महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-88, verse-71

जीवनाशं प्रनष्टानां श्राद्धं कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ।
अर्थतस्ते मम मृतास्तेषां चाहं जनार्दन ॥७१॥

71. jīvanāśaṁ pranaṣṭānāṁ śrāddhaṁ kurvanti mānavāḥ ,
arthataste mama mṛtāsteṣāṁ cāhaṁ janārdana.

71. jīvanāśam pranaṣṭānām śrāddham kurvanti mānavāḥ
arthataḥ te mama mṛtāḥ teṣām ca aham janārdana

71. Humans perform the śrāddha ritual for those who have utterly perished, marking the destruction of their lives. O Janardana, in essence, they are dead to me, and I am dead to them.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवनाशम् (jīvanāśam) - the destruction of their lives (referring to the perished Pandavas) (destruction of life, loss of life)

• प्रनष्टानाम् (pranaṣṭānām) - of those who have utterly perished (referring to the Pandavas) (of the lost, of the perished)

• श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - the śrāddha ritual, an offering for ancestors or deceased persons (funeral rite, ancestral offering)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they perform (they do, they make)

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - people, mankind (humans, men)

• अर्थतः (arthataḥ) - in essence, practically speaking (truly, in reality, essentially, practically)

• ते (te) - they (the lost Pandavas) (they, those)

• मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

• मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them (the lost Pandavas) (of them, to them)

• च (ca) - and

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana (vocative, referring to Krishna) (tormentor of men, Krishna)

Words meanings and morphology

जीवनाशम् (jīvanāśam) - the destruction of their lives (referring to the perished Pandavas) (destruction of life, loss of life)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvanāśa

jīvanāśa - destruction of life

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (jīvana+nāśa)

• jīvana – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• nāśa – destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Object of an implied verb 'marking' or 'observing', or adverbial.

प्रनष्टानाम् (pranaṣṭānām) - of those who have utterly perished (referring to the Pandavas) (of the lost, of the perished)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pranaṣṭa

pranaṣṭa - lost, perished, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From pra- + root naś (to perish, be lost).

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Qualifies an implied noun 'people' or 'beings'.

श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - the śrāddha ritual, an offering for ancestors or deceased persons (funeral rite, ancestral offering)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrāddha

śrāddha - funeral rite, offering to ancestors, faith (śraddhā)

Derived from śraddhā (faith) + a (suffix).

Note: Object of kurvanti.

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they perform (they do, they make)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is mānavāḥ.

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - people, mankind (humans, men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, descendant of Manu

Note: Subject of kurvanti.

अर्थतः (arthataḥ) - in essence, practically speaking (truly, in reality, essentially, practically)

(indeclinable)

Derived from artha with the suffix -tas, meaning 'by means of', 'from the point of view of'.

Note: Adverbial.

ते (te) - they (the lost Pandavas) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of implied 'are'.

मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Indicates possession or relation 'to me'.

मृताः (mṛtāḥ) - dead

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

From root mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Predicate adjective for te.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - to them (the lost Pandavas) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Indicates relation 'to them'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of implied 'am'.

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana (vocative, referring to Krishna) (tormentor of men, Krishna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - agitator of men, bestower of boons (epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (jana+ard)

• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
• ard – to hurt, torment, ask, seek
  root
  Root: ard (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Krishna.