महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-155

आसीत्तावत्तु मैत्री नौ यावद्धेतुरभूत्पुरा ।
सा गता सह तेनैव कालयुक्तेन हेतुना ॥१५५॥

155. āsīttāvattu maitrī nau yāvaddheturabhūtpurā ,
sā gatā saha tenaiva kālayuktena hetunā.

155. āsīt tāvat tu maitrī nau yāvat hetuḥ abhūt
purā sā gatā saha tena eva kālayuktena hetunā

155. purā yāvat hetuḥ abhūt,
tāvat tu nau maitrī āsīt.
sā (maitrī) tena eva kālayuktena hetunā saha gatā.

155. Our friendship (maitrī) lasted only as long as the underlying reason existed in the past. That friendship is now gone, along with that very reason which was conditioned by time.

Words meanings summery:

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, existed

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, up to that much, for that duration

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• मैत्री (maitrī) - friendship, benevolence

• नौ (nau) - of us two, between us

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as

• हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason, cause, motive

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, came into being

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, before, in ancient times

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• गता (gatā) - gone, departed

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• तेन (tena) - by that

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• कालयुक्तेन (kālayuktena) - by that which is connected with time, by the timely, conditioned by time

• हेतुना (hetunā) - by reason, by cause

Words meanings and morphology

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

root verb

Root: as (class 2)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, up to that much, for that duration

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'yāvat'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as a particle to mark a slight distinction or simply for emphasis without direct translation in English.

मैत्री (maitrī) - friendship, benevolence

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maitrī

maitrī - friendship, kindness, benevolence

derived from mitra (friend)

Note: Subject of 'āsīt'.

नौ (nau) - of us two, between us

(pronoun)

dual of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Common dual form for 'us two'.

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as much as

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with 'tāvat'.

हेतुः (hetuḥ) - reason, cause, motive

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive

Note: Subject of 'abhūt'.

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, came into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

root verb

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Third person singular aorist.

पुरा (purā) - formerly, before, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'maitrī'.

गता (gatā) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Root gam (to go) + kta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'sā'.

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'hetu', in instrumental case because of 'saha'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle for 'tena'.

कालयुक्तेन (kālayuktena) - by that which is connected with time, by the timely, conditioned by time

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kālayukta

kālayukta - connected with time, timely, conditioned by time

Past Passive Participle (yukta)

Compound of kāla and yukta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+yukta)

• kāla – time, season, death
  noun (masculine)
• yukta – joined, connected, suitable, engaged
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root yuj (to join) + kta suffix
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies 'hetunā'.

हेतुना (hetunā) - by reason, by cause

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive

Note: Instrumental case due to 'saha'.