महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-217, verse-25

कालः सर्वं समादत्ते कालः सर्वं प्रयच्छति ।
कालेन विधृतं सर्वं मा कृथाः शक्र पौरुषम् ॥२५॥

25. kālaḥ sarvaṁ samādatte kālaḥ sarvaṁ prayacchati ,
kālena vidhṛtaṁ sarvaṁ mā kṛthāḥ śakra pauruṣam.

25. kālaḥ sarvam samādatte kālaḥ sarvam prayacchati
kālena vidhṛtam sarvam mā kṛthāḥ śakra pauruṣam

25. śakra kālaḥ sarvam samādatte kālaḥ sarvam prayacchati
sarvam kālena vidhṛtam (asti) mā pauruṣam kṛthāḥ

25. Time seizes everything; Time also bestows everything. Indeed, everything is upheld by Time. Therefore, O Śakra, do not place too much reliance on (your own) human effort.

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, appropriate time

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• समादत्ते (samādatte) - takes, seizes, gathers

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, appropriate time

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, bestows

• कालेन (kālena) - by time

• विधृतम् (vidhṛtam) - sustained, held, supported

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - you should do, you should make

• शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra (Indra)

• पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort, manliness, prowess

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, appropriate time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, death

From √kal 'to count, calculate, impel'

Root: kal (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Object of 'samādatte'.

समादत्ते (samādatte) - takes, seizes, gathers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time, period, appropriate time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, death

From √kal 'to count, calculate, impel'

Root: kal (class 1)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Object of 'prayacchati'.

प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives, bestows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yam

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

कालेन (kālena) - by time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, black

Root: kal (class 1)

विधृतम् (vidhṛtam) - sustained, held, supported

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidhṛta

vidhṛta - sustained, held, supported

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `vi-√dhṛ` (to hold apart, support, maintain)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `sarvam`.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Subject, agreeing with `vidhṛtam`.

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - you should do, you should make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, aorist (luṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Injunctive use with `mā` for prohibition.

शक्र (śakra) - O Śakra (Indra)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - mighty, powerful; name of Indra

From √śak 'to be able, strong'

Root: śak (class 5)

पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - human effort, manliness, prowess

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pauruṣa

pauruṣa - human, manly, human effort, prowess

Derived from `puruṣa`

Note: Object of `kṛthāḥ`.