महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-199, verse-21

अध्याक्रम्य पशूंश्चापि घ्नन्ति वै भक्षयन्ति च ।
वृक्षानथौषधीश्चैव छिन्दन्ति पुरुषा द्विज ॥२१॥

21. adhyākramya paśūṁścāpi ghnanti vai bhakṣayanti ca ,
vṛkṣānathauṣadhīścaiva chindanti puruṣā dvija.

21. adhyākramya paśūn ca api ghnanti vai bhakṣayanti ca
vṛkṣān atha auṣadhīḥ ca eva chindanti puruṣā dvija

21. O twice-born (dvija), men also overpower and kill animals, and they eat them. Furthermore, they cut down trees and plants.

21. הו בְּרַהְמִין, בני אדם גם משתלטים על בעלי חיים, הורגים אותם ואוכלים אותם, וכורתים עצים וצמחי מרפא.

Words meanings summery:

• अध्याक्रम्य (adhyākramya) - having attacked, having overpowered, having stepped upon

• पशून् (paśūn) - animals, cattle, beasts

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike

• वै (vai) - verily, indeed, surely

• भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they eat, they devour

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

• अथ (atha) - then, moreover, now, therefore

• औषधीः (auṣadhīḥ) - plants, herbs, medicines

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, even, just

• छिन्दन्ति (chindanti) - they cut, they cut off, they sever

• पुरुषा (puruṣā) - men, persons

• द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born, O brahmin

Words meanings and morphology

अध्याक्रम्य (adhyākramya) - having attacked, having overpowered, having stepped upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root kram with upasargas adhi and ā

Prefixes: adhi+ā

Root: kram (class 1)

पशून् (paśūn) - animals, cattle, beasts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, cattle, beast

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of han

Root: han (class 2)

वै (vai) - verily, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they eat, they devour

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhakṣ

Desiderative/denominative of bhakṣ (to eat)

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

अथ (atha) - then, moreover, now, therefore

(indeclinable)

औषधीः (auṣadhīḥ) - plants, herbs, medicines

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of auṣadhī

auṣadhī - plant, herb, medicinal plant, drug

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, even, just

(indeclinable)

छिन्दन्ति (chindanti) - they cut, they cut off, they sever

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

पुरुषा (puruṣā) - men, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being

द्विज (dvija) - O twice-born, O brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth

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