महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-127, verse-20

युध्यस्व यत्नमास्थाय मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ।
यततस्तव तेषां च दैवं मार्गेण यास्यति ॥२०॥

20. yudhyasva yatnamāsthāya mṛtyuṁ kṛtvā nivartanam ,
yatatastava teṣāṁ ca daivaṁ mārgeṇa yāsyati.

20. yudhyasva yatnam āsthāya mṛtyum kṛtvā nivartanam
yatataḥ tava teṣām ca daīvam mārgeṇa yāsyati

20. yatnam āsthāya mṛtyum nivartanam kṛtvā yudhyasva
yatataḥ tava ca teṣām daīvam mārgeṇa yāsyati

20. Fight, putting forth effort and accepting death as the only retreat. As you strive, your destiny and theirs will unfold in their respective paths.

Words meanings summery:

• युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight!, engage in battle

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken, having adopted

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• निवर्तनम् (nivartanam) - retreat, turning back, cessation

• यततः (yatataḥ) - of one who strives, of one who makes effort

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• च (ca) - and, also

• दईवम् (daīvam) - destiny, fate, divine will

• मार्गेण (mārgeṇa) - by the path, by the way, along the road

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will proceed, will happen

Words meanings and morphology

युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight!, engage in battle

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having taken, having adopted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root sthā- (to stand) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root kṛ- (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

निवर्तनम् (nivartanam) - retreat, turning back, cessation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nivartana

nivartana - turning back, retreat, cessation, returning

Verbal noun

From root vṛt- (to turn) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यततः (yatataḥ) - of one who strives, of one who makes effort

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yatat

yatat - striving, endeavoring, making effort

Present Active Participle

From root yat- (to strive).

Root: yat (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दईवम् (daīvam) - destiny, fate, divine will

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daīva

daīva - destiny, fate, divine will, a god

मार्गेण (mārgeṇa) - by the path, by the way, along the road

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way

यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will proceed, will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)