महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-28

भीष्म उवाच ।
अथ वैवस्वतः कालो मृत्युश्च त्रितयं विभो ।
ब्राह्मणं तं महाभागमुपागम्येदमब्रुवन् ॥२८॥

28. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atha vaivasvataḥ kālo mṛtyuśca tritayaṁ vibho ,
brāhmaṇaṁ taṁ mahābhāgamupāgamyedamabruvan.

28. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atha vaivasvataḥ kālaḥ mṛtyuḥ ca tritayam
vibho brāhmaṇam tam mahābhāgam upāgamya idam abruvan

28. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
vibho,
atha vaivasvataḥ kālaḥ ca mṛtyuḥ tritayam tam mahābhāgam brāhmaṇam upāgamya idam abruvan.

28. Bhishma said: Then, O powerful one, Vaivasvata, Time, and Death—the three of them—approached that greatly fortunate Brahmin and said this.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a character in Mahabharata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama, the son of Vivasvat (Vaivasvata (son of Vivasvat, an epithet of Yama))

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (personified deity) (time, death)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (personified deity) (death)

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्रितयम् (tritayam) - the group of three (Vaivasvata, Time, and Death) (a trio, a group of three)

• विभो (vibho) - O powerful one, O lord, O omnipresent one

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - Brahmin

• तम् (tam) - that (specific) Brahmin (that, him)

• महाभागम् (mahābhāgam) - greatly fortunate, noble

• उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached, having come near

• इदम् (idam) - this (following statement) (this, these words)

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a character in Mahabharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a warrior in Mahabharata), terrible, formidable

Root: bhī (class 3)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama, the son of Vivasvat (Vaivasvata (son of Vivasvat, an epithet of Yama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - son of Vivasvat (the Sun-god); an epithet of Yama

Derived from Vivasvat

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (personified deity) (time, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, appointed time, death, black

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (personified deity) (death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, the god of death

Root: mṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्रितयम् (tritayam) - the group of three (Vaivasvata, Time, and Death) (a trio, a group of three)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tritaya

tritaya - a triad, a group of three

Derived from `tri` (three) with suffix -taya

Note: Refers to the three preceding entities.

विभो (vibho) - O powerful one, O lord, O omnipresent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, powerful, lord, master

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - Brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, relating to Brahman

Root: bṛh (class 1)

Note: Object of `upāgamya` and `abruvan`.

तम् (tam) - that (specific) Brahmin (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (remote demonstrative)

Note: Modifies `brāhmaṇam`.

महाभागम् (mahābhāgam) - greatly fortunate, noble

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, noble, highly esteemed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bhāga – share, portion, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Modifies `brāhmaṇam`.

उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached, having come near

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix `upa-` + `ā-` + root `gam` and suffix -ya

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this (following statement) (this, these words)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these (proximate demonstrative)

Note: Object of `abruvan`. Forms sandhi `idamabruvan`.

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

3rd person plural imperfect active

Root: brū (class 2)