महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-63, verse-32

औरभ्रमुत्तरायोगे यस्तु मांसं प्रयच्छति ।
स पितॄन्प्रीणयति वै प्रेत्य चानन्त्यमश्नुते ॥३२॥

32. aurabhramuttarāyoge yastu māṁsaṁ prayacchati ,
sa pitṝnprīṇayati vai pretya cānantyamaśnute.

32. aurabhram uttarāyoge yaḥ tu māṃsam prayacchati
sa pitṝn prīṇayati vai pretya ca ānantyam aśnute

32. yaḥ tu uttarāyoge aurabhram māṃsam prayacchati
saḥ vai pitṝn prīṇayati ca pretya ānantyam aśnute

32. Indeed, whoever offers lamb or mutton during the astrological conjunction of Uttarā (nakṣatra) pleases the ancestors (pitṛs) and, after death, certainly attains endlessness.

Words meanings summery:

• औरभ्रम् (aurabhram) - lamb or mutton

• उत्तरायोगे (uttarāyoge) - during the astrological period when the moon is in an Uttarā nakṣatra (e.g., Uttarā Bhādrapadā or Uttarā Phalgunī) (in the union of Uttarā (nakṣatra))

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, moreover

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - offers, gives

• स (sa) - that (person), he

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors, fathers

• प्रीणयति (prīṇayati) - pleases, satisfies

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, having died

• च (ca) - and

• आनन्त्यम् (ānantyam) - endlessness, eternity, infinity

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains, reaches, enjoys

Words meanings and morphology

औरभ्रम् (aurabhram) - lamb or mutton

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aurabhra

aurabhra - belonging to a sheep/ram, mutton, lamb

derived from urabhra (sheep/ram)

Note: Modifies 'māṃsam'.

उत्तरायोगे (uttarāyoge) - during the astrological period when the moon is in an Uttarā nakṣatra (e.g., Uttarā Bhādrapadā or Uttarā Phalgunī) (in the union of Uttarā (nakṣatra))

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of uttarāyoga

uttarāyoga - conjunction with Uttarā (a nakṣatra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uttarā+yoga)

• uttarā – northern, later, name of certain nakṣatras (Uttarā Bhādrapadā, Uttarā Phalgunī)
  proper noun (feminine)
• yoga – union, conjunction, connection, application, spiritual discipline
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - indeed, but, moreover

(indeclinable)

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat, flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - offers, gives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pra-yam

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

स (sa) - that (person), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - ancestors, fathers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, forefathers

Note: Refers to the deceased ancestors who are to be propitiated.

प्रीणयति (prīṇayati) - pleases, satisfies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prīṇ

Root: prī (class 9)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death, having died

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root i (to go) + prefix pra + -tya suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आनन्त्यम् (ānantyam) - endlessness, eternity, infinity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ānantya

ānantya - endlessness, eternity, infinity

अश्नुते (aśnute) - attains, reaches, enjoys

(verb)

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

Root: aś (class 5)