महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-9, verse-21

कालो नूनं महाराज लोकेऽस्मिन्बलवत्तरः ।
पश्यामो निहतं त्वां चेद्भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥२१॥

21. kālo nūnaṁ mahārāja loke'sminbalavattaraḥ ,
paśyāmo nihataṁ tvāṁ cedbhīmasenena saṁyuge.

21. kālaḥ nūnam mahārāja loke asmin balavattaraḥ |
paśyāmaḥ nihatam tvām cet bhīmasenena saṃyuge

21. mahārāja cet vayam tvām bhīmasenena saṃyuge nihatam paśyāmaḥ,
nūnam asmin loke kālaḥ balavattaraḥ

21. O great king, if we see you struck down by Bhīmasena in battle, then indeed Time (kāla) is more powerful in this world.

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time or Destiny (time, destiny, proper time)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed, surely, certainly

• महाराज (mahārāja) - Addressed to Duryodhana (O great king)

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

• बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - stronger, more powerful

• पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see, we perceive

• निहतम् (nihatam) - struck down (struck down, killed, destroyed)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - Duryodhana (accusative) (you (accusative))

• चेत् (cet) - if

• भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time or Destiny (time, destiny, proper time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, destiny, death, black

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नूनम् (nūnam) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

महाराज (mahārāja) - Addressed to Duryodhana (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Duryodhana.

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (world) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with loke.

बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - stronger, more powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful

Comparative degree of balavat (from bala + -vat). Suffix -tara.

Note: Agrees with kālaḥ.

पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see, we perceive

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Active

Present 1st person plural, from √dṛś (irregularly using paśya- stem).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

निहतम् (nihatam) - struck down (struck down, killed, destroyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni + √han (to strike, kill) with kta suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with tvām.

त्वाम् (tvām) - Duryodhana (accusative) (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to Duryodhana.

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena, son of Vāyu and Kuntī, one of the Pāṇḍavas

Note: Agent of the action 'nihatam'.

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, war

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)