, highest, supreme