महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-115, verse-15

जीवितं हि परित्यज्य बहवः साधवो जनाः ।
स्वमांसैः परमांसानि परिपाल्य दिवं गताः ॥१५॥

15. jīvitaṁ hi parityajya bahavaḥ sādhavo janāḥ ,
svamāṁsaiḥ paramāṁsāni paripālya divaṁ gatāḥ.

15. jīvitam hi parityajya bahavaḥ sādhavaḥ janāḥ
svamāṃsaiḥ paramāṃsāni paripālya divam gatāḥ

15. hi bahavaḥ sādhavaḥ janāḥ jīvitam parityajya
svamāṃsaiḥ paramāṃsāni paripālya divam gatāḥ

15. Indeed, many virtuous people attained heaven by sacrificing their own lives to protect the lives of others.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having sacrificed, having given up

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous, good, righteous persons

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• स्वमांसैः (svamāṁsaiḥ) - by sacrificing their own lives (by/with one's own flesh)

• परमांसानि (paramāṁsāni) - the lives of others (the flesh of others)

• परिपाल्य (paripālya) - having protected, having nourished, having maintained

• दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky, celestial region

• गताः (gatāḥ) - attained (heaven) (gone, attained, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood, living

Past Passive Participle (derived from jīv)

Derived from the root jīv (to live) with the suffix -ita, often substantivized as a noun.

Root: jīv (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having sacrificed, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerundial form derived from the root tyaj (to abandon) with the prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - virtuous, good, righteous persons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous, holy man, saint

Root: sādh

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, creature, folk, people

From the root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

स्वमांसैः (svamāṁsaiḥ) - by sacrificing their own lives (by/with one's own flesh)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of svamāṃsa

svamāṁsa - one's own flesh

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+māṃsa)

• sva – one's own, self, own property
  pronoun (masculine)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat, body, life
  noun (neuter)

परमांसानि (paramāṁsāni) - the lives of others (the flesh of others)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of paramāṃsa

paramāṁsa - the flesh of others

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+māṃsa)

• para – other, another, alien, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat, body, life
  noun (neuter)

परिपाल्य (paripālya) - having protected, having nourished, having maintained

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerundial form derived from the root pāl (to protect, nourish) with the prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)

दिवम् (divam) - heaven, sky, celestial region

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, day, light, celestial region

गताः (gatāḥ) - attained (heaven) (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, moved, reached, attained, passed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root gam (to go, move) with the suffix -ta.

Root: gam (class 1)