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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-231, verse-25

कालः पचति भूतानि सर्वाण्येवात्मनात्मनि ।
यस्मिंस्तु पच्यते कालस्तं न वेदेह कश्चन ॥२५॥
25. kālaḥ pacati bhūtāni sarvāṇyevātmanātmani ,
yasmiṁstu pacyate kālastaṁ na vedeha kaścana.
25. kālaḥ pacati bhūtāni sarvāṇi eva ātmanā ātmani
yasmin tu pacyate kālaḥ tam na veda iha kaścana
25. kālaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni ātmanā ātmani eva pacati,
tu yasmin kālaḥ pacyate,
tam iha kaścana na veda
25. Time (kāla) matures and consumes all beings within itself, by its own nature. However, no one here truly knows that in which Time (kāla) itself is consumed.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • कालः (kālaḥ) - Time
  • पचति (pacati) - cooks, digests, matures, causes to ripen, consumes
  • भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements
  • सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, every, entire
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite
  • आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by oneself, by its own nature
  • आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in oneself, within itself
  • यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which
  • तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed
  • पच्यते (pacyate) - is cooked, is ripened, is consumed, is digested
  • कालः (kālaḥ) - Time
  • तम् (tam) - that, him, it
  • (na) - not, no
  • वेद (veda) - knows
  • इह (iha) - here, in this world
  • कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (anyone, someone (in negative contexts: no one))

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, death, fate
पचति (pacati) - cooks, digests, matures, causes to ripen, consumes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pac
Root: pac (class 1)
भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, elements
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta
bhūta - being, creature, element, past, existent
Past Passive Participle
From root bhū (to be, to exist)
Root: bhū (class 1)
सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all, every, entire
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite
(indeclinable)
आत्मना (ātmanā) - by the Self, by oneself, by its own nature
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - Self, soul, essence, individual spirit
आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in oneself, within itself
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - Self, soul, essence, individual spirit
यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what, whichever
तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed
(indeclinable)
पच्यते (pacyate) - is cooked, is ripened, is consumed, is digested
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of pac
Root: pac (class 1)
कालः (kālaḥ) - Time
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, period, season, death, fate
तम् (tam) - that, him, it
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
वेद (veda) - knows
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
इह (iha) - here, in this world
(indeclinable)
कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (anyone, someone (in negative contexts: no one))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana
kaścana - anyone, someone, whoever (often in connection with a negative particle to form 'no one')
Compound type : karmadhāraya (ka+cana)
  • ka – who, what (interrogative pronoun stem)
    pronoun (masculine)
  • cana – an emphatic particle, added to pronouns/interrogatives to mean 'any' or 'even'
    indeclinable