महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-28, verse-21

प्राणादाने च नित्योऽसि हिंसायां वर्तते भवान् ।
नास्ति चेष्टा विना हिंसां किं वा त्वं मन्यसे द्विज ॥२१॥

21. prāṇādāne ca nityo'si hiṁsāyāṁ vartate bhavān ,
nāsti ceṣṭā vinā hiṁsāṁ kiṁ vā tvaṁ manyase dvija.

21. prāṇa ādāne ca nityaḥ asi hiṃsāyām vartate bhavān
na asti ceṣṭā vinā hiṃsām kim vā tvam manyase dvija

21. bhavān prāṇa ādāne ca nityaḥ asi bhavān hiṃsāyām vartate vinā hiṃsām ceṣṭā na asti he dvija,
tvam kim vā manyase?

21. You are constantly involved in taking life, and you engage in violence (hiṃsā). There is no activity (ceṣṭā) without violence (hiṃsā). What then do you believe, O twice-born (dvija)?

Words meanings summery:

• प्राण (prāṇa) - in the context of 'taking life' (life force, breath, vital air)

• आदाने (ādāne) - in the act of taking/destroying life (in the taking, in the seizing, in the receiving)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नित्यः (nityaḥ) - constantly engaged (eternal, constant, perpetual)

• असि (asi) - you are

• हिंसायाम् (hiṁsāyām) - in violence, in injury, in harm

• वर्तते (vartate) - you are engaged (exists, occurs, is engaged, behaves)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), venerable one

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - there is, it is, exists

• चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - effort, activity, movement, exertion

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• हिंसाम् (hiṁsām) - violence, injury, harm

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• वा (vā) - or, and

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you perceive, you believe

• द्विज (dvija) - addressing the listener, likely a Brahmin (O twice-born, O Brahmin)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राण (prāṇa) - in the context of 'taking life' (life force, breath, vital air)

(noun)

masculine, singular of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life force, vital air, energy

Root: an (class 2)

आदाने (ādāne) - in the act of taking/destroying life (in the taking, in the seizing, in the receiving)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ādāna

ādāna - taking, seizing, receiving, grasping

From root dā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नित्यः (nityaḥ) - constantly engaged (eternal, constant, perpetual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nitya

nitya - constant, perpetual, eternal, always

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हिंसायाम् (hiṁsāyām) - in violence, in injury, in harm

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of hiṃsā

hiṁsā - injury, harm, violence, mischief

Root: hiṃs (class 1)

वर्तते (vartate) - you are engaged (exists, occurs, is engaged, behaves)

(verb)

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

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific), venerable one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), your honor, venerable

Present active participle of root bhū, used as a respectful pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - there is, it is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

चेष्टा (ceṣṭā) - effort, activity, movement, exertion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - activity, movement, effort, endeavor, exertion

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

हिंसाम् (hiṁsām) - violence, injury, harm

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hiṃsā

hiṁsā - injury, harm, violence, mischief

Root: hiṃs (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why, how

वा (vā) - or, and

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvad - you (singular, informal)

मन्यसे (manyase) - you think, you perceive, you believe

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

द्विज (dvija) - addressing the listener, likely a Brahmin (O twice-born, O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya; also a bird, a tooth)

Compound: dvi (twice) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral
• ja – born, produced, arisen from
  adjective
  From root jan (to be born) with suffix -a
  Root: jan (class 4)