महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-169, verse-14

श्वःकार्यमद्य कुर्वीत पूर्वाह्णे चापराह्णिकम् ।
न हि प्रतीक्षते मृत्युः कृतं वास्य न वा कृतम् ।
को हि जानाति कस्याद्य मृत्युसेना निवेक्ष्यते ॥१४॥

14. śvaḥkāryamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikam ,
na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaṁ vāsya na vā kṛtam ,
ko hi jānāti kasyādya mṛtyusenā nivekṣyate.

14. śvaḥkāryam adya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe ca
aparāhṇikam na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ
kṛtam vā asya na vā kṛtam kaḥ hi
jānāti kasya adya mṛtyusenā nivekṣyate

14. adya śvaḥkāryam kurvīta ca pūrvāhṇe
aparāhṇikam hi mṛtyuḥ asya kṛtam vā
na vā kṛtam na pratīkṣate hi kaḥ
jānāti adya kasya mṛtyusenā nivekṣyate

14. One should do today what is to be done tomorrow, and in the forenoon, what is for the afternoon. For death does not wait, regardless of whether one's tasks are completed or not. Who indeed knows for whom the army of death will be stationed today?

Words meanings summery:

• श्वःकार्यम् (śvaḥkāryam) - tomorrow's task, what is to be done tomorrow

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - one should do, he should perform

• पूर्वाह्णे (pūrvāhṇe) - in the forenoon, in the morning

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपराह्णिकम् (aparāhṇikam) - what is for the afternoon, afternoon's task

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - waits for, expects

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, finished

• वा (vā) - or

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, finished

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• जानाति (jānāti) - knows, recognizes

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मृत्युसेना (mṛtyusenā) - army of death

• निवेक्ष्यते (nivekṣyate) - will encamp, will be stationed, will enter

Words meanings and morphology

श्वःकार्यम् (śvaḥkāryam) - tomorrow's task, what is to be done tomorrow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śvaḥkārya

śvaḥkārya - task for tomorrow, duty to be performed tomorrow

Compound type : Tatpurusha (śvaḥ+kārya)

• śvaḥ – tomorrow
  indeclinable
• kārya – to be done, duty, task
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ya
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - one should do, he should perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पूर्वाह्णे (pūrvāhṇe) - in the forenoon, in the morning

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pūrvāhṇa

pūrvāhṇa - forenoon, morning

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपराह्णिकम् (aparāhṇikam) - what is for the afternoon, afternoon's task

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aparāhṇika

aparāhṇika - relating to the afternoon, what is to be done in the afternoon

Derived from 'aparāhṇa' (afternoon) with suffix '-ika'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

प्रतीक्षते (pratīkṣate) - waits for, expects

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of prati-īkṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, finished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, completed

Past Passive Participle

Root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ta

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to a generic person whose tasks are in question.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed, finished

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, completed

Past Passive Participle

Root kṛ (to do) + suffix -ta

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

जानाति (jānāti) - knows, recognizes

(verb)

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

Root: jñā (class 9)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom, for whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

मृत्युसेना (mṛtyusenā) - army of death

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛtyusenā

mṛtyusenā - the army of death

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mṛtyu+senā)

• mṛtyu – death, mortality
  noun (masculine)
  From root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• senā – army, host, troop
  noun (feminine)

निवेक्ष्यते (nivekṣyate) - will encamp, will be stationed, will enter

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (ḷṛṭ) of ni-viś

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)