महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-21

मत्स्यामिषेण जीवन्तो दुहन्तश्चाप्यजैडकम् ।
गोषु नष्टासु पुरुषा भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये ॥२१॥

21. matsyāmiṣeṇa jīvanto duhantaścāpyajaiḍakam ,
goṣu naṣṭāsu puruṣā bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye.

21. matsyāmiṣeṇa jīvantaḥ duhantaḥ ca api ajaiḍakam
goṣu naṣṭāsu puruṣāḥ bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye

21. At the end of the age (yuga), people will subsist on fish and meat, and they will also milk goats and sheep, because cows will have disappeared.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्स्यामिषेण (matsyāmiṣeṇa) - by means of fish-meat, by fish-flesh

• जीवन्तः (jīvantaḥ) - living, subsisting, existing

• दुहन्तः (duhantaḥ) - milking

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अजैडकम् (ajaiḍakam) - goat and sheep, goat-sheep

• गोषु (goṣu) - when cows are lost (among cows, in cows)

• नष्टासु (naṣṭāsu) - when cows are lost (having disappeared) (lost, perished, disappeared, destroyed)

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, people, human beings

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

• युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - at the end of the age, in the destruction of an epoch

Words meanings and morphology

मत्स्यामिषेण (matsyāmiṣeṇa) - by means of fish-meat, by fish-flesh

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of matsyāmiṣa

matsyāmiṣa - fish-meat, fish-flesh

Compound type : tatpurusha (matsya+āmiṣa)

• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)
• āmiṣa – flesh, meat; prey, victim; object of desire
  noun (neuter)

जीवन्तः (jīvantaḥ) - living, subsisting, existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvat

jīvat - living, existing; alive

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `jīv` (to live) with `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Functions as a substantive, 'those living'.

दुहन्तः (duhantaḥ) - milking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duhat

duhat - milking, yielding milk

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `duh` (to milk) with `śatṛ` suffix.

Root: duh (class 2)

Note: Functions as a substantive, 'those milking'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अजैडकम् (ajaiḍakam) - goat and sheep, goat-sheep

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajaiḍaka

ajaiḍaka - goats and sheep, goat-sheep (often referring to small cattle collectively)

It is a dvandva compound of `aja` (goat) and `eḍaka` (sheep), treated as a collective noun.

Compound type : dvandva (aja+eḍaka)

• aja – goat, born; not born
  noun (masculine)
• eḍaka – sheep, ram
  noun (masculine)

Note: The compound form `ajaiḍakam` is a collective singular, usually neuter.

गोषु (goṣu) - when cows are lost (among cows, in cows)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, ray of light, earth

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.

नष्टासु (naṣṭāsu) - when cows are lost (having disappeared) (lost, perished, disappeared, destroyed)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, perished, destroyed, disappeared, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `naś` (to perish, to be lost) with `kta` suffix.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `goṣu` in a locative absolute construction.

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being; the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future tense, 3rd person plural of `bhū`.

Root: bhū (class 1)

युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - at the end of the age, in the destruction of an epoch

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugakṣaya

yugakṣaya - end of an age (yuga), destruction of an epoch

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuga+kṣaya)

• yuga – age, epoch, yoke, pair
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – destruction, end, loss, decline
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Refers to the end of the current cosmic age.