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.

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)