महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-36, verse-6

शरीरिणां हि मरणं शरीरे नित्यमाश्रितम् ।
प्रागेव मरणात्तस्माद्राज्यायैव घटामहे ॥६॥

6. śarīriṇāṁ hi maraṇaṁ śarīre nityamāśritam ,
prāgeva maraṇāttasmādrājyāyaiva ghaṭāmahe.

6. śarīriṇām hi maraṇam śarīre nityam āśritam
prāk eva maraṇāt tasmāt rājyāya eva ghaṭāmahe

6. Indeed, for embodied beings, death is always inherent within the body. Therefore, let us strive for the kingdom even before death comes.

Words meanings summery:

• शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings, of creatures with bodies

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

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always inherent (always, constantly, eternally)

• आश्रितम् (āśritam) - inherent (situated, residing, dependent on)

• प्राक् (prāk) - before (before, formerly, eastward)

• एव (eva) - even (only, just, indeed)

• मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death, than death

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

• राज्याय (rājyāya) - for the kingdom, for sovereignty

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

• घटामहे (ghaṭāmahe) - we strive, we exert ourselves

Words meanings and morphology

शरीरिणाम् (śarīriṇām) - of embodied beings, of creatures with bodies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śarīrin

śarīrin - having a body, embodied, living being

Derived from `śarīra` with possessive suffix `in`

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - dying, death

Derived from root `mṛ` (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal form

Note: Locative of place where death resides.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always inherent (always, constantly, eternally)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nitya

nitya - constant, perpetual, eternal, always

Note: Modifies `āśritam`.

आश्रितम् (āśritam) - inherent (situated, residing, dependent on)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āśrita

āśrita - residing, inherent, dependent, taken refuge in

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `ā-√śri` (to resort to, to depend on)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `maraṇam`.

प्राक् (prāk) - before (before, formerly, eastward)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

एव (eva) - even (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death, than death

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - dying, death

Derived from root `mṛ` (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Time ablative, 'before death'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Used as an adverb 'therefore'.

राज्याय (rājyāya) - for the kingdom, for sovereignty

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, dominion

Derived from `rājan` (king)

Note: Purpose for striving.

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle, restricts the striving to 'rājyāya'.

घटामहे (ghaṭāmahe) - we strive, we exert ourselves

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ghaṭ

Root: ghaṭ (class 1)

Note: The verb `ghaṭ` is often ātmanepadi in this sense.