महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-149, verse-9

नाप्राप्तकालो म्रियते विद्धः शरशतैरपि ।
तृणाग्रेणापि संस्पृष्टः प्राप्तकालो न जीवति ॥९॥

9. nāprāptakālo mriyate viddhaḥ śaraśatairapi ,
tṛṇāgreṇāpi saṁspṛṣṭaḥ prāptakālo na jīvati.

9. na aprāptakālaḥ mriyate viddhaḥ śaraśataiḥ api
tṛṇāgreṇa api saṃspṛṣṭaḥ prāptakālaḥ na jīvati

9. na aprāptakālaḥ śaraśataiḥ api viddhaḥ mriyate
prāptakālaḥ tṛṇāgreṇa api saṃspṛṣṭaḥ na jīvati

9. A person whose appointed time has not come does not die, even if pierced by hundreds of arrows. A person whose appointed time has arrived does not live, even if merely touched by the tip of a blade of grass.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अप्राप्तकालः (aprāptakālaḥ) - whose time has not arrived, untimely

• म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

• विद्धः (viddhaḥ) - pierced, struck

• शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows

• अपि (api) - even, also

• तृणाग्रेण (tṛṇāgreṇa) - by the tip of a blade of grass

• अपि (api) - even, also

• संस्पृष्टः (saṁspṛṣṭaḥ) - touched, contacted

• प्राप्तकालः (prāptakālaḥ) - whose time has arrived, timely

• न (na) - not, no

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अप्राप्तकालः (aprāptakālaḥ) - whose time has not arrived, untimely

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aprāptakāla

aprāptakāla - one whose time has not arrived; untimely

Compound: Nañ-tatpuruṣa

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prāptakāla)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• prāptakāla – whose time has arrived, timely
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound: Bahuvrīhi (prāptaḥ kālaḥ yasya saḥ)

म्रियते (mriyate) - dies

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of mṛ

present tense, third person singular

Root mṛ (class 6, Ātmanepada) + ya + te

Root: mṛ (class 6)

विद्धः (viddhaḥ) - pierced, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viddha

viddha - pierced, struck, wounded

Past Passive Participle

From root vyadh (to pierce)

Root: vyadh

शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śaraśata

śaraśata - hundreds of arrows

Compound: Tatpuruṣa (śarāṇāṃ śatam)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+śata)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

तृणाग्रेण (tṛṇāgreṇa) - by the tip of a blade of grass

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tṛṇāgra

tṛṇāgra - tip of a blade of grass

Compound: Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tṛṇasya agram)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+agra)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• agra – tip, front, point
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

संस्पृष्टः (saṁspṛṣṭaḥ) - touched, contacted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃspṛṣṭa

saṁspṛṣṭa - touched, contacted

Past Passive Participle

From root spṛś (to touch) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś

प्राप्तकालः (prāptakālaḥ) - whose time has arrived, timely

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāptakāla

prāptakāla - one whose time has arrived; timely

Compound: Bahuvrīhi (prāptaḥ kālaḥ yasya saḥ)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (prāpta+kāla)

• prāpta – obtained, arrived
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root āp with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp
• kāla – time, appointed time, destiny
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

present tense, third person singular

Root jīv (class 1, Parasmaipada) + a + ti

Root: jīv (class 1)