महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-71

सोऽच्छिनत्कस्यचित्पादौ जघनं चैव कस्यचित् ।
कांश्चिद्बिभेद पार्श्वेषु कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः ॥७१॥

71. so'cchinatkasyacitpādau jaghanaṁ caiva kasyacit ,
kāṁścidbibheda pārśveṣu kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ.

71. saḥ acchinat kasyacit pādau jaghanam ca eva kasyacit
kāṃścit bibheda pārśveṣu kāla sṛṣṭaḥ iva antakaḥ

71. saḥ kasyacit pādau acchinat,
kasyacit jaghanam ca eva [acchinat],
kāṃścit pārśveṣu bibheda,
kāla sṛṣṭaḥ antakaḥ iva [āsīt]

71. He cut off someone's feet, and someone else's hip, and he pierced some in their sides, like Death (antaka) created by time.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - refers to the attacker (Aśvatthāman) (he, that)

• अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - describing the attacker's violent actions (he cut, he severed)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - indicating indefinite victims (of someone, of anybody, of a certain person)

• पादौ (pādau) - the feet of a victim (two feet)

• जघनम् (jaghanam) - the hip/buttock of a victim (hip, buttock, hinder part)

• च (ca) - connecting the two actions of cutting (and, also)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes that this action also happened (indeed, just, even)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - indicating another indefinite victim (of someone, of anybody, of a certain person)

• कांश्चित् (kāṁścit) - some other victims (some, certain ones (plural))

• बिभेद (bibheda) - describing the attacker's violent actions (he pierced, he split, he broke)

• पार्श्वेषु (pārśveṣu) - the location where the victims were pierced (in the sides, on the flanks)

• काल (kāla) - the agent that brought forth Antaka (time, fate, destiny)

• सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created or manifested by time/fate (created, produced, released)

• इव (iva) - indicating a simile (like, as, as if)

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the personification of Death, here likened to the attacker (the destroyer, Death, Yama)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - refers to the attacker (Aśvatthāman) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - describing the attacker's violent actions (he cut, he severed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice from root chid (7th class).

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - indicating indefinite victims (of someone, of anybody, of a certain person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

Note: Indefinite pronoun, agrees with implied 'man' or 'person'.

पादौ (pādau) - the feet of a victim (two feet)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter

जघनम् (jaghanam) - the hip/buttock of a victim (hip, buttock, hinder part)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaghana

jaghana - hip, buttock, hinder part, private parts

च (ca) - connecting the two actions of cutting (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes that this action also happened (indeed, just, even)

(indeclinable)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - indicating another indefinite victim (of someone, of anybody, of a certain person)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

Note: Indefinite pronoun, agrees with implied 'man' or 'person'.

कांश्चित् (kāṁścit) - some other victims (some, certain ones (plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, any, a certain

बिभेद (bibheda) - describing the attacker's violent actions (he pierced, he split, he broke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Perfect, 3rd person singular, active voice from root bhid (7th class).

पार्श्वेषु (pārśveṣu) - the location where the victims were pierced (in the sides, on the flanks)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of pārśva

pārśva - side, flank, vicinity

काल (kāla) - the agent that brought forth Antaka (time, fate, destiny)

(noun)

masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, destiny, fate

Note: Part of a compound 'kālasṛṣṭa'.

सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - created or manifested by time/fate (created, produced, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, produced, emitted, released

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛj.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'antakaḥ', forming a compound 'kālasṛṣṭa'.

इव (iva) - indicating a simile (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the personification of Death, here likened to the attacker (the destroyer, Death, Yama)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - the destroyer, causing an end, Death (personified as Yama)

Derived from 'anta' (end) + suffix '-ka'.

Note: Refers to the god of death.