महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-34, verse-19

अयुक्तामात्मनः पूजां त्वं पुनर्बहु मन्यसे ।
हविषः प्राप्य निष्यन्दं प्राशितुं श्वेव निर्जने ॥१९॥

19. ayuktāmātmanaḥ pūjāṁ tvaṁ punarbahu manyase ,
haviṣaḥ prāpya niṣyandaṁ prāśituṁ śveva nirjane.

19. ayuktām ātmanaḥ pūjām tvam punaḥ bahu manyase
haviṣaḥ prāpya niṣyandam prāśitum śvā iva nirjane

19. But you, however, greatly value this honor, unfitting for yourself, just like a dog in a desolate place tastes the drippings of a sacrificial offering (haviṣ).

Words meanings summery:

• अयुक्ताम् (ayuktām) - improper, unsuitable, unfitting, not connected

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, for the self, for oneself

• पूजाम् (pūjām) - worship, honor, reverence, offering

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, but, however, moreover, then

• बहु (bahu) - much, many, greatly

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

• हविषः (haviṣaḥ) - of the oblation, of the sacrificial offering (haviṣ)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having grasped

• निष्यन्दम् (niṣyandam) - the flow, exudation, drippings, essence

• प्राशितुम् (prāśitum) - to eat, to taste, to partake of

• श्वा (śvā) - a dog

• इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

• निर्जने (nirjane) - in a desolate place, in solitude, in wilderness

Words meanings and morphology

अयुक्ताम् (ayuktām) - improper, unsuitable, unfitting, not connected

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayukta

ayukta - improper, unsuitable, unfitting, not joined

Past Passive Participle (negated)

negative particle a- + yukta (joined, proper), from root yuj (to join, connect)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'pūjām'

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, for the self, for oneself

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit (ātman), ego

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Can function as dative ('for oneself') in context

पूजाम् (pūjām) - worship, honor, reverence, offering

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, honor, reverence, offering

Root: pūj (class 10)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, but, however, moreover, then

(indeclinable)

बहु (bahu) - much, many, greatly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'greatly'

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

(verb)

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

Present Middle

2nd person singular, present tense, middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

हविषः (haviṣaḥ) - of the oblation, of the sacrificial offering (haviṣ)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, sacrificial offering (haviṣ), clarified butter

from root hu (to offer)

Root: hu (class 3)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root āp (to obtain) with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

निष्यन्दम् (niṣyandam) - the flow, exudation, drippings, essence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niṣyanda

niṣyanda - flow, exudation, drippings, essence

from root syand (to flow) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: syand (class 1)

प्राशितुम् (prāśitum) - to eat, to taste, to partake of

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

from root aś (to eat, consume) with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: aś (class 9)

श्वा (śvā) - a dog

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

इव (iva) - like, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

निर्जने (nirjane) - in a desolate place, in solitude, in wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nirjana

nirjana - desolate, uninhabited, solitary, empty of people

negative particle nir- + jana (people)