महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-41, verse-17

प्रनष्टं नस्तपः पुण्यं न हि नस्तन्तुरस्ति वै ।
अस्ति त्वेकोऽद्य नस्तन्तुः सोऽपि नास्ति यथा तथा ॥१७॥

17. pranaṣṭaṁ nastapaḥ puṇyaṁ na hi nastanturasti vai ,
asti tveko'dya nastantuḥ so'pi nāsti yathā tathā.

17. pranaṣṭam naḥ tapaḥ puṇyam na hi naḥ tantuḥ asti vai
asti tu ekaḥ adya naḥ tantuḥ saḥ api na asti yathā tathā

17. Our meritorious penance is lost, and indeed, we have no progeny. Although we have one descendant today, he is as good as non-existent.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रनष्टम् (pranaṣṭam) - lost, gone to waste (lost, ruined, vanished)

• नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - penance, austerity

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious (merit, virtue, good deed, auspicious)

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

• तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - progeny, descendant (thread, lineage, progeny)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

• तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - progeny, descendant (thread, lineage, progeny)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यथा (yathā) - as if (as, just as, in what manner)

• तथा (tathā) - as if (non-existent) (so, thus, in that manner)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रनष्टम् (pranaṣṭam) - lost, gone to waste (lost, ruined, vanished)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pranaṣṭa

pranaṣṭa - lost, ruined, vanished, destroyed

past participle

Derived from root naś (to perish) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तपः (tapaḥ) - penance, austerity

(noun)

neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - penance, austerity, religious devotion, heat

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious (merit, virtue, good deed, auspicious)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - merit, virtue, good deed; auspicious, meritorious, pure

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - progeny, descendant (thread, lineage, progeny)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, lineage, progeny, offspring, descendant

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique, sole

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our (our, to us, us)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तन्तुः (tantuḥ) - progeny, descendant (thread, lineage, progeny)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tantu

tantu - thread, string, lineage, progeny, offspring, descendant

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - as if (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - as if (non-existent) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)