महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-179, verse-3

जन्तोः प्रमीयमाणस्य जीवो नैवोपलभ्यते ।
वायुरेव जहात्येनमूष्मभावश्च नश्यति ॥३॥

3. jantoḥ pramīyamāṇasya jīvo naivopalabhyate ,
vāyureva jahātyenamūṣmabhāvaśca naśyati.

3. jantoḥ pramīyamāṇasya jīvaḥ na eva upalabhyate
| vāyuḥ eva jahāti enam ūṣmabhāvaḥ ca naśyati

3. jantoḥ pramīyamāṇasya jīvaḥ na eva upalabhyate
vāyuḥ eva enam jahāti ca ūṣmabhāvaḥ naśyati

3. When a creature is dying, its life force (jīva) is certainly not perceived. The breath (vāyu) simply leaves the body, and its warmth perishes.

Words meanings summery:

• जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a creature, of a living being

• प्रमीयमाणस्य (pramīyamāṇasya) - of one dying, of the one passing away

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - life force, individual soul, living being

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found, is attained

• वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air, wind, breath

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

• जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, leaves

• एनम् (enam) - the body (of the dying creature) (him, it)

• ऊष्मभावः (ūṣmabhāvaḥ) - the state of warmth, heat

• च (ca) - and

• नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

Words meanings and morphology

जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a creature, of a living being

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person

From jan (to be born) + tu (suffix)

Root: jan (class 4)

प्रमीयमाणस्य (pramīyamāṇasya) - of one dying, of the one passing away

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pramīyamāṇa

pramīyamāṇa - dying, perishing

Present Middle Participle

Derived from verbal root mṛ (to die) with prefix pra, in passive/middle voice

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'jantoḥ'.

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - life force, individual soul, living being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - life, soul, living being

From verbal root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Refers to the life principle.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found, is attained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upalabh

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Middle Voice

Derived from root labh (to obtain) with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

वायुः (vāyuḥ) - air, wind, breath

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - air, wind, breath

From root vā (to blow)

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: In this context, refers to the vital air or breath.

एव (eva) - only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

जहाति (jahāti) - abandons, leaves

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Active Voice

Derived from root hā (to abandon), reduplicated form in present tense

Root: hā (class 3)

एनम् (enam) - the body (of the dying creature) (him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to the body implicitly.

ऊष्मभावः (ūṣmabhāvaḥ) - the state of warmth, heat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūṣmabhāva

ūṣmabhāva - state of heat, warmth

Compound of ūṣman (heat) and bhāva (state/existence)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ūṣman+bhāva)

• ūṣman – heat, warmth
  noun (masculine)
• bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Active Voice

Derived from root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)