महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-180, verse-3

भरद्वाज उवाच ।
अग्नेर्यथा तथा तस्य यदि नाशो न विद्यते ।
इन्धनस्योपयोगान्ते स चाग्निर्नोपलभ्यते ॥३॥

3. bharadvāja uvāca ,
agneryathā tathā tasya yadi nāśo na vidyate ,
indhanasyopayogānte sa cāgnirnopalabhyate.

3. bharadvājaḥ uvāca agneḥ yathā tathā tasya yadi nāśaḥ na
vidyate indhanasya upayoga ante sa ca agniḥ na upalabhyate

3. bharadvājaḥ uvāca yadi agneḥ yathā tathā tasya nāśaḥ na vidyate,
indhanasya upayoga ante saḥ ca agniḥ na upalabhyate

3. Bharadvāja said: If, indeed, just as with fire (agni), there is no destruction for that (living entity/jīva), then (consider that) after the consumption of its fuel, that very fire (agni) is also no longer perceived.

Words meanings summery:

• भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire (agni)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• तथा (tathā) - so also, likewise

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (living entity/jīva)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, loss

• न (na) - not

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

• इन्धनस्य (indhanasya) - of the fuel

• उपयोग (upayoga) - use, consumption

• अन्ते (ante) - at the end

• स (sa) - that, he

• च (ca) - and, also

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (agni)

• न (na) - not

• उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found

Words meanings and morphology

भरद्वाजः (bharadvājaḥ) - Bharadvāja (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharadvāja

bharadvāja - Bharadvāja (a proper name, one of the seven sages, a family name)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire (agni)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god Agni, sacrificial fire

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so also, likewise

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of that (living entity/jīva)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

नाशः (nāśaḥ) - destruction, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - destruction, loss, ruin, disappearance

Root: naś (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of √vid

Intransitive use of √vid (to be, exist), often occurring in the middle voice.

Root: vid (class 4)

इन्धनस्य (indhanasya) - of the fuel

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of indhana

indhana - fuel, firewood, kindling

Root: indh (class 7)

उपयोग (upayoga) - use, consumption

(noun)

masculine, singular of upayoga

upayoga - use, employment, application, consumption

Prefix: upa

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Used as the first part of a compound with 'anta'.

अन्ते (ante) - at the end

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, conclusion, vicinity

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, the god Agni, sacrificial fire

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उपलभ्यते (upalabhyate) - is perceived, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of √labh

Passive voice formation (present stem from labh-ya-).

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)