महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-10

यदाहमेतज्जानामि न मृत्युस्तिष्ठतीति ह ।
सोऽहं कथं प्रतीक्षिष्ये जालेनापिहितश्चरन् ॥१०॥

10. yadāhametajjānāmi na mṛtyustiṣṭhatīti ha ,
so'haṁ kathaṁ pratīkṣiṣye jālenāpihitaścaran.

10. yadā aham etat jānāmi na mṛtyuḥ tiṣṭhati iti ha
saḥ aham katham pratīkṣiṣye jālena apihitaḥ caran

10. yadā aham etat jānāmi yat mṛtyuḥ na tiṣṭhati iti ha
tadā jālena apihitaḥ caran saḥ aham katham pratīkṣiṣye

10. Indeed, when I know that death certainly does not stand still, how can I, who am living as if ensnared by a net, merely wait?

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, at what time

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• न (na) - not, no

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death, dying

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands still, stops (stands, remains, dwells)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, that (introducing quoted speech or thought)

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, a particle of emphasis or past event

• सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• प्रतीक्षिष्ये (pratīkṣiṣye) - I shall wait, I shall expect

• जालेन (jālena) - by a net, by a snare

• अपिहितः (apihitaḥ) - covered, concealed, hidden

• चरन् (caran) - living (in this condition) or wandering (through life) (wandering, moving, living, performing)

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, at what time

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the following clause 'na mṛtyuḥ tiṣṭhati'.

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present Tense

from root jñā, 9th class active voice

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands still, stops (stands, remains, dwells)

(verb)

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

Present Tense

from root sthā, 1st class active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, that (introducing quoted speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, a particle of emphasis or past event

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the speaker (aham).

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

प्रतीक्षिष्ये (pratīkṣiṣye) - I shall wait, I shall expect

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of pratīkṣ

Future Tense

from root īkṣ (to see) with prati (towards, in return)

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

जालेन (jālena) - by a net, by a snare

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, snare, web

अपिहितः (apihitaḥ) - covered, concealed, hidden

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apihita

apihita - covered, concealed, hidden

Past Passive Participle

from dhā (to place) with api (on, upon)

Prefix: api

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'aham'.

चरन् (caran) - living (in this condition) or wandering (through life) (wandering, moving, living, performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, wandering, living, practicing

Present Active Participle

from root car, masculine form

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'aham'.