योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-109, verse-16

तदप्यङ्गीकृतं तेन देहीति वदता पुनः ।
मन्मांसभक्षणं क्षीणवृत्तिनाऽऽश्लेषवृत्तिना ॥ १६ ॥

tadapyaṅgīkṛtaṃ tena dehīti vadatā punaḥ ,
manmāṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ kṣīṇavṛttinā''śleṣavṛttinā 16

16. tat api aṅgīkṛtam tena dehi iti vadatā punaḥ
mat-māṃsa-bhakṣaṇam kṣīṇa-vṛttinā ā-śleṣa-vṛttinā

16. dehi iti punaḥ vadatā kṣīṇa-vṛttinā ā-śleṣa-vṛttinā
tena mat-māṃsa-bhakṣaṇam tat api aṅgīkṛtam

16. That (offer) for the eating of my own flesh was also accepted by him, who was crying out 'Give!' again, his means of subsistence exhausted, and whose only recourse was desperate clinging.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that offer (of the father's flesh) (that, it)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अङ्गीकृतम् (aṅgīkṛtam) - accepted, agreed to

• तेन (tena) - by him

• देहि (dehi) - give!

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• वदता (vadatā) - by one speaking/saying

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

• मत्-मांस-भक्षणम् (mat-māṁsa-bhakṣaṇam) - the eating of my flesh

• क्षीण-वृत्तिना (kṣīṇa-vṛttinā) - by one whose means of subsistence are exhausted, by a destitute person

• आ-श्लेष-वृत्तिना (ā-śleṣa-vṛttinā) - by one whose only recourse is clinging, by one whose mode of action is embrace

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that offer (of the father's flesh) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the offer made in the previous verse

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अङ्गीकृतम् (aṅgīkṛtam) - accepted, agreed to

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṅgīkṛta

aṅgīkṛta - accepted, agreed to, assented

past passive participle

Past passive participle of the denominative verb 'aṅgīkṛ' (to accept, to agree), formed from the indeclinable 'aṅgī' (agreement) and root 'kṛ' (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'tat' and 'mat-māṃsa-bhakṣaṇam'

तेन (tena) - by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'aṅgīkṛtam'

देहि (dehi) - give!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dā

imperative

2nd person singular, active voice, from root 'dā' (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of a direct quote

वदता (vadatā) - by one speaking/saying

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, saying, uttering

present active participle

From root 'vad' (to speak) with the -śatṛ suffix

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tena'

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'vadatā'

मत्-मांस-भक्षणम् (mat-māṁsa-bhakṣaṇam) - the eating of my flesh

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mad-māṃsa-bhakṣaṇa

mad-māṁsa-bhakṣaṇa - the eating of one's own flesh

From 'mad' (my, from 'asmad' stem), 'māṃsa' (flesh), and 'bhakṣaṇa' (eating)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+māṃsa+bhakṣaṇa)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
  Stem form of 'asmad' (I) used in compounds
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)
• bhakṣaṇa – eating, consuming
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root 'bhakṣ' (to eat) with suffix -ana
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

क्षीण-वृत्तिना (kṣīṇa-vṛttinā) - by one whose means of subsistence are exhausted, by a destitute person

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa-vṛttin

kṣīṇa-vṛttin - having exhausted means of living, destitute, whose livelihood is diminished

From 'kṣīṇa' (exhausted) and 'vṛtti' (livelihood) with the possessive suffix -in

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṣīṇa+vṛtti)

• kṣīṇa – exhausted, wasted, diminished
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root 'kṣi' (to waste, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• vṛtti – livelihood, means of subsistence, course of action
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'vṛt' (to be, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tena'

आ-श्लेष-वृत्तिना (ā-śleṣa-vṛttinā) - by one whose only recourse is clinging, by one whose mode of action is embrace

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ā-śleṣa-vṛttin

ā-śleṣa-vṛttin - whose means/mode of subsistence is clinging/embracing, whose only recourse is desperate clinging

From 'ā-śleṣa' (clinging, embrace) and 'vṛtti' (means, mode of action) with the possessive suffix -in

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ā-śleṣa+vṛtti)

• ā-śleṣa – clinging, embrace, adhesion
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix 'ā-' and root 'śliṣ' (to cling, embrace)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śliṣ (class 1)
• vṛtti – livelihood, course of action, existence, mode
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'vṛt' (to be, exist)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tena'