महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-13

मेरुरुत्तममध्यानामधमानां च पक्षिणाम् ।
अविशेषकरो यस्मात्तस्मादेनं त्यजाम्यहम् ॥१३॥

13. meruruttamamadhyānāmadhamānāṁ ca pakṣiṇām ,
aviśeṣakaro yasmāttasmādenaṁ tyajāmyaham.

13. meruḥ uttamamadhyānām adhamānām ca pakṣiṇām
aviśeṣakaraḥ yasmāt tasmāt enam tyajāmi aham

13. aham yasmāt meruḥ uttamamadhyānām adhamānām ca pakṣiṇām aviśeṣakaraḥ,
tasmāt enam tyajāmi

13. I abandon Mount Meru because it makes no distinction among the excellent, the mediocre, and the lowly birds.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru

• उत्तममध्यानाम् (uttamamadhyānām) - of the excellent and mediocre, of the best and middling

• अधमानाम् (adhamānām) - of the lowest, of the inferior

• च (ca) - and

• पक्षिणाम् (pakṣiṇām) - of birds, of winged creatures

• अविशेषकरः (aviśeṣakaraḥ) - making no distinction, impartial, indiscriminate

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (cause) (from which, because)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (consequence) (from that, therefore)

• एनम् (enam) - Mount Meru (this (masculine accusative singular))

• त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I forsake

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru, the mythical golden mountain, center of the world

उत्तममध्यानाम् (uttamamadhyānām) - of the excellent and mediocre, of the best and middling

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of uttamamadhya

uttamamadhya - excellent and mediocre, best and middling

Compound type : dvandva (uttama+madhya)

• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective
• madhya – middle, mediocre, intermediate
  adjective

Note: Declined as masculine/neuter plural genitive, agreeing with pakṣiṇām

अधमानाम् (adhamānām) - of the lowest, of the inferior

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of adhama

adhama - lowest, inferior, vile

Note: Declined as masculine/neuter plural genitive, agreeing with pakṣiṇām

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पक्षिणाम् (pakṣiṇām) - of birds, of winged creatures

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

अविशेषकरः (aviśeṣakaraḥ) - making no distinction, impartial, indiscriminate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aviśeṣakara

aviśeṣakara - making no distinction, impartial, indiscriminate

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+viśeṣakara)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• viśeṣakara – making a distinction, distinguishing
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with Meruḥ

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - because (cause) (from which, because)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

Note: Used here to introduce a causal clause, hence 'because'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (consequence) (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlates with yasmāt, indicating consequence.

एनम् (enam) - Mount Meru (this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

Note: Refers to Mount Meru.

त्यजामि (tyajāmi) - I abandon, I forsake

(verb)

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

present active indicative

1st person singular, parasmaipada, present tense

Root: tyaj (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we