महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-117, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
इमे वै मानवा लोके भृशं मांसस्य गृद्धिनः ।
विसृज्य भक्षान्विविधान्यथा रक्षोगणास्तथा ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
ime vai mānavā loke bhṛśaṁ māṁsasya gṛddhinaḥ ,
visṛjya bhakṣānvividhānyathā rakṣogaṇāstathā.

1. Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ime vai mānavāḥ loke bhṛśam māṁsasya
gṛddhinaḥ visṛjya bhakṣān vividhān yathā rakṣogaṇāḥ tathā

1. Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ime mānavāḥ loke vai bhṛśam māṁsasya
gṛddhinaḥ vividhān bhakṣān visṛjya yathā rakṣogaṇāḥ tathā

1. Yudhishthira said: 'Indeed, these human beings in the world are excessively greedy for meat, abandoning various other foods, just like hordes of Rākṣasas.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• इमे (ime) - these (human beings) (these (masculine/feminine plural))

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, truly)

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings (human beings, men)

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in this realm)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - excessively (excessively, greatly, very much)

• मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat

• गृद्धिनः (gṛddhinaḥ) - greedy for (greedy, desirous (of))

• विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)

• भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - various foods (foods, edibles)

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various (various, manifold)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

• रक्षोगणाः (rakṣogaṇāḥ) - hordes of Rākṣasas (hordes of Rākṣasas, groups of demons)

• तथा (tathā) - so, just as (connecting with yathā) (so, thus, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira (Yudhishthira (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Yudhiṣṭhira

Yudhiṣṭhira - steadfast in battle (epithet of the eldest Pandava)

compound of yudhi (in battle) + ṣṭhira (steadfast)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, steadfast
  adjective (masculine)
  from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect 3rd person singular parasmaipada

from root vac, reduplicated perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

इमे (ime) - these (human beings) (these (masculine/feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to mānavāḥ

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, truly)

(indeclinable)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - human beings (human beings, men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, pertaining to Manu, descendant of Manu

derived from manu

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in this realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: lok (class 10)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - excessively (excessively, greatly, very much)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of māṁsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

गृद्धिनः (gṛddhinaḥ) - greedy for (greedy, desirous (of))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛddhin

gṛddhin - greedy, eager, covetous, longing for

from root gṛdh (to be greedy)

Root: gṛdh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies mānavāḥ

विसृज्य (visṛjya) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having given up)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

from root sṛj with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Used to form a compound predicate.

भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - various foods (foods, edibles)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhakṣa

bhakṣa - food, edible, prey

from root bhakṣ (to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of visṛjya

विविधान् (vividhān) - various (various, manifold)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse, of different kinds

Note: Qualifies bhakṣān

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

रक्षोगणाः (rakṣogaṇāḥ) - hordes of Rākṣasas (hordes of Rākṣasas, groups of demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rakṣogaṇa

rakṣogaṇa - host of Rākṣasas, demonic multitude

compound of rakṣas (demon) + gaṇa (group)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rakṣas+gaṇa)

• rakṣas – demon, evil spirit, Rākṣasa
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, host, troop
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gaṇ (class 10)

Note: Subject of comparison

तथा (tathā) - so, just as (connecting with yathā) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)