महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-250, verse-9

पितामह उवाच ।
मृत्यो संकल्पिता मे त्वं प्रजासंहारहेतुना ।
गच्छ संहर सर्वास्त्वं प्रजा मा च विचारय ॥९॥

9. pitāmaha uvāca ,
mṛtyo saṁkalpitā me tvaṁ prajāsaṁhārahetunā ,
gaccha saṁhara sarvāstvaṁ prajā mā ca vicāraya.

9. pitāmahaḥ uvāca mṛtyo saṅkalpitā me tvam prajāsaṃhārahetunā
gaccha saṃhara sarvāḥ tvam prajāḥ mā ca vicāraya

9. pitāmahaḥ uvāca mṛtyo tvam me prajāsaṃhārahetunā saṅkalpitā
gaccha tvam sarvāḥ prajāḥ saṃhara ca mā vicāraya

9. The Grandsire said: 'O Death, you have been designated by me as the cause for the destruction of creatures. Go, you destroy all beings (prajā), and do not deliberate (vicāraya).'

Words meanings summery:

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - The Grandsire, Brahma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - Addressing the personified entity of Death. (O Death)

• सङ्कल्पिता (saṅkalpitā) - You (Death) have been destined/appointed by me. (destined, determined, resolved)

• मे (me) - by me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• प्रजासंहारहेतुना (prajāsaṁhārahetunā) - as the cause for the destruction of creatures/beings

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go

• संहर (saṁhara) - destroy, withdraw, collect

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, beings, progeny

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• च (ca) - and, also

• विचारय (vicāraya) - deliberate, reflect, hesitate

Words meanings and morphology

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - The Grandsire, Brahma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandsire, Brahma (epithet)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मृत्यो (mṛtyo) - Addressing the personified entity of Death. (O Death)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, god of death (Mṛtyu)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

सङ्कल्पिता (saṅkalpitā) - You (Death) have been destined/appointed by me. (destined, determined, resolved)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṅkalpita

saṅkalpita - destined, determined, resolved, conceived (past passive participle)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kḷp (to arrange, ordain, create) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: kḷp (class 10)

मे (me) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Used here in instrumental for 'by me' (agent).

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

प्रजासंहारहेतुना (prajāsaṁhārahetunā) - as the cause for the destruction of creatures/beings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prajāsaṃhārahetu

prajāsaṁhārahetu - cause of the destruction of creatures/beings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prajā+saṃhāra+hetu)

• prajā – creature, being, progeny, subjects
  noun (feminine)
• saṃhāra – destruction, annihilation, withdrawal
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)

गच्छ (gaccha) - go

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

संहर (saṁhara) - destroy, withdraw, collect

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of saṃ-hṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Modifies 'prajāḥ'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, beings, progeny

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - creature, being, progeny, subjects

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विचारय (vicāraya) - deliberate, reflect, hesitate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vi-car

Causative verb form

Derived from root car (to move, go) with prefix vi-, in causative form (-aya).

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)