महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-8, verse-16

अवश्यं भवितव्ये च कुरूणां वैशसे नृप ।
कस्माच्छोचसि ताञ्शूरान्गतान्परमिकां गतिम् ॥१६॥

16. avaśyaṁ bhavitavye ca kurūṇāṁ vaiśase nṛpa ,
kasmācchocasi tāñśūrāngatānparamikāṁ gatim.

16. avaśyam bhavitavye ca kurūṇām vaiśase nṛpa
kasmāt śocasi tān śūrān gatān paramikām gatim

16. nṛpa kurūṇām vaiśase avaśyam bhavitavye ca
kasmāt tān śūrān paramikām gatim gatān śocasi

16. O King, when the destruction of the Kurus was inevitable, why do you grieve for those brave warriors who have attained the ultimate state (gati)?

Words meanings summery:

• अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - inevitably, certainly, necessarily

• भवितव्ये (bhavitavye) - in what must be, in what is to be

• च (ca) - and, also

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus, of the Kuru dynasty

• वैशसे (vaiśase) - in destruction, in calamity, in slaughter

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king, O ruler

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what reason

• शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve, you mourn

• तान् (tān) - those

• शूरान् (śūrān) - brave ones, warriors, heroes

• गतान् (gatān) - gone, attained, reached

• परमिकाम् (paramikām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• गतिम् (gatim) - destination, state, path, course, liberation

Words meanings and morphology

अवश्यम् (avaśyam) - inevitably, certainly, necessarily

(indeclinable)

भवितव्ये (bhavitavye) - in what must be, in what is to be

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhavitavya

bhavitavya - what must be, fated, that which is to be

Gerundive

root bhū (to be) + tavya pratyaya (future passive participle)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as part of a locative absolute construction

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus, of the Kuru dynasty

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - a member of the Kuru dynasty, Kuru (proper name)

वैशसे (vaiśase) - in destruction, in calamity, in slaughter

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vaiśasa

vaiśasa - destruction, calamity, slaughter, disaster

Note: Used as part of a locative absolute construction

नृप (nṛpa) - O king, O ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what reason

(indeclinable)

Note: Ablative singular of kim, used adverbially.

शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve, you mourn

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śuc

Root: śuc (class 1)

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'śūrān'

शूरान् (śūrān) - brave ones, warriors, heroes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, warrior, hero

गतान् (gatān) - gone, attained, reached

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived at, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

root gam (to go) + kta pratyaya

Root: gam (class 1)

परमिकाम् (paramikām) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramikā

paramikā - highest, supreme, ultimate, excellent

गतिम् (gatim) - destination, state, path, course, liberation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, moving, path, course, state, destination, refuge, liberation (mokṣa)

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)