महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-224, verse-71

विहितं कालनानात्वमनादिनिधनं तथा ।
कीर्तितं यत्पुरस्तात्ते तत्सूते चात्ति च प्रजाः ॥७१॥

71. vihitaṁ kālanānātvamanādinidhanaṁ tathā ,
kīrtitaṁ yatpurastātte tatsūte cātti ca prajāḥ.

71. vihitam kālanānātvam anādinidhanam tathā kīrtitam
yat purastāt te tat sūte ca ātti ca prajāḥ

71. te purastāt yat vihitam anādinidhanam kālanānātvam tathā kīrtitam,
tat prajāḥ sūte ca ātti ca

71. The multiplicity of time (kāla), which is without beginning or end and which was previously declared to you, that (time) creates and consumes creatures.

Words meanings summery:

• विहितम् (vihitam) - ordained, prescribed, arranged, performed

• कालनानात्वम् (kālanānātvam) - the multiplicity of time, the diversity of time (kāla)

• अनादिनिधनम् (anādinidhanam) - without beginning or end, eternal

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• कीर्तितम् (kīrtitam) - proclaimed, declared, stated

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - previously, formerly, before

• ते (te) - to you

• तत् (tat) - that

• सूते (sūte) - creates, generates, produces

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• आत्ति (ātti) - consumes, eats, devours, destroys

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, beings, progeny

Words meanings and morphology

विहितम् (vihitam) - ordained, prescribed, arranged, performed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita

vihita - ordained, prescribed, arranged, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root √dhā (to place, hold) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

कालनानात्वम् (kālanānātvam) - the multiplicity of time, the diversity of time (kāla)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kālanānātva

kālanānātva - diversity of time, multiplicity of time

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+nānātva)

• kāla – time, period, season
  noun (masculine)
• nānātva – multiplicity, diversity, variety
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from nānā (various) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

अनादिनिधनम् (anādinidhanam) - without beginning or end, eternal

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anādinidhana

anādinidhana - without beginning or end, eternal, immortal

Compound of 'an' (negation), 'ādi' (beginning), and 'nidhana' (end, destruction)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (an+ādi+nidhana)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ādi – beginning, origin, first
  noun (masculine)
• nidhana – end, destruction, death, loss
  noun (neuter)
  From ni-√dhā (to place down, to destroy)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: dhā (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

कीर्तितम् (kīrtitam) - proclaimed, declared, stated

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīrtita

kīrtita - declared, proclaimed, glorified, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root √kīrt (to mention, praise)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - previously, formerly, before

(indeclinable)

From puras (in front) + tāt suffix

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also can be genitive singular. Context here fits dative 'to you'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सूते (sūte) - creates, generates, produces

(verb)

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

Root: sū (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

आत्ति (ātti) - consumes, eats, devours, destroys

(verb)

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

Root ad (class 2) with ā-prefix, meaning to consume/devour.

Prefix: ā

Root: ad (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, beings, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, offspring, creatures, subjects, people

From pra-√jan (to be born)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)