महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-51, verse-28

पायसं वा यवान्नं वा शाकं कृसरमेव वा ।
संयावापूपमांसानि ये च लोका वृथाश्नताम् ।
तानह्नैवाधिगच्छेयं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥२८॥

28. pāyasaṁ vā yavānnaṁ vā śākaṁ kṛsarameva vā ,
saṁyāvāpūpamāṁsāni ye ca lokā vṛthāśnatām ,
tānahnaivādhigaccheyaṁ na ceddhanyāṁ jayadratham.

28. pāyasam vā yavānnam vā śākam kṛsaram
eva vā saṃyāvāpūpamāṃsāni ye ca
lokāḥ vṛthā aśnatām tān ahnā eva
adhigaccheyam na cet hanyām jayadratham

28. ye ca lokāḥ pāyasam vā yavānnam vā śākam vā kṛsaram eva saṃyāvāpūpamāṃsāni vṛthā aśnatām,
tān ahnā eva adhigaccheyam,
na cet jayadratham hanyām

28. The worlds of those who consume rice pudding, or barley meal, or vegetables, or even *kṛsara* (a dish of rice and lentils), or cakes of flour and meat, fruitlessly – those worlds I shall certainly attain this very day, if I do not slay Jayadratha.

Words meanings summery:

• पायसम् (pāyasam) - rice pudding

• वा (vā) - or

• यवान्नम् (yavānnam) - barley food

• वा (vā) - or

• शाकम् (śākam) - vegetable, pot-herb

• कृसरम् (kṛsaram) - a dish of rice and sesame/lentils

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• वा (vā) - or

• संयावापूपमांसानि (saṁyāvāpūpamāṁsāni) - cakes of flour and meat

• ये (ye) - those, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, regions

• वृथा (vṛthā) - without offering or proper ritual (in vain, uselessly, without purpose)

• अश्नताम् (aśnatām) - of those who eat

• तान् (tān) - those worlds (those)

• अह्ना (ahnā) - by day, today, this very day

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• अधिगच्छेयम् (adhigaccheyam) - I would reach, I should obtain

• न (na) - not

• चेत् (cet) - if

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I kill, I slay

• जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha (name of the king Arjuna vows to kill) (Jayadratha)

Words meanings and morphology

पायसम् (pāyasam) - rice pudding

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāyasa

pāyasa - milk-rice, rice pudding

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यवान्नम् (yavānnam) - barley food

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yavānna

yavānna - barley-food, food made of barley

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yava+anna)

• yava – barley
  noun (masculine)
• anna – food, grain, cooked rice
  noun (neuter)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

शाकम् (śākam) - vegetable, pot-herb

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śāka

śāka - vegetable, pot-herb, greens

कृसरम् (kṛsaram) - a dish of rice and sesame/lentils

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛsara

kṛsara - a dish made of rice and sesame or lentils

Note: A type of gruel or porridge.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

संयावापूपमांसानि (saṁyāvāpūpamāṁsāni) - cakes of flour and meat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of saṃyāvāpūpamāṃsa

saṁyāvāpūpamāṁsa - cakes of flour (saṃyāva and apūpa) and meat

Compound type : dvandva (saṃyāva+apūpa+māṃsa)

• saṃyāva – a cake of wheat flour, pancake
  noun (masculine)
• apūpa – cake, bread
  noun (masculine)
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

ये (ye) - those, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, regions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, region, people

वृथा (vṛthā) - without offering or proper ritual (in vain, uselessly, without purpose)

(indeclinable)

Note: In context, eating without offering or proper ritual.

अश्नताम् (aśnatām) - of those who eat

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśnat

aśnat - eating

present active participle

derived from root aś (to eat)

Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to 'those who eat'.

तान् (tān) - those worlds (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'lokāḥ'.

अह्ना (ahnā) - by day, today, this very day

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ahan

ahan - day

Note: Often used adverbially to mean 'by day' or 'today'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

अधिगच्छेयम् (adhigaccheyam) - I would reach, I should obtain

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of adhigam

optative mood, 1st person singular

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a conditional clause.

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I kill, I slay

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of han

optative mood, 1st person singular

Root: han (class 2)

जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha (name of the king Arjuna vows to kill) (Jayadratha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jayadratha

jayadratha - Jayadratha (name of a king)