महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-34, verse-3

काङ्क्षमाणाः श्रियं कृत्स्नां पृथिव्यां च महद्यशः ।
कृतान्तविधिसंयुक्ताः कालेन निधनं गताः ॥३॥

3. kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ śriyaṁ kṛtsnāṁ pṛthivyāṁ ca mahadyaśaḥ ,
kṛtāntavidhisaṁyuktāḥ kālena nidhanaṁ gatāḥ.

3. kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ śriyaṃ kṛtsnāṃ pṛthivyām ca mahat
yaśaḥ | kṛtāntavidhisaṃyuktāḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

3. kṛtsnāṃ śriyaṃ ca pṛthivyām mahat yaśaḥ kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ
kṛtāntavidhisaṃyuktāḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

3. Desiring complete prosperity and great fame on earth, they were united with the ordinance of destiny and met their end through time.

Words meanings summery:

• काङ्क्षमाणाः (kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ) - The warriors (kṣatriyas) who desired wealth and fame. (desiring, longing for, wishing)

• श्रियं (śriyaṁ) - prosperity, fortune, glory, wealth

• कृत्स्नां (kṛtsnāṁ) - complete, whole, entire

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

• च (ca) - and, also

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, extensive

• यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

• कृतान्तविधिसंयुक्ताः (kṛtāntavidhisaṁyuktāḥ) - Refers to the warriors whose fate was sealed by divine or cosmic decree. (joined with the ordinance of destiny, bound by the law of fate)

• कालेन (kālena) - Implies that their death was due to the natural process or power of time/destiny. (by time, through time)

• निधनं (nidhanaṁ) - death, destruction, end

• गताः (gatāḥ) - They reached their death, i.e., they died. (gone, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

काङ्क्षमाणाः (kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ) - The warriors (kṣatriyas) who desired wealth and fame. (desiring, longing for, wishing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāṅkṣ

kāṅkṣ - to desire, long for, wish, expect

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

Present participle from root kāṅkṣ, declined as masculine nominative plural.

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

श्रियं (śriyaṁ) - prosperity, fortune, glory, wealth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, fortune, glory, beauty, radiance

कृत्स्नां (kṛtsnāṁ) - complete, whole, entire

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - all, whole, entire, complete, full

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the Earth, ground, soil

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, extensive

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, important

यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame, glory, renown

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśas

yaśas - fame, glory, honor, renown

कृतान्तविधिसंयुक्ताः (kṛtāntavidhisaṁyuktāḥ) - Refers to the warriors whose fate was sealed by divine or cosmic decree. (joined with the ordinance of destiny, bound by the law of fate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtāntavidhisaṃyukta

kṛtāntavidhisaṁyukta - connected with the ordinance of destiny, bound by fate

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṛtānta+vidhi+saṃyukta)

• kṛtānta – destiny, fate, end of action, Yama (god of death)
  noun (masculine)
• vidhi – rule, ordinance, method, fate, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā (to place, arrange) with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā
• saṃyukta – joined, united, connected, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle from root yuj (to join) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj

कालेन (kālena) - Implies that their death was due to the natural process or power of time/destiny. (by time, through time)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, era, fate, death

निधनं (nidhanaṁ) - death, destruction, end

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, end, ruin, annihilation

गताः (gatāḥ) - They reached their death, i.e., they died. (gone, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gam

gam - to go, move, proceed, reach, attain

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from root gam, declined as masculine nominative plural.

Root: gam (class 1)