महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-9, verse-20

युगान्तकाले संप्राप्ते भूतानां दह्यतामिव ।
अभावः स्यादयं प्राप्त इति भूतानि मेनिरे ॥२०॥

20. yugāntakāle saṁprāpte bhūtānāṁ dahyatāmiva ,
abhāvaḥ syādayaṁ prāpta iti bhūtāni menire.

20. yugāntakāle saṃprāpte bhūtānām dahyatām iva
abhāvaḥ syāt ayam prāpta iti bhūtāni menire

20. bhūtāni menire iti ayam abhāvaḥ prāptaḥ syāt
yugāntakāle saṃprāpte bhūtānām dahyatām iva

20. When the time of the dissolution of the age (yuga) had arrived, and it seemed as though all beings were being consumed, the creatures believed, 'This destruction has surely come upon us.'

Words meanings summery:

• युगान्तकाले (yugāntakāle) - at the time of the end of the age

• संप्राप्ते (saṁprāpte) - having arrived, having been reached

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - of those being burnt

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, destruction, annihilation

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• प्राप्त (prāpta) - reached, obtained, arrived

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they believed

Words meanings and morphology

युगान्तकाले (yugāntakāle) - at the time of the end of the age

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugāntakāla

yugāntakāla - time of the end of an age, epoch of dissolution

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+anta+kāla)

• yuga – age, epoch, yoke
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)

संप्राप्ते (saṁprāpte) - having arrived, having been reached

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃprāpta

saṁprāpta - obtained, reached, arrived, come

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefixes sam- and pra-.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'kāle'.

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhū (to be, exist). Used as a noun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

दह्यताम् (dahyatām) - of those being burnt

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of dahyat

dahyat - being burnt, being consumed by fire

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root √dah (to burn) in the passive voice.

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtānām'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

अभावः (abhāvaḥ) - non-existence, destruction, annihilation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, annihilation, destruction

Derived from 'a-' (negation) and 'bhāva' (being, existence).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, feeling
  noun (masculine)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood

Third person singular optative form of the root √as.

Root: as (class 2)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

प्राप्त (prāpta) - reached, obtained, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √āp (to obtain) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'abhāvaḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhū (to be, exist). Used as a noun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

मेनिरे (menire) - they thought, they believed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of man

Perfect tense

Third person plural, ātmanepada, Perfect tense of root √man.

Root: man (class 4)