महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-77, verse-16

गवां मूत्रपुरीषस्य नोद्विजेत कदाचन ।
न चासां मांसमश्नीयाद्गवां व्युष्टिं तथाश्नुते ॥१६॥

16. gavāṁ mūtrapurīṣasya nodvijeta kadācana ,
na cāsāṁ māṁsamaśnīyādgavāṁ vyuṣṭiṁ tathāśnute.

16. gavām mūtrapurīṣasya na udvijeta kadācana na ca
āsām māṃsam aśnīyāt gavām vyuṣṭim tathā aśnute

16. gavām mūtrapurīṣasya kadācana na udvijeta ca āsām
māṃsam na aśnīyāt tathā gavām vyuṣṭim aśnute

16. One should never feel aversion towards the urine and dung of cows. And one should not eat their flesh; by this, one truly obtains the benefits associated with cows.

Words meanings summery:

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

• मूत्रपुरीषस्य (mūtrapurīṣasya) - of urine and dung

• न (na) - not, no

• उद्विजेत (udvijeta) - one should be agitated, disgusted, troubled

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with 'na') (ever, at any time)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and

• आसाम् (āsām) - of these (cows)

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, meat

• अश्नीयात् (aśnīyāt) - one should eat

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

• व्युष्टिम् (vyuṣṭim) - benefit, excellent result, prosperity

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• अश्नुते (aśnute) - one enjoys, attains

Words meanings and morphology

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

मूत्रपुरीषस्य (mūtrapurīṣasya) - of urine and dung

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of mūtrapurīṣa

mūtrapurīṣa - urine and dung

Compound type : dvandva (mūtra+purīṣa)

• mūtra – urine
  noun (neuter)
• purīṣa – feces, dung
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उद्विजेत (udvijeta) - one should be agitated, disgusted, troubled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of ud-vij

Root: vij (class 6)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with 'na') (ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आसाम् (āsām) - of these (cows)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh, meat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - flesh, meat

अश्नीयात् (aśnīyāt) - one should eat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of aś

Root: aś (class 9)

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

व्युष्टिम् (vyuṣṭim) - benefit, excellent result, prosperity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyuṣṭi

vyuṣṭi - dawn, excellent result, good fortune, prosperity, benefit

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अश्नुते (aśnute) - one enjoys, attains

(verb)

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

Root: aś (class 5)

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