महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-132, verse-17

दासकर्मकरान्भृत्यानाचार्यर्त्विक्पुरोहितान् ।
अवृत्त्यास्मान्प्रजहतो दृष्ट्वा किं जीवितेन ते ॥१७॥

17. dāsakarmakarānbhṛtyānācāryartvikpurohitān ,
avṛttyāsmānprajahato dṛṣṭvā kiṁ jīvitena te.

17. dāsakarmakarān bhṛtyān ācāryartvikpurohitān
avṛttyā asmān prajahataḥ dṛṣṭvā kim jīvitena te

17. avṛttyā dāsakarmakarān bhṛtyān ācāryartvikpurohitān
asmān prajahataḥ dṛṣṭvā te jīvitena kim

17. What is the purpose of living for you (te) after seeing (dṛṣṭvā) our servants, workers, dependents, teachers, ritual priests, and family priests abandoning (prajahataḥ) us (asmān) due to a lack of livelihood (avṛttyā)?

Words meanings summery:

• दासकर्मकरान् (dāsakarmakarān) - servants and workers

• भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - dependents, those maintained, servants

• आचार्यर्त्विक्पुरोहितान् (ācāryartvikpurohitān) - teachers, ritual priests, and family priests

• अवृत्त्या (avṛttyā) - due to lack of livelihood, without means of subsistence

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• प्रजहतः (prajahataḥ) - abandoning, forsaking, leaving

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• किम् (kim) - what, why (interrogative pronoun/particle)

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - by life, with living

• ते (te) - for you, your

Words meanings and morphology

दासकर्मकरान् (dāsakarmakarān) - servants and workers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāsakarmakara

dāsakarmakara - servant-worker, slave and laborer

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dāsa+karmakara)

• dāsa – servant, slave
  noun (masculine)
• karmakara – worker, laborer, doer of work
  noun (masculine)
  From karma (work) + kara (doer).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'prajahataḥ'.

भृत्यान् (bhṛtyān) - dependents, those maintained, servants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhṛtya

bhṛtya - servant, dependent, one to be maintained

Gerundive (passive future participle) used as a noun

From root bhṛ (to bear, support) + suffix -tya.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'prajahataḥ'.

आचार्यर्त्विक्पुरोहितान् (ācāryartvikpurohitān) - teachers, ritual priests, and family priests

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ācāryartvikpurohita

ācāryartvikpurohita - teachers, ritual priests, and family priests (collective)

Compound type : Dvandva (ācārya+ṛtvij+purohita)

• ācārya – teacher, preceptor
  noun (masculine)
  From root car (to move, practice) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• ṛtvij – ritual priest, sacrificial priest
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)
• purohita – family priest, chaplain
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle used as noun
  From root dhā (to place) with prefix puras- (before). Lit. 'placed in front'.
  Prefix: puras
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'prajahataḥ'.

अवृत्त्या (avṛttyā) - due to lack of livelihood, without means of subsistence

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of avṛtti

avṛtti - lack of livelihood, unemployment, lack of means

From prefix a- (negation) + vṛtti (livelihood, means).

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vṛtti)

• a – not, non-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vṛtti – livelihood, subsistence, means, activity
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛt (to turn, exist).
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Instrumental of cause.

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'prajahataḥ'.

प्रजहतः (prajahataḥ) - abandoning, forsaking, leaving

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prajahan

prajahan - abandoning, forsaking

Present Active Participle

From root hā (to abandon, forsake) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Describes 'dāsakarmakarān bhṛtyān ācāryartvikpurohitān'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root dṛś (to see) + suffix -tvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund).

किम् (kim) - what, why (interrogative pronoun/particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - by life, with living

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living

Past Passive Participle used as a neuter noun

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Instrumental of cause/means.

ते (te) - for you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Enclitic form of the second person pronoun.

Note: Dative of interest, 'for you'.