महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-171, verse-29

पराजयो वा मृत्युर्वा श्रेयो मृत्युर्न निर्जयः ।
निर्जिताश्चारयो ह्येते शस्त्रोत्सर्गान्मृतोपमाः ॥२९॥

29. parājayo vā mṛtyurvā śreyo mṛtyurna nirjayaḥ ,
nirjitāścārayo hyete śastrotsargānmṛtopamāḥ.

29. parājayaḥ vā mṛtyuḥ vā śreyaḥ mṛtyuḥ na nirjayaḥ
nirjitāḥ ca arayaḥ hi ete śastrotsargāt mṛtopamāḥ

29. parājayaḥ vā mṛtyuḥ vā.
mṛtyuḥ śreyaḥ,
na nirjayaḥ.
hi ete nirjitāḥ arayaḥ ca śastrotsargāt mṛtopamāḥ

29. Either defeat or death; death is superior, not victory. Indeed, these enemies, though conquered, are like the dead due to their abandonment of weapons.

Words meanings summery:

• पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat, loss

• वा (vā) - or

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• वा (vā) - or

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - preferable, better, superior

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• न (na) - not, no

• निर्जयः (nirjayaḥ) - victory, triumph

• निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - conquered, defeated

• च (ca) - and

• अरयः (arayaḥ) - enemies, foes

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• एते (ete) - these

• शस्त्रोत्सर्गात् (śastrotsargāt) - from the abandonment of weapons

• मृतोपमाः (mṛtopamāḥ) - like the dead, resembling the dead

Words meanings and morphology

पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parājaya

parājaya - defeat, vanquishment, loss

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - preferable, better, superior

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, more excellent, superior, auspicious

Comparative degree of śrī/praśasya

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निर्जयः (nirjayaḥ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirjaya

nirjaya - victory, conquest, triumph

Prefix: nir

Root: ji (class 1)

निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - conquered, defeated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirjita

nirjita - conquered, subdued, vanquished

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle formed from nir-√ji (to conquer)

Prefix: nir

Root: ji (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अरयः (arayaḥ) - enemies, foes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ari

ari - enemy, foe, rival

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

शस्त्रोत्सर्गात् (śastrotsargāt) - from the abandonment of weapons

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śastrotsarga

śastrotsarga - abandonment of weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śastra+utsarga)

• śastra – weapon, instrument
  noun (neuter)
• utsarga – abandonment, emission, release
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun from ut-√sṛj (to abandon, emit)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

मृतोपमाः (mṛtopamāḥ) - like the dead, resembling the dead

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛtopama

mṛtopama - resembling the dead, like the dead

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+upama)

• mṛta – dead, deceased
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• upama – resembling, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)