Canonical Ref: MBh 12.179.6
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
श्लेषो यदि च वातेन यदि तस्मात्प्रणश्यति । महार्णवविमुक्तत्वादन्यत्सलिलभाजनम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
If life depended upon air, and if it ended with the passing of that air from the body, it would then mingle with the eternal air like a portion of water passing into the great sea and thereby only changing the place of its residence. If a quantity of water be thrown into a well, or if the flame of a lamp be thrown into a burning fire, either of them, entering the original element, loses its independent existence. If life were air, it also, when the animal died, would merge in the great sea of air outside.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
श्लेषो
Lemma: श्लेष
POS: m
यदि
Lemma: यदि
POS: ind
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
वातेन
Lemma: वात
POS: m
यदि
Lemma: यदि
POS: ind
तस्मात्
Lemma: तस्मात्
POS: ind
प्रणश्यति
Lemma: प्रणश्
POS: 4. Ā. • Verb: प्रणश्यति
महार्णवविमुक्तत्वाद्
Lemma: महत्
POS: adj
महार्णवविमुक्तत्वाद्
Lemma: अर्णव
POS: mn
महार्णवविमुक्तत्वाद्
Lemma: विमुच्
POS: 6. Ā.
महार्णवविमुक्तत्वाद्
Lemma: त्व
POS: n
अन्यत्
Lemma: अन्य
POS: pron
सलिलभाजनम्
Lemma: सलिल
POS: n
सलिलभाजनम्
Lemma: भाजन
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.179.6. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.