महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-28

देशं कालं समासाद्य विक्रमेत विचक्षणः ।
देशकालाभ्यतीतो हि विक्रमो निष्फलो भवेत् ॥२८॥

28. deśaṁ kālaṁ samāsādya vikrameta vicakṣaṇaḥ ,
deśakālābhyatīto hi vikramo niṣphalo bhavet.

28. deśam kālam samāsādya vikrameta vicakṣaṇaḥ
deśakālābhyatītaḥ hi vikramaḥ niṣphalaḥ bhavet

28. vicakṣaṇaḥ deśam kālam samāsādya vikrameta hi
deśakālābhyatītaḥ vikramaḥ niṣphalaḥ bhavet

28. A wise person should act with prowess, having properly considered the place and time. For, indeed, valor that disregards place and time will prove fruitless.

Words meanings summery:

• देशम् (deśam) - place, country, region

• कालम् (kālam) - time, appropriate moment

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained, having considered

• विक्रमेत (vikrameta) - one should act valiantly, one should show prowess

• विचक्षणः (vicakṣaṇaḥ) - wise, discerning, clever person

• देशकालाभ्यतीतः (deśakālābhyatītaḥ) - having disregarded place and time, unmindful of proper place and time

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• विक्रमः (vikramaḥ) - valor, prowess, action, courage

• निष्फलः (niṣphalaḥ) - fruitless, ineffective, useless

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it would become

Words meanings and morphology

देशम् (deśam) - place, country, region

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, spot, country, region

कालम् (kālam) - time, appropriate moment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, right moment

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having attained, having considered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

विक्रमेत (vikrameta) - one should act valiantly, one should show prowess

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vikram

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form

विचक्षणः (vicakṣaṇaḥ) - wise, discerning, clever person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicakṣaṇa

vicakṣaṇa - wise, discerning, clever, intelligent

Prefix: vi

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

देशकालाभ्यतीतः (deśakālābhyatītaḥ) - having disregarded place and time, unmindful of proper place and time

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśakālābhyatīta

deśakālābhyatīta - gone beyond place and time, disregarding appropriate place and time

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+kāla+abhyatīta)

• deśa – place, region
  noun (masculine)
• kāla – time, period
  noun (masculine)
• abhyatīta – gone beyond, passed, disregarded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: abhi+ati
  Root: i (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

विक्रमः (vikramaḥ) - valor, prowess, action, courage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikrama

vikrama - valor, courage, strength, prowess, action

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

निष्फलः (niṣphalaḥ) - fruitless, ineffective, useless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, unproductive, useless, ineffective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+phala)

• nis – without, out, negative prefix
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

भवेत् (bhavet) - it would be, it would become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)