महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-220, verse-99

इदानीं तावदेवासौ मया दृष्टः कथं मृतः ।
इति कालेन ह्रियतां प्रलापः श्रूयते नृणाम् ॥९९॥

99. idānīṁ tāvadevāsau mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kathaṁ mṛtaḥ ,
iti kālena hriyatāṁ pralāpaḥ śrūyate nṛṇām.

99. idānīm tāvat eva asau mayā dṛṣṭaḥ katham mṛtaḥ
| iti kālena hriyatām pralāpaḥ śrūyate nṛṇām

99. nṛṇām pralāpaḥ śrūyate iti idānīm tāvat eva
asau mayā dṛṣṭaḥ katham mṛtaḥ kālena hriyatām

99. This lament of people is heard: 'I just saw him; how is he dead?' — thus, let (him) be carried away by Time (kāla).

Words meanings summery:

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time

• तावत् (tāvat) - just, only (emphasizing immediacy) (so much, so long, just)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• असौ (asau) - this one, that one (masculine)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying

• कालेन (kālena) - by Time

• ह्रियताम् (hriyatām) - let him/it be carried away, let him/it be taken away

• प्रलापः (pralāpaḥ) - lament, wailing, meaningless talk

• श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people

Words meanings and morphology

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now, at this time

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - just, only (emphasizing immediacy) (so much, so long, just)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - this one, that one (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

(indeclinable)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying

(indeclinable)

कालेन (kālena) - by Time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

ह्रियताम् (hriyatām) - let him/it be carried away, let him/it be taken away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

प्रलापः (pralāpaḥ) - lament, wailing, meaningless talk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pralāpa

pralāpa - lament, wailing, incoherent talk, senseless speech

Prefix: pra

Root: lap (class 1)

श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, male