महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-198, verse-31

परेण हि हतान्ब्रह्मन्वराहमहिषानहम् ।
न स्वयं हन्मि विप्रर्षे विक्रीणामि सदा त्वहम् ॥३१॥

31. pareṇa hi hatānbrahmanvarāhamahiṣānaham ,
na svayaṁ hanmi viprarṣe vikrīṇāmi sadā tvaham.

31. pareṇa hi hatān brahman varāhamahiṣān aham na
svayam hanmi viprarṣe vikrīṇāmi sadā tu aham

31. O Brahmin, O sage among Brahmins, I certainly do not kill myself the wild boars and buffaloes that have been killed by others. Instead, I always sell them.

Words meanings summery:

• परेण (pareṇa) - by another, by an outsider

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• हतान् (hatān) - killed, slain

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• वराहमहिषान् (varāhamahiṣān) - wild boars and buffaloes

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not, no

• स्वयम् (svayam) - myself, personally, spontaneously

• हन्मि (hanmi) - I kill, I strike

• विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O sage among Brahmins, O Brahmin-sage

• विक्रीणामि (vikrīṇāmi) - I sell

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

परेण (pareṇa) - by another, by an outsider

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of para

para - other, another, stranger, supreme

Note: Agent of killing

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

हतान् (hatān) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with suffix -kta

Root: han (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a Brahmin, priest; the ultimate reality, cosmic principle

n-stem noun

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Addressed to

वराहमहिषान् (varāhamahiṣān) - wild boars and buffaloes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of varāhamahiṣa

varāhamahiṣa - wild boar and buffalo

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (varāha+mahiṣa)

• varāha – wild boar, hog
  noun (masculine)
• mahiṣa – buffalo
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'hanmi'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, self

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'hanmi' and 'vikrīṇāmi'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'hanmi'

स्वयम् (svayam) - myself, personally, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of sva (self)

हन्मि (hanmi) - I kill, I strike

(verb)

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

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice

From root han (to strike, kill), class 2

Root: han (class 2)

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O sage among Brahmins, O Brahmin-sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - Brahmin-sage, sage among Brahmins

Compound of vipra (Brahmin) and ṛṣi (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vipra+ṛṣi)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to

विक्रीणामि (vikrīṇāmi) - I sell

(verb)

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

Present tense, 1st person singular, active voice

From root krī (to buy) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: krī (class 9)

Note: Second verb in the sentence

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

Adverb

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: Creates contrast

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, self

From root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Repetition for emphasis, common in poetry