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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-131, verse-2

विहितं भक्षणं राजन्पीड्यमानस्य मे क्षुधा ।
मा भाङ्क्षीर्धर्मलोभेन धर्ममुत्सृष्टवानसि ॥२॥
2. vihitaṁ bhakṣaṇaṁ rājanpīḍyamānasya me kṣudhā ,
mā bhāṅkṣīrdharmalobhena dharmamutsṛṣṭavānasi.
2. vihitam bhakṣaṇam rājan pīḍyamānasya me kṣudhā |
mā bhāṅkṣīḥ dharma-lobhena dharmam utsṛṣṭavān asi
2. "O King, this is my prescribed food, as I am suffering from hunger. Do not break (your word/duty) out of an excessive attachment to (another aspect of) natural law (dharma-lobhena); you have thereby abandoned (utsṛṣṭavān asi) your own intrinsic nature (dharma)."

Words meanings summery:

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  • विहितम् (vihitam) - prescribed, ordained, proper
  • भक्षणम् (bhakṣaṇam) - food, eating
  • राजन् (rājan) - O king
  • पीड्यमानस्य (pīḍyamānasya) - of me, who is suffering from hunger (of one who is being afflicted/tormented)
  • मे (me) - my, of me
  • क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger
  • मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)
  • भाङ्क्षीः (bhāṅkṣīḥ) - you should break, do not break
  • धर्म-लोभेन (dharma-lobhena) - by an excessive attachment to (another aspect of) natural law (by greed for righteousness, by attachment to dharma)
  • धर्मम् (dharmam) - your own intrinsic nature/duty as a king (duty, natural law, righteousness)
  • उत्सृष्टवान् (utsṛṣṭavān) - having abandoned, having given up
  • असि (asi) - you are

Words meanings and morphology

विहितम् (vihitam) - prescribed, ordained, proper
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita
vihita - prescribed, enjoined, proper, done
Past Passive Participle
root `dhā` (to place, hold) with prefix `vi`
Prefix: vi
Root: dhā (class 3)
भक्षणम् (bhakṣaṇam) - food, eating
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhakṣaṇa
bhakṣaṇa - eating, food, consuming
राजन् (rājan) - O king
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
पीड्यमानस्य (pīḍyamānasya) - of me, who is suffering from hunger (of one who is being afflicted/tormented)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of pīḍyamāna
pīḍyamāna - being tormented, being oppressed, suffering
Present Passive Participle
root `pīḍ` (to oppress, torment)
Root: pīḍ (class 10)
मे (me) - my, of me
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of kṣudh
kṣudh - hunger, appetite
मा (mā) - do not (prohibitive particle)
(indeclinable)
भाङ्क्षीः (bhāṅkṣīḥ) - you should break, do not break
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, aorist (injunctive) (luṅ) of bhañj
Root: bhañj (class 7)
धर्म-लोभेन (dharma-lobhena) - by an excessive attachment to (another aspect of) natural law (by greed for righteousness, by attachment to dharma)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma-lobha
dharma-lobha - greed for (dharma), attachment to righteousness
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+lobha)
  • dharma – righteousness, natural law, duty
    noun (masculine)
  • lobha – greed, covetousness, desire
    noun (masculine)
धर्मम् (dharmam) - your own intrinsic nature/duty as a king (duty, natural law, righteousness)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - righteousness, natural law (dharma), duty
उत्सृष्टवान् (utsṛṣṭavān) - having abandoned, having given up
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of utsṛṣṭavat
utsṛṣṭavat - having abandoned, having left (Past Active Participle)
Past Active Participle
root `sṛj` (to create, emit) with prefix `ut`
Prefix: ut
Root: sṛj (class 6)
असि (asi) - you are
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as
Root: as (class 2)