महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-277, verse-21

जीवन्तमपि चैवैनं भरणे रक्षणे तथा ।
असमाप्ते परित्यज्य पश्चादपि मरिष्यसि ॥२१॥

21. jīvantamapi caivainaṁ bharaṇe rakṣaṇe tathā ,
asamāpte parityajya paścādapi mariṣyasi.

21. jīvantaṃ api ca eva enaṃ bharaṇe rakṣaṇe
tathā asamāpte parityajya paścāt api mariṣyasi

21. ca eva jīvantaṃ enaṃ bharaṇe tathā rakṣaṇe asamāpte api parityajya,
paścāt api mariṣyasi

21. And indeed, even while he is living, when your duties of nourishment and protection are unfinished, you will abandon him, and later you yourself will also die.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवन्तं (jīvantaṁ) - living, alive

• अपि (api) - even, also, though

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• एनं (enaṁ) - him, this one

• भरणे (bharaṇe) - in nourishing, in maintaining

• रक्षणे (rakṣaṇe) - in protecting, in guarding

• तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, and

• असमाप्ते (asamāpte) - when unfinished, incomplete

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मरिष्यसि (mariṣyasi) - you will die

Words meanings and morphology

जीवन्तं (jīvantaṁ) - living, alive

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive

Present Active Participle

derived from root 'jīv'

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: adjective of the implicit object 'him'

अपि (api) - even, also, though

(indeclinable)

Note: particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: emphasizing particle

एनं (enaṁ) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enam

enam - this, that (referring to a nearby or previously mentioned person/thing)

Note: anaphoric pronoun

भरणे (bharaṇe) - in nourishing, in maintaining

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bharaṇa

bharaṇa - nourishment, maintenance, support

derived from root 'bhṛ'

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

रक्षणे (rakṣaṇe) - in protecting, in guarding

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rakṣaṇa

rakṣaṇa - protection, guarding, preserving

derived from root 'rakṣ'

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction

असमाप्ते (asamāpte) - when unfinished, incomplete

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of asamāpta

asamāpta - unfinished, incomplete, uncompleted

Past Passive Participle

negative prefix 'a-' + samāpta (from sam-āp)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+samāpta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• samāpta – finished, completed, concluded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root 'āp' with upasarga 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: qualifies the implicit 'work/duty' in bharaṇe rakṣaṇe

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

derived from root 'tyaj' with upasarga 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: indicates a completed action before the main verb

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

(indeclinable)

Note: temporal adverb

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

Note: particle, emphasizing 'you too'

मरिष्यसि (mariṣyasi) - you will die

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of mṛ

Future Active Indicative

Root: mṛ (class 1)