महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-29, verse-18

ते चेत्पित्र्ये कर्मणि वर्तमाना आपद्येरन्दिष्टवशेन मृत्युम् ।
यथाशक्त्या पूरयन्तः स्वकर्म तदप्येषां निधनं स्यात्प्रशस्तम् ॥१८॥

18. te cetpitrye karmaṇi vartamānā; āpadyerandiṣṭavaśena mṛtyum ,
yathāśaktyā pūrayantaḥ svakarma; tadapyeṣāṁ nidhanaṁ syātpraśastam.

18. te cet pitrye karmaṇi vartamānāḥ
āpadyeran diṣṭavaśena mṛtyum |
yathāśaktyā pūrayantaḥ svakarma tat
api eṣām nidhanam syāt praśastam

18. If they, while engaged in their paternal duties (karma), were to encounter death by fate, even that demise would be commendable for them, provided they fulfilled their own ordained work (karma) to the best of their ability.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• चेत् (cet) - if

• पित्र्ये (pitrye) - in paternal (in paternal, in ancestral)

• कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in duties (karma) (in action, in duty, in work)

• वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - while engaged in (being, existing, engaged in)

• आपद्येरन् (āpadyeran) - they were to encounter (they would incur, they would meet, they would fall into)

• दिष्टवशेन (diṣṭavaśena) - by fate (by the power of destiny, by fate's sway)

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

• यथाशक्त्या (yathāśaktyā) - to the best of their ability (according to ability, as much as possible)

• पूरयन्तः (pūrayantaḥ) - fulfilling (fulfilling, completing, filling)

• स्वकर्म (svakarma) - their own ordained work (karma) (one's own work, own duty)

• तत् (tat) - that (death) (that, it)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also)

• एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (of these, for them)

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - demise (death, end, destruction)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be (it would be, may be)

• प्रशस्तम् (praśastam) - commendable (praised, commendable, excellent)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, this

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

पित्र्ये (pitrye) - in paternal (in paternal, in ancestral)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of pitrya

pitrya - paternal, ancestral, relating to fathers

कर्मणि (karmaṇi) - in duties (karma) (in action, in duty, in work)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, duty, religious rite, destiny

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - while engaged in (being, existing, engaged in)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vartamāna

vartamāna - being, existing, present, engaged in

present active participle

Root: vṛt (class 1)

आपद्येरन् (āpadyeran) - they were to encounter (they would incur, they would meet, they would fall into)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of āpad

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

दिष्टवशेन (diṣṭavaśena) - by fate (by the power of destiny, by fate's sway)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of diṣṭavaśa

diṣṭavaśa - power of fate, sway of destiny

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (diṣṭa+vaśa)

• diṣṭa – fate, destiny, ordained
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  Root: diś (class 6)
• vaśa – power, control, will, sway
  noun (masculine)

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, the god of death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

यथाशक्त्या (yathāśaktyā) - to the best of their ability (according to ability, as much as possible)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, in which way, according to
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, ability, strength, energy (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

पूरयन्तः (pūrayantaḥ) - fulfilling (fulfilling, completing, filling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrayant

pūrayant - fulfilling, completing, causing to fill

present active participle

causative of pṛ/pūr

Root: pūr (class 10)

स्वकर्म (svakarma) - their own ordained work (karma) (one's own work, own duty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svakarma

svakarma - one's own action, one's own duty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• karma – action, deed, work, duty, religious rite, destiny (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (death) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, this

अपि (api) - even (even, also)

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (of these, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

निधनम् (nidhanam) - demise (death, end, destruction)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, end, destruction, dissolution, treasure

स्यात् (syāt) - would be (it would be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

प्रशस्तम् (praśastam) - commendable (praised, commendable, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of praśasta

praśasta - praised, approved, excellent, auspicious

past passive participle

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)