महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-189

कालो विकुरुते भावान्सर्वाँल्लोके शुभाशुभान् ।
कालः संक्षिपते सर्वाः प्रजा विसृजते पुनः ।
कालः सर्वेषु भूतेषु चरत्यविधृतः समः ॥१८९॥

189. kālo vikurute bhāvānsarvāँlloke śubhāśubhān ,
kālaḥ saṁkṣipate sarvāḥ prajā visṛjate punaḥ ,
kālaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu caratyavidhṛtaḥ samaḥ.

189. kālaḥ vikurute bhāvān sarvān loke
śubhāśubhān kālaḥ saṃkṣipate sarvāḥ
prajāḥ visṛjate punaḥ kālaḥ sarveṣu
bhūteṣu carati avidhṛtaḥ samaḥ

189. Time changes all conditions, good and bad, in the world. Time destroys all creatures and creates them again. Time moves unhindered and impartially among all beings.

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (as a cosmic force) (Time)

• विकुरुते (vikurute) - brings about changes (changes, transforms, deforms)

• भावान् (bhāvān) - states and conditions of existence (states, conditions, dispositions, natures)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (of experience) (in the world, in the realm)

• शुभाशुभान् (śubhāśubhān) - pertaining to both good and evil (good and bad)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (as a cosmic force) (Time)

• संक्षिपते (saṁkṣipate) - destroys, brings to an end (contracts, shortens, destroys, brings to an end)

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, living beings (creatures, offspring, subjects)

• विसृजते (visṛjate) - creates, brings forth (creates, releases, sends forth, abandons)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (as a cosmic force) (Time)

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - among all (in all, among all)

• भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - among all living beings (in beings, among creatures, among elements)

• चरति (carati) - moves, acts, pervades (moves, walks, pervades, acts)

• अविधृतः (avidhṛtaḥ) - unrestrained (unrestrained, unhindered, unheld)

• समः (samaḥ) - impartial, unbiased (equal, same, impartial, calm)

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (as a cosmic force) (Time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, destiny, death

विकुरुते (vikurute) - brings about changes (changes, transforms, deforms)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vikṛ

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: From 'vi' + 'kṛ'.

भावान् (bhāvān) - states and conditions of existence (states, conditions, dispositions, natures)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhāva

bhāva - being, existence, state, condition, disposition, sentiment

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vikurute'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvān'.

लोके (loke) - in this world (of experience) (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

शुभाशुभान् (śubhāśubhān) - pertaining to both good and evil (good and bad)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – good, auspicious, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• aśubha – bad, inauspicious, unlucky
  adjective (masculine)
  negative prefix 'a'
  Prefix: a

Note: Agrees with 'bhāvān sarvān'.

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (as a cosmic force) (Time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, destiny, death

संक्षिपते (saṁkṣipate) - destroys, brings to an end (contracts, shortens, destroys, brings to an end)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃkṣip

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: From 'sam' + 'kṣip'.

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'prajāḥ'.

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, living beings (creatures, offspring, subjects)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creature, subject, people

Note: Object of 'saṃkṣipate' and 'visṛjate'.

विसृजते (visṛjate) - creates, brings forth (creates, releases, sends forth, abandons)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of visṛj

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: From 'vi' + 'sṛj'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, moreover, but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Note: 'punar' becomes 'punaḥ' before voiceless consonants or at end of sentence.

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (as a cosmic force) (Time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, destiny, death

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - among all (in all, among all)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'bhūteṣu'.

भूतेषु (bhūteṣu) - among all living beings (in beings, among creatures, among elements)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past (participle of bhū)

past passive participle

derived from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Can also be neuter, but used here in masculine locative plural context.

चरति (carati) - moves, acts, pervades (moves, walks, pervades, acts)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

अविधृतः (avidhṛtaḥ) - unrestrained (unrestrained, unhindered, unheld)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avidhṛta

avidhṛta - unheld, unrestrained, unsupported

past passive participle (negated)

derived from root dhṛ with prefix vi, negated by 'a'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vidhṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vidhṛta – held, restrained, supported
  past passive participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  derived from root dhṛ with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kālaḥ'.

समः (samaḥ) - impartial, unbiased (equal, same, impartial, calm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sama

sama - same, equal, similar, impartial, level, calm

Note: Agrees with 'kālaḥ'.