महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-79, verse-26

ये तत्र युद्धं कुर्वन्ति त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः ।
ब्राह्मणान्परिरक्षन्तो धर्ममात्मानमेव च ॥२६॥

26. ye tatra yuddhaṁ kurvanti tyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ ,
brāhmaṇānparirakṣanto dharmamātmānameva ca.

26. ye tatra yuddham kurvanti tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ
brāhmaṇān parirakṣantaḥ dharmam ātmānam eva ca

26. ye tatra ātmanaḥ jīvitam tyaktvā brāhmaṇān dharmam
eva ātmānam ca parirakṣantaḥ yuddham kurvanti

26. Those who, in such a situation, fight, abandoning their own lives, protecting Brahmins, and indeed protecting their duty (dharma) and their very selves (ātman)...

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (who, those who)

• तत्र (tatra) - in such a situation (there, then, in that place, in that situation)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle (battle, fight, war)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they fight (lit. they do battle) (they do, they make, they perform)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - abandoning (having abandoned, having forsaken)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (from ātman) (of the self, of oneself, one's own)

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• परिरक्षन्तः (parirakṣantaḥ) - protecting (protecting, guarding all around)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - their duty (dharma) (duty, righteousness, law, virtue, intrinsic nature)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - their very selves (ātman) (self, soul, oneself)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, very)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (who, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yat

yat - who, which, what

तत्र (tatra) - in such a situation (there, then, in that place, in that situation)

(indeclinable)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle (battle, fight, war)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they fight (lit. they do battle) (they do, they make, they perform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of kṛ

root of 8th class, U (Parasmaipada)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - abandoning (having abandoned, having forsaken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, living)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, lived

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (from ātman) (of the self, of oneself, one's own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul, the Supreme Soul

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

परिरक्षन्तः (parirakṣantaḥ) - protecting (protecting, guarding all around)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parirakṣat

parirakṣat - protecting, guarding all around

Present Active Participle

from root rakṣ (to protect) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - their duty (dharma) (duty, righteousness, law, virtue, intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - duty, righteousness, cosmic law, natural law, intrinsic nature, virtue, religion

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - their very selves (ātman) (self, soul, oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, individual soul, the Supreme Soul

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, very)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)