महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-50, verse-17

तमद्य यदि वै वीर न हनिष्यसि सूतजम् ।
प्राणानेव परित्यक्ष्ये जीवितार्थो हि को मम ॥१७॥

17. tamadya yadi vai vīra na haniṣyasi sūtajam ,
prāṇāneva parityakṣye jīvitārtho hi ko mama.

17. tam adya yadi vai vīra na haniṣyasi sūtajam
prāṇān eva parityakṣye jīvitārthaḥ hi kaḥ mama

17. vīra yadi adya tam sūtajam na haniṣyasi vai
mama prāṇān eva parityakṣye hi kaḥ jīvitārthaḥ

17. O hero, if you do not kill that son of Sūta today, I will surely abandon my life. For what purpose would my life then serve?

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (Karṇa) (that, him)

• अद्य (adya) - today

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

• वीर (vīra) - O hero, O brave one

• न (na) - not, no

• हनिष्यसि (haniṣyasi) - you will kill

• सूतजम् (sūtajam) - Karṇa, the son of a charioteer (son of a charioteer)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, vital breaths

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• परित्यक्ष्ये (parityakṣye) - I will abandon, I will forsake

• जीवितार्थः (jīvitārthaḥ) - purpose of life, meaning of living

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what, which

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (Karṇa) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

वीर (vīra) - O hero, O brave one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हनिष्यसि (haniṣyasi) - you will kill

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of han

Future tense, 2nd person singular

Root: han (class 2)

सूतजम् (sūtajam) - Karṇa, the son of a charioteer (son of a charioteer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūtaja

sūtaja - born of a charioteer, son of a charioteer

Compound formed from 'sūta' and 'ja'

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūta+ja)

• sūta – charioteer, driver, weaver
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from, son
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix derived from root jan
  Derived from the root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, vital breaths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, spirit

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

परित्यक्ष्ये (parityakṣye) - I will abandon, I will forsake

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of tyaj

Future tense, 1st person singular, Middle voice (Ātmanepada)

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

जीवितार्थः (jīvitārthaḥ) - purpose of life, meaning of living

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvitārtha

jīvitārtha - purpose of life, object of living

Compound of 'jīvita' (life) and 'artha' (purpose)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+artha)

• jīvita – life, livelihood, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  Derived from the root 'jīv' (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me