महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-11, verse-26

यथान्तकमनुप्राप्य जीवन्कश्चिन्न मुच्यते ।
एवं बाह्वन्तरं प्राप्य तव जीवेन्न कश्चन ॥२६॥

26. yathāntakamanuprāpya jīvankaścinna mucyate ,
evaṁ bāhvantaraṁ prāpya tava jīvenna kaścana.

26. yathā antakam anuprāpya jīvan kaścit na mucyate
evam bāhv-antaram prāpya tava jīvet na kaścana

26. yathā kaścit jīvan antakam anuprāpya na mucyate,
evam tava bāhv-antaram prāpya kaścana na jīvet.

26. Just as no one, having reached Death, is released alive; so too, no one, having reached the embrace of your arms, could live.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अन्तकम् (antakam) - (the god of) death (the ender, death, Yama)

• अनुप्राप्य (anuprāpya) - having reached, having attained

• जीवन् (jīvan) - alive (living, being alive)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in negative context: 'no one') (anyone, someone)

• न (na) - not, no

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released, is freed

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• बाह्व्-अन्तरम् (bāhv-antaram) - within the arms, the embrace of the arms

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

• तव (tava) - your

• जीवेत् (jīvet) - could live (would live, should live)

• न (na) - not, no

• कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (in negative context: 'no one') (anyone, someone)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

अन्तकम् (antakam) - (the god of) death (the ender, death, Yama)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - destroyer, ender, god of death

Derived from 'anta' (end)

Note: Object of 'anuprāpya'.

अनुप्राप्य (anuprāpya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root 'āp' with upasargas 'anu' and 'prā'

Prefixes: anu+prā

Root: āp (class 5)

जीवन् (jīvan) - alive (living, being alive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'jīv' with present participle suffix

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kaścit'.

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone (in negative context: 'no one') (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - anyone, someone

Derived from 'ka' (who) + 'cit'

Note: Subject of 'mucyate'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'mucyate'.

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released, is freed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Root form is 'muc' (Class 6, 'mucati'). Passive is 'mucyate'.

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to the previous simile.

बाह्व्-अन्तरम् (bāhv-antaram) - within the arms, the embrace of the arms

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāhv-antara

bāhv-antara - space between the arms, embrace

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāhu+antara)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• antara – interior, space between, inside
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root 'āp' with upasarga 'prā'

Prefix: prā

Root: āp (class 5)

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Possessive, modifies 'bāhv-antaram'.

जीवेत् (jīvet) - could live (would live, should live)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or potential.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'jīvet'.

कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone (in negative context: 'no one') (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - anyone, someone

Derived from 'ka' (who) + 'cana'

Note: Subject of 'jīvet'.