महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-24

तस्मिन्प्रतिभये काले क्षीणे धर्मे युधिष्ठिर ।
बभ्रमुः क्षुधिता मर्त्याः खादन्तः स्म परस्परम् ॥२४॥

24. tasminpratibhaye kāle kṣīṇe dharme yudhiṣṭhira ,
babhramuḥ kṣudhitā martyāḥ khādantaḥ sma parasparam.

24. tasmin pratibhaye kāle kṣīṇe dharme yudhiṣṭhira
babhrumuḥ kṣudhitāḥ martyāḥ khādantaḥ sma parasparam

24. yudhiṣṭhira tasmin pratibhaye kāle dharme kṣīṇe
kṣudhitāḥ martyāḥ parasparam khādantaḥ sma babhrumuḥ

24. O Yudhishthira, during that terrifying time, when the natural law (dharma) had dwindled, hungry mortals roamed about, devouring one another.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, at that

• प्रतिभये (pratibhaye) - dreadful, terrifying

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

• क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - diminished, wasted, exhausted

• धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law, in righteousness

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

• बभ्रुमुः (babhrumuḥ) - they wandered

• क्षुधिताः (kṣudhitāḥ) - hungry

• मर्त्याः (martyāḥ) - mortals, people

• खादन्तः (khādantaḥ) - eating, devouring

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past action, indeed

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, at that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रतिभये (pratibhaye) - dreadful, terrifying

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pratibhaya

pratibhaya - dreadful, terrifying, frightful

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - diminished, wasted, exhausted

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇa

kṣīṇa - diminished, exhausted, wasted, dwindled

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root kṣi (to waste, destroy)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

धर्मे (dharme) - in the natural law, in righteousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, cosmic order

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

Compound type : aluk tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective
  Root: sthā (class 1)

बभ्रुमुः (babhrumuḥ) - they wandered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhram

Root: bhram (class 1)

क्षुधिताः (kṣudhitāḥ) - hungry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣudhita

kṣudhita - hungry, afflicted by hunger

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from root kṣudh (to be hungry)

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

मर्त्याः (martyāḥ) - mortals, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of martya

martya - mortal, human being, man

खादन्तः (khādantaḥ) - eating, devouring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khādat

khādat - eating, devouring

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root khād (to eat)

Root: khād (class 1)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past action, indeed

(indeclinable)

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.