महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-220, verse-55

बहवः पूर्वदैत्येन्द्राः संत्यज्य पृथिवीं गताः ।
कालेनाभ्याहताः सर्वे कालो हि बलवत्तरः ॥५५॥

55. bahavaḥ pūrvadaityendrāḥ saṁtyajya pṛthivīṁ gatāḥ ,
kālenābhyāhatāḥ sarve kālo hi balavattaraḥ.

55. bahavaḥ pūrvadaityendrāḥ saṃtyajya pṛthivīm gatāḥ
kālena abhyāhatāḥ sarve kālaḥ hi balavattaraḥ

55. bahavaḥ pūrvadaityendrāḥ pṛthivīm saṃtyajya gatāḥ
sarve kālena abhyāhatāḥ hi kālaḥ balavattaraḥ

55. Many former chief Daityas (pūrvadaityendrāḥ) have abandoned the earth and departed. All of them were struck down by time, for time is indeed more powerful.

Words meanings summery:

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

• पूर्वदैत्येन्द्राः (pūrvadaityendrāḥ) - former chiefs of Daityas

• संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned, having given up

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, departed

• कालेन (kālena) - by time

• अभ्याहताः (abhyāhatāḥ) - struck down, overcome, assailed

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, all of them

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• हि (hi) - for or because, indicating a reason (indeed, because, for)

• बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - more powerful, stronger

Words meanings and morphology

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous, abundant

पूर्वदैत्येन्द्राः (pūrvadaityendrāḥ) - former chiefs of Daityas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrvadaityendra

pūrvadaityendra - former chief of Daityas

Compound type : karmadharaya (pūrva+daityendra)

• pūrva – former, earlier, prior
  adjective (masculine)
• daityendra – chief of Daityas, lord of Daityas
  noun (masculine)

संत्यज्य (saṁtyajya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root tyaj with prefix sam, suffix -ya for absolutive

Prefix: sam

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, soil, ground

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gam - to go, move, depart

Past Passive Participle

root gam, past passive participle

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: functions as an adjective here, modifying 'pūrvadaityendrāḥ'

कालेन (kālena) - by time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

अभ्याहताः (abhyāhatāḥ) - struck down, overcome, assailed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhyāhata

han - to strike, kill, smite

Past Passive Participle

root han with upasargas abhi + ā, past passive participle

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: functions as an adjective modifying 'sarve' or implied subjects.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, all of them

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

हि (hi) - for or because, indicating a reason (indeed, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: functions as a causal particle.

बलवत्तरः (balavattaraḥ) - more powerful, stronger

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavattara

balavat - powerful, strong

comparative suffix -tara on balavat

Note: comparative degree.