महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-284, verse-32

कीर्तिर्हि पुरुषं लोके संजीवयति मातृवत् ।
अकीर्तिर्जीवितं हन्ति जीवतोऽपि शरीरिणः ॥३२॥

32. kīrtirhi puruṣaṁ loke saṁjīvayati mātṛvat ,
akīrtirjīvitaṁ hanti jīvato'pi śarīriṇaḥ.

32. kīrtiḥ hi puruṣam loke saṃjīvayati mātṛvat |
akīrtiḥ jīvitam hanti jīvataḥ api śarīriṇaḥ

32. Indeed, fame enlivens a person (puruṣa) in the world just like a mother. Infamy destroys the life of even an embodied being (śarīrin) who is still alive.

32. תהילה מחיה אדם בעולם כמו אם. קלון הורג את חייו של בעל גוף אפילו בעודו חי.

Words meanings summery:

• कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame (fame, glory, reputation)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - a person (a man, a person, a male)

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, among people)

• संजीवयति (saṁjīvayati) - enlivens (causes to live, revives, enlivens)

• मातृवत् (mātṛvat) - just like a mother (like a mother, as a mother)

• अकीर्तिः (akīrtiḥ) - infamy (infamy, dishonor, disgrace)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, livelihood, existence)

• हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (kills, destroys, strikes, smites)

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of one who is alive (of one living, of a living being)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - of an embodied being (of an embodied being, of a living creature)

Words meanings and morphology

कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame (fame, glory, reputation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, glory, reputation, renown

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - a person (a man, a person, a male)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, male, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

संजीवयति (saṁjīvayati) - enlivens (causes to live, revives, enlivens)

(verb)

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

causative

Causative form of jīv (to live) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: jīv (class 1)

मातृवत् (mātṛvat) - just like a mother (like a mother, as a mother)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -vat meaning 'like' added to mātṛ (mother)

अकीर्तिः (akīrtiḥ) - infamy (infamy, dishonor, disgrace)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akīrti

akīrti - disgrace, dishonor, infamy, ill repute

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kīrti)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• kīrti – fame, glory, reputation, renown
  noun (feminine)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, livelihood, existence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood, alive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live) + -kta suffix, used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

हन्ति (hanti) - destroys (kills, destroys, strikes, smites)

(verb)

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

Root: han (class 2)

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of one who is alive (of one living, of a living being)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Used as a substantive noun referring to a living being

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

शरीरिणः (śarīriṇaḥ) - of an embodied being (of an embodied being, of a living creature)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śarīrin

śarīrin - embodied, possessing a body, a living being, soul

Possessive suffix -in added to śarīra (body)

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