महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-131, verse-17

श्येन उवाच ।
न वराहं न चोक्षाणं न मृगान्विविधांस्तथा ।
भक्षयामि महाराज किमन्नाद्येन तेन मे ॥१७॥

17. śyena uvāca ,
na varāhaṁ na cokṣāṇaṁ na mṛgānvividhāṁstathā ,
bhakṣayāmi mahārāja kimannādyena tena me.

17. śyena uvāca na varāham na ca ukṣāṇam na mṛgān vividhān
tathā bhakṣayāmi mahārāja kim annādyena tena me

17. The hawk said: O great king, I do not eat boars, nor bulls, nor various deer; what use is such food to me?

Words meanings summery:

• श्येन (śyena) - the Hawk (speaking) (hawk, falcon)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• वराहम् (varāham) - boar, wild boar

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• उक्षाणम् (ukṣāṇam) - bull, ox

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

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

• भक्षयामि (bhakṣayāmi) - I eat, I consume

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Śibi (great king)

• किम् (kim) - what use? (what, why, how)

• अन्नाद्येन (annādyena) - by food, by provisions

• तेन (tena) - by that

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

Words meanings and morphology

श्येन (śyena) - the Hawk (speaking) (hawk, falcon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, falcon

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

root vac, reduplicated, Class 2 perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

वराहम् (varāham) - boar, wild boar

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varāha

varāha - boar, wild boar, hog

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

उक्षाणम् (ukṣāṇam) - bull, ox

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ukṣan

ukṣan - bull, ox

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

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

(indeclinable)

भक्षयामि (bhakṣayāmi) - I eat, I consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhakṣ

present active

Causative of root BHAKṢ (Desiderative of BHAKṢA 'to eat'), 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Śibi (great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what use? (what, why, how)

(indeclinable)

interrogative pronoun used adverbially

अन्नाद्येन (annādyena) - by food, by provisions

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of annādya

annādya - food, provisions, eatable

Compound type : tatpurusha (anna+adya)

• anna – food, boiled rice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• adya – to be eaten, food
  gerundive (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

enclitic form