महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-56, verse-5

राजोवाच ।
षष्ठे काले ममाहारो विहितो द्विजसत्तम ।
न च शक्यः समुत्स्रष्टुं क्षुधितेन मयाद्य वै ॥५॥

5. rājovāca ,
ṣaṣṭhe kāle mamāhāro vihito dvijasattama ,
na ca śakyaḥ samutsraṣṭuṁ kṣudhitena mayādya vai.

5. rājā uvāca ṣaṣṭhe kāle mama āhāraḥ vihitaḥ dvijasattama
na ca śakyaḥ samutsraṣṭum kṣuditena mayā adya vai

5. The King said: 'O best among the twice-born, my meal is prescribed for the sixth hour. It is indeed impossible for me, being hungry, to give it up today.'

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - the King

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - at the sixth period of the day or mealtime (in the sixth, at the sixth)

• काले (kāle) - at the mealtime (at the time, in the period)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आहारः (āhāraḥ) - food, meal, consumption

• विहितः (vihitaḥ) - prescribed, ordained, performed, arranged

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among brahmins (O best among the twice-born)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible, capable of being done

• समुत्स्रष्टुम् (samutsraṣṭum) - to give up, to abandon, to release

• क्षुदितेन (kṣuditena) - by one who is hungry, by a hungry person

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अद्य (adya) - today

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - the King

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - at the sixth period of the day or mealtime (in the sixth, at the sixth)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth

काले (kāle) - at the mealtime (at the time, in the period)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration, suitable time

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

आहारः (āhāraḥ) - food, meal, consumption

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āhāra

āhāra - food, meal, diet, collection, bringing near

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

विहितः (vihitaḥ) - prescribed, ordained, performed, arranged

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihita

vihita - prescribed, ordained, performed, arranged, established

Past Passive Participle (kta suffix)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Declined as an adjective.

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among brahmins (O best among the twice-born)

(compound noun)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya); a bird; a tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, pre-eminent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible, capable of being done

(gerundive)

Note: Declined as an adjective.

समुत्स्रष्टुम् (samutsraṣṭum) - to give up, to abandon, to release

(verb)

infinitive of samutsraṣṭum

Infinitive (tumun suffix)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sṛj (class 6)

क्षुदितेन (kṣuditena) - by one who is hungry, by a hungry person

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣudita

kṣudita - hungry, afflicted by hunger

Past Passive Participle (kta suffix)

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

Note: Declined as an adjective.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)