महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-225, verse-3

न संतापो हि वः कार्यः पुत्रका मरणं प्रति ।
ऋषीन्वेद हुताशोऽपि ब्रह्म तद्विदितं च वः ॥३॥

3. na saṁtāpo hi vaḥ kāryaḥ putrakā maraṇaṁ prati ,
ṛṣīnveda hutāśo'pi brahma tadviditaṁ ca vaḥ.

3. na saṃtāpaḥ hi vaḥ kāryaḥ putrakāḥ maraṇam prati
ṛṣīn veda hutāśaḥ api brahma tat viditam ca vaḥ

3. Indeed, my sons, you should not lament over death. Even the fire god (hutāśa) knows the sages (ṛṣi) and Brahman, and this is also known to you.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• संतापः (saṁtāpaḥ) - grief, sorrow, lamentation, anguish

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

• वः (vaḥ) - by you (implied agent for 'kāryaḥ') (to you, for you, by you, of you)

• कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done (implying 'grief should not be done') (to be done, to be made, proper to be done)

• पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - O sons, O little sons

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, concerning, in relation to

• ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages, inspired poets, seers

• वेद (veda) - knows, understands

• हुताशः (hutāśaḥ) - the fire god (fire, fire god, Agni (eater of oblations))

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality), the Absolute

• तत् (tat) - that (knowledge) (that, it)

• विदितम् (viditam) - known, understood

• च (ca) - and, also

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (known to you) (to you, for you, by you, of you)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

संतापः (saṁtāpaḥ) - grief, sorrow, lamentation, anguish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃtāpa

saṁtāpa - grief, sorrow, lamentation, anguish, distress

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because, for

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - by you (implied agent for 'kāryaḥ') (to you, for you, by you, of you)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Used as the agent in passive construction (dative of agent)

कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done (implying 'grief should not be done') (to be done, to be made, proper to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, proper to be done, duty, action

Gerundive

Root kṛ (to do) + -ya suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - O sons, O little sons

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of putraka

putraka - son, little son, dear son

Derived from 'putra' with -ka suffix (diminutive/affectionate)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, an act of dying

action noun

Root mṛ (to die) + -ana suffix

Root: mṛ (class 6)

प्रति (prati) - towards, regarding, concerning, in relation to

(indeclinable)

ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages, inspired poets, seers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, Vedic hymn composer

वेद (veda) - knows, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Present Indicative

Root vid (class 2, parasmaipada)

Root: vid (class 2)

हुताशः (hutāśaḥ) - the fire god (fire, fire god, Agni (eater of oblations))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśa

hutāśa - fire, fire god, eater of oblations

Compound type : tatpurusha (huta+aśa)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, cast into fire
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root hu (to sacrifice) + -ta suffix
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśa – eater, consumer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Root aś (to eat) + -a suffix
  Root: aś (class 9)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman (the ultimate reality), the Absolute

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahman, the supreme reality, universal spirit, sacred word, the Vedas

Root: bṛh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (knowledge) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

विदितम् (viditam) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Root vid (to know) + -ita suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (known to you) (to you, for you, by you, of you)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Used here in the dative sense 'to you'