महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-237, verse-15

नाभिनन्देत मरणं नाभिनन्देत जीवितम् ।
कालमेव प्रतीक्षेत निदेशं भृतको यथा ॥१५॥

15. nābhinandeta maraṇaṁ nābhinandeta jīvitam ,
kālameva pratīkṣeta nideśaṁ bhṛtako yathā.

15. na abhinandet maraṇam na abhinandet jīvitam
kālam eva pratīkṣeta nideśam bhṛtakaḥ yathā

15. yathā bhṛtakaḥ nideśam (pratīkṣate),
tathā (manuṣyaḥ) maraṇam na abhinandet,
jīvitam na abhinandet,
kālam eva pratīkṣeta

15. One should neither desire death nor yearn for life, but simply await the appointed time, much like a hired servant awaits his master's command.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिनन्देत् (abhinandet) - he should desire, he should welcome

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिनन्देत् (abhinandet) - he should desire, he should welcome

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

• कालम् (kālam) - time, season

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• प्रतीक्षेत (pratīkṣeta) - he should await, he should wait for

• निदेशम् (nideśam) - command, order, instruction

• भृतकः (bhṛtakaḥ) - a hired servant, an employee

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिनन्देत् (abhinandet) - he should desire, he should welcome

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of abhinand

Prefixes: abhi+ni

Root: nand (class 1)

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिनन्देत् (abhinandet) - he should desire, he should welcome

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of abhinand

Prefixes: abhi+ni

Root: nand (class 1)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, existence

Past Passive Participle

from √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

कालम् (kālam) - time, season

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

प्रतीक्षेत (pratīkṣeta) - he should await, he should wait for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pratīkṣ

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

निदेशम् (nideśam) - command, order, instruction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nideśa

nideśa - command, order, instruction, direction

भृतकः (bhṛtakaḥ) - a hired servant, an employee

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛtaka

bhṛtaka - a hired servant, an employee

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)