महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-180, verse-7

प्राणान्धारयते ह्यग्निः स जीव उपधार्यताम् ।
वायुसंधारणो ह्यग्निर्नश्यत्युच्छ्वासनिग्रहात् ॥७॥

7. prāṇāndhārayate hyagniḥ sa jīva upadhāryatām ,
vāyusaṁdhāraṇo hyagnirnaśyatyucchvāsanigrahāt.

7. prāṇān dhārayate hi agniḥ saḥ jīvaḥ upadhāryatām |
vāyusaṃdhāraṇaḥ hi agniḥ naśyati ucchvāsanigrahāt

7. hi agniḥ prāṇān dhārayate; saḥ jīvaḥ upadhāryatām
hi vāyusaṃdhāraṇaḥ agniḥ ucchvāsanigrahāt naśyati

7. Indeed, the fire (of life-force) sustains the vital breaths (prāṇas); let this (life-force) be understood as the individual soul (jīva). This fire, which is maintained by air, perishes from the cessation of breathing (ucchvāsa).

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - the vital breaths (prāṇas) (vital breaths, life-forces)

• धारयते (dhārayate) - sustains (sustains, supports, holds)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the fire (as life-force) (fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire)

• सः (saḥ) - this (life-force/fire) (he, that)

• जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (living, existing; individual soul, living being)

• उपधार्यताम् (upadhāryatām) - let it be understood (let it be understood, let it be considered)

• वायुसंधारणः (vāyusaṁdhāraṇaḥ) - maintained by air, dependent on air (sustaining air, or sustained by air)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - the fire (of life-force) (fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire)

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

• उच्छ्वासनिग्रहात् (ucchvāsanigrahāt) - from the cessation of breathing (from the suppression of breath, from the cessation of exhalation)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - the vital breaths (prāṇas) (vital breaths, life-forces)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, life-force, spirit

From pra-an (to breathe forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of 'dhārayate'.

धारयते (dhārayate) - sustains (sustains, supports, holds)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dhṛ

Causative Present Tense

Root dhṛ, 10th class (causative of 1st class), A. (ātmanepada).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the fire (as life-force) (fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire

Note: Subject of 'dhārayate'.

सः (saḥ) - this (life-force/fire) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the 'agniḥ' (life-force).

जीवः (jīvaḥ) - the individual soul (jīva) (living, existing; individual soul, living being)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīva

jīva - living, alive (adjective); individual soul, life, living being (noun)

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Predicative nominative with 'upadhāryatām'.

उपधार्यताम् (upadhāryatām) - let it be understood (let it be understood, let it be considered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present imperative (loṭ) of upa-dhṛ

Present Imperative Passive

Root dhṛ, 10th class (causative of 1st class), A. (ātmanepada) passive voice. Imperative mood.

Prefix: upa

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वायुसंधारणः (vāyusaṁdhāraṇaḥ) - maintained by air, dependent on air (sustaining air, or sustained by air)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyusaṃdhāraṇa

vāyusaṁdhāraṇa - sustaining air, dependent on air for existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (vāyu+saṃdhāraṇa)

• vāyu – wind, air, vital air, one of the five elements
  noun (masculine)
• saṃdhāraṇa – holding together, maintaining, sustaining, preserving
  noun (neuter)
  From sam-dhṛ (to hold together, support).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'agniḥ'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - the fire (of life-force) (fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire

Note: Subject of 'naśyati'.

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

(verb)

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

Present Tense

Root naś, 4th class, P. (parasmaipada)

Root: naś (class 4)

उच्छ्वासनिग्रहात् (ucchvāsanigrahāt) - from the cessation of breathing (from the suppression of breath, from the cessation of exhalation)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ucchvāsanigraha

ucchvāsanigraha - suppression of breath or exhalation, stopping of breathing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ucchvāsa+nigraha)

• ucchvāsa – exhalation, breath, sigh
  noun (masculine)
  From ut-śvas (to breathe out).
  Prefix: ut
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• nigraha – holding back, suppression, control, restraint
  noun (masculine)
  From ni-grah (to hold down, restrain).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Indicates cause or reason.