महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-85, verse-79

अपर्यन्ते बले मग्नो जह्यादपि च जीवितम् ।
तस्मिंश्च निहते युद्धे कथं जीवेत मादृशः ।
सर्वथाहमनुप्राप्तः सुकृच्छ्रं बत जीवितम् ॥७९॥

79. aparyante bale magno jahyādapi ca jīvitam ,
tasmiṁśca nihate yuddhe kathaṁ jīveta mādṛśaḥ ,
sarvathāhamanuprāptaḥ sukṛcchraṁ bata jīvitam.

79. aparyante bale magnaḥ jahyāt api ca
jīvitam tasmin ca nihate yuddhe
katham jīveta mādṛśaḥ sarvathā aham
anuprāptaḥ sukṛcchram bata jīvitam

79. magnaḥ aparyante bale jahyāt ca api
jīvitam ca tasmin yuddhe nihate
katham mādṛśaḥ jīveta bata aham
sarvathā sukṛcchram jīvitam anuprāptaḥ

79. One (a person) overwhelmed by a boundless army would indeed abandon his very life. And when that great warrior (Drona) is slain in battle, how could one like me survive? Alas, I have certainly attained a very miserable existence.

Words meanings summery:

• अपर्यन्ते (aparyante) - boundless, endless, unlimited

• बले (bale) - in the army, in strength

• मग्नः (magnaḥ) - submerged, immersed, overwhelmed

• जह्यात् (jahyāt) - would abandon, would give up

• अपि (api) - even, also

• च (ca) - and

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (great warrior, Drona) (in that)

• च (ca) - and

• निहते (nihate) - killed, slain, destroyed

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• जीवेत (jīveta) - would live, could live

• मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me, one similar to me

• सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, certainly, completely

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - obtained, reached, attained

• सुकृच्छ्रम् (sukṛcchram) - very difficult, miserable

• बत (bata) - alas! ah!

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

Words meanings and morphology

अपर्यन्ते (aparyante) - boundless, endless, unlimited

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of aparyanta

aparyanta - boundless, endless, unlimited

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+paryanta)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• paryanta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: pari+anta
  Root: yam (class 1)

बले (bale) - in the army, in strength

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, army, force

Root: bal (class 1)

मग्नः (magnaḥ) - submerged, immersed, overwhelmed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - submerged, plunged, immersed, overwhelmed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root √maj (to sink, plunge)

Root: maj (class 6)

जह्यात् (jahyāt) - would abandon, would give up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of hā

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: hā (class 3)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood

Root: jīv (class 1)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (great warrior, Drona) (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निहते (nihate) - killed, slain, destroyed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck down

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, war, fight

Root: yudh (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

जीवेत (jīveta) - would live, could live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of jīv

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: jīv (class 1)

मादृशः (mādṛśaḥ) - one like me, one similar to me

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādṛśa

mādṛśa - like me, similar to me

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mad+dṛśa)

• mad – me, my
  pronoun
• dṛśa – like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्वथा (sarvathā) - in every way, certainly, completely

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - obtained, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - obtained, reached, attained, gained

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √āp (to obtain) with prefixes anu- and pra-

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

सुकृच्छ्रम् (sukṛcchram) - very difficult, miserable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukṛcchra

sukṛcchra - very difficult, very arduous, miserable

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kṛcchra)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• kṛcchra – difficult, painful, distress
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: kṛṣ (class 6)

बत (bata) - alas! ah!

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood

Root: jīv (class 1)