महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-125, verse-15

स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठन्तो यदि माधव संयुगे ।
शस्त्रेण निधनं काले प्राप्स्यामः स्वर्गमेव तत् ॥१५॥

15. svadharmamanutiṣṭhanto yadi mādhava saṁyuge ,
śastreṇa nidhanaṁ kāle prāpsyāmaḥ svargameva tat.

15. svadharmam anutiṣṭhantaḥ yadi mādhava saṃyuge
śastreṇa nidhanam kāle prāpsyāmaḥ svargam eva tat

15. If, O Madhava, while upholding our own natural law (svadharma), we meet our death by weapons in battle at the appointed time, that indeed is heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - one's own specific duty (dharma) as a warrior (one's own duty, one's own natural law, one's own intrinsic nature)

• अनुतिष्ठन्तः (anutiṣṭhantaḥ) - while performing/upholding (their warrior duty) (performing, upholding, practicing)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• माधव (mādhava) - O Krishna, descendant of Madhu (O Madhava)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

• शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by a weapon, with a weapon

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction, demise

• काले (kāle) - at the appointed time (of death) (in time, at the proper time, in due season)

• प्राप्स्यामः (prāpsyāmaḥ) - we will attain, we will reach, we will obtain

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial abode

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• तत् (tat) - that (death leading to heaven) (that, that (is))

Words meanings and morphology

स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - one's own specific duty (dharma) as a warrior (one's own duty, one's own natural law, one's own intrinsic nature)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own duty, one's own natural law, one's own intrinsic nature

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+dharma)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, constitution, sacred law
  noun (masculine)
  from √dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अनुतिष्ठन्तः (anutiṣṭhantaḥ) - while performing/upholding (their warrior duty) (performing, upholding, practicing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anutiṣṭhat

anutiṣṭhat - performing, upholding, practicing

Present Active Participle

derived from √sthā with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The subject of this participle is implied, referring to 'we' (vayam) in the larger context.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

माधव (mādhava) - O Krishna, descendant of Madhu (O Madhava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mādhava

mādhava - descendant of Madhu; a name of Krishna/Vishnu

vṛddhi derivative from Madhu

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, conflict, war

from sam + √yuj

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by a weapon, with a weapon

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument

Root: śas

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction, demise

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, demise

from ni + √dhā

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

काले (kāle) - at the appointed time (of death) (in time, at the proper time, in due season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

प्राप्स्यामः (prāpsyāmaḥ) - we will attain, we will reach, we will obtain

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of prāp

future tense

from pra + √āp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial abode

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial abode, paradise

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (death leading to heaven) (that, that (is))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Functions as the subject for the implied verb 'is'.