महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-117, verse-34

मां स भक्षयते यस्माद्भक्षयिष्ये तमप्यहम् ।
एतन्मांसस्य मांसत्वमतो बुध्यस्व भारत ॥३४॥

34. māṁ sa bhakṣayate yasmādbhakṣayiṣye tamapyaham ,
etanmāṁsasya māṁsatvamato budhyasva bhārata.

34. mām sa bhakṣayate yasmāt bhakṣayiṣye tam api aham
| etat māṃsasya māṃsatvam ataḥ budhyasva bhārata

34. Because he eats me, I will also eat him. Therefore, O Bhārata, understand this to be the very nature of flesh (māṃsa) itself.

Words meanings summery:

• माम् (mām) - me

• स (sa) - he, that (person)

• भक्षयते (bhakṣayate) - he eats, he consumes

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since, from which

• भक्षयिष्ये (bhakṣayiṣye) - I will eat, I will consume

• तम् (tam) - him, that (one)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat, of flesh

• मांसत्वम् (māṁsatvam) - the inherent nature of flesh (implying the reciprocal eating) (the state of being meat, meat-ness, carnality)

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

• बुध्यस्व (budhyasva) - understand, know

• भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna/Yudhishthira (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

Words meanings and morphology

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

स (sa) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भक्षयते (bhakṣayate) - he eats, he consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhakṣ

denominative verb derived from bhakṣa (food) or causative of bhaj (to divide, partake)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because, since, from which

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'because'.

भक्षयिष्ये (bhakṣayiṣye) - I will eat, I will consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhakṣ

denominative verb derived from bhakṣa (food) or causative of bhaj (to divide, partake)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

तम् (tam) - him, that (one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to 'sa' (he).

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, it

Note: Refers to the concept of 'māṃsatvam'.

मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of meat, of flesh

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

मांसत्वम् (māṁsatvam) - the inherent nature of flesh (implying the reciprocal eating) (the state of being meat, meat-ness, carnality)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsatva

māṁsatva - the state or condition of being flesh/meat, meat-ness

abstract noun formed by suffix -tva from māṃsa (meat)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'.

बुध्यस्व (budhyasva) - understand, know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of budh

root verb

Root: budh (class 1)

भारत (bhārata) - O Arjuna/Yudhishthira (common address in the Mahābhārata) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, related to Bharata

patronymic or territorial adjective from Bharata