महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-195, verse-10

कीर्तिरक्षणमातिष्ठ कीर्तिर्हि परमं बलम् ।
नष्टकीर्तेर्मनुष्यस्य जीवितं ह्यफलं स्मृतम् ॥१०॥

10. kīrtirakṣaṇamātiṣṭha kīrtirhi paramaṁ balam ,
naṣṭakīrtermanuṣyasya jīvitaṁ hyaphalaṁ smṛtam.

10. kīrtirakṣaṇam ātiṣṭha kīrtiḥ hi paramam balam
naṣṭakīrteḥ manuṣyasya jīvitam hi aphalam smṛtam

10. Uphold the protection of your reputation, for fame is indeed the supreme strength. The life of a person whose fame is lost is considered to be fruitless.

Words meanings summery:

• कीर्तिरक्षणम् (kīrtirakṣaṇam) - protection of fame, guarding reputation

• आतिष्ठ (ātiṣṭha) - uphold, resort to, stand by, perform

• कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame, glory, reputation

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• नष्टकीर्तेः (naṣṭakīrteḥ) - of one whose fame is lost, of a disgraced person

• मनुष्यस्य (manuṣyasya) - of a person, of a human being

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

• अफलम् (aphalam) - fruitless, useless, ineffective

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - remembered, considered, stated

Words meanings and morphology

कीर्तिरक्षणम् (kīrtirakṣaṇam) - protection of fame, guarding reputation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kīrtirakṣaṇa

kīrtirakṣaṇa - protection of fame, preservation of reputation

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kīrti+rakṣaṇa)

• kīrti – fame, glory, reputation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kīrt (class 10)
• rakṣaṇa – protection, guarding, preserving
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundial noun
  Derived from √rakṣ (to protect) with suffix -ana
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)

आतिष्ठ (ātiṣṭha) - uphold, resort to, stand by, perform

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood

Root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā, 2nd person singular, active voice

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame, glory, reputation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, glory, reputation, report

Root: kīrt (class 10)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

परमम् (paramam) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, best, excellent

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

नष्टकीर्तेः (naṣṭakīrteḥ) - of one whose fame is lost, of a disgraced person

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of naṣṭakīrti

naṣṭakīrti - whose fame is lost, disgraced, deprived of reputation

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+kīrti)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √naś (to perish, be lost)
  Root: naś (class 4)
• kīrti – fame, glory, reputation
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Adjective modifying 'manuṣyasya'.

मनुष्यस्य (manuṣyasya) - of a person, of a human being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being, person

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living

Past Passive Participle (noun use)

Derived from √jīv (to live), used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely

(indeclinable)

अफलम् (aphalam) - fruitless, useless, ineffective

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aphala

aphala - fruitless, useless, without result, ineffective

Negative prefix a- + phala (fruit)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+phala)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

स्मृतम् (smṛtam) - remembered, considered, stated

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, considered, stated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)