महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-1, verse-64

केचिन्नागशतप्राणाः केचित्सर्वास्त्रकोविदाः ।
निहताः पाण्डवेयैः स्म मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥६४॥

64. kecinnāgaśataprāṇāḥ kecitsarvāstrakovidāḥ ,
nihatāḥ pāṇḍaveyaiḥ sma manye kālasya paryayam.

64. kecit nāgaśataprāṇāḥ kecit sarvāstrakovidāḥ
nihatāḥ pāṇḍaveyaiḥ sma manye kālasya paryayam

64. kecit nāgaśataprāṇāḥ kecit sarvāstrakovidāḥ
pāṇḍaveyaiḥ nihatāḥ sma kālasya paryayam manye

64. Some possessed the strength of a hundred elephants, and others were experts in all weaponry. Yet, they were slain by the Pāṇḍavas. I consider this to be the turning point of (kāla) time or destiny.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some, some others

• नागशतप्राणाः (nāgaśataprāṇāḥ) - possessing the strength of a hundred elephants

• केचित् (kecit) - some, some others

• सर्वास्त्रकोविदाः (sarvāstrakovidāḥ) - skilled in all weapons, expert in all missiles

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

• पाण्डवेयैः (pāṇḍaveyaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas, by the sons of Pāṇḍu

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (particle indicating past tense when used with present verb forms)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time, of fate, of destiny

• पर्ययम् (paryayam) - reversal, change, turn, outcome

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some, some others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

नागशतप्राणाः (nāgaśataprāṇāḥ) - possessing the strength of a hundred elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgaśataprāṇa

nāgaśataprāṇa - having the strength of a hundred elephants

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nāga+śata+prāṇa)

• nāga – elephant, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• prāṇa – breath, life-force, strength
  noun (masculine)

केचित् (kecit) - some, some others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

सर्वास्त्रकोविदाः (sarvāstrakovidāḥ) - skilled in all weapons, expert in all missiles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvāstrakovida

sarvāstrakovida - skilled in all weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+astra+kovida)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
• kovida – skilled, expert, learned
  adjective (masculine)

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

पाण्डवेयैः (pāṇḍaveyaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas, by the sons of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍaveya

pāṇḍaveya - son of Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍava

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (particle indicating past tense when used with present verb forms)

(indeclinable)

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time, of fate, of destiny

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, destiny, fate

पर्ययम् (paryayam) - reversal, change, turn, outcome

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paryaya

paryaya - turn, change, succession, reversal, outcome