महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-79, verse-23

प्रजाश्च यौवनप्राप्ता विनशिष्यन्त्यनो तव ।
अग्निप्रस्कन्दनपरस्त्वं चाप्येवं भविष्यसि ॥२३॥

23. prajāśca yauvanaprāptā vinaśiṣyantyano tava ,
agnipraskandanaparastvaṁ cāpyevaṁ bhaviṣyasi.

23. prajāḥ ca yauvanaprāptāḥ vinaśiṣyanti ano tava
agnipraskandanaparaḥ tvam ca api evam bhaviṣyasi

23. O Anu, your offspring, even if they attain youth, will perish. And you too will become one who neglects the sacred fires.

23. וצאצאיך, הו אַנוּ, יֹאבדו כשיגיעו לנעורים, ואתה בעצמך תהיה שקוע בטקסי האש.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - Anu's children/descendants (progeny, offspring, subjects)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यौवनप्राप्ताः (yauvanaprāptāḥ) - having attained youth, youthful

• विनशिष्यन्ति (vinaśiṣyanti) - they will perish, they will be destroyed

• अनो (ano) - O Anu

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अग्निप्रस्कन्दनपरः (agnipraskandanaparaḥ) - one who neglects the sacred ritual fires and their maintenance (intent on neglecting the sacred fire, prone to letting the fire be extinguished)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will become

Words meanings and morphology

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - Anu's children/descendants (progeny, offspring, subjects)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, people, subjects

Root: jan

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यौवनप्राप्ताः (yauvanaprāptāḥ) - having attained youth, youthful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yauvanaprāpta

yauvanaprāpta - having obtained youth, youthful (yauvana - youth, prāpta - obtained)

Tatpuruṣa compound (yauvanam prāptāḥ).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yauvana+prāpta)

• yauvana – youth, juvenility
  noun (neuter)
• prāpta – obtained, reached, attained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `āp` with `pra` prefix.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Despite `prāpta` typically being masculine, it inflects to agree with `prajāḥ` here.

विनशिष्यन्ति (vinaśiṣyanti) - they will perish, they will be destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vinaś

Root `naś` with `vi` prefix.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

अनो (ano) - O Anu

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anu

anu - Anu (proper name, son of Yayati)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Pronominal adjective modifying `prajāḥ`.

अग्निप्रस्कन्दनपरः (agnipraskandanaparaḥ) - one who neglects the sacred ritual fires and their maintenance (intent on neglecting the sacred fire, prone to letting the fire be extinguished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agnipraskandanapara

agnipraskandanapara - intent on letting the fire go out, prone to neglecting sacred fires (agni - fire, praskandana - letting go, para - intent on)

Saptamī-Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+praskandana+para)

• agni – fire, sacred fire
  noun (masculine)
• praskandana – scattering, falling out, letting go, neglect
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From `skand` (to leap, fall) with `pra`.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: skand (class 1)
• para – other, supreme, devoted to, intent on
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Predicative adjective for `tvam`.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will be, you will become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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