महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-28, verse-22

वैद्याश्चाप्यातुराः सन्ति बलवन्तः सुदुर्बलाः ।
स्त्रीमन्तश्च तथा षण्ढा विचित्रः कालपर्ययः ॥२२॥

22. vaidyāścāpyāturāḥ santi balavantaḥ sudurbalāḥ ,
strīmantaśca tathā ṣaṇḍhā vicitraḥ kālaparyayaḥ.

22. vaidyāḥ ca api āturāḥ santi balavantaḥ sudurbalāḥ
strīmantaḥ ca tathā ṣaṇḍhāḥ vicitraḥ kālaparyayaḥ

22. vaidyāḥ ca api āturāḥ santi
balavantaḥ sudurbalāḥ (santi) tathā
strīmantaḥ ca ṣaṇḍhāḥ (santi)
kālaparyayaḥ vicitraḥ (bhavati)

22. Even physicians fall ill, and the strong become extremely weak. Similarly, men with wives can become impotent. Truly, the turns of time are remarkable.

Words meanings summery:

• वैद्याः (vaidyāḥ) - physicians, doctors

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• आतुराः (āturāḥ) - sick, ill, distressed

• सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

• बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - strong, powerful

• सुदुर्बलाः (sudurbalāḥ) - very weak, extremely feeble

• स्त्रीमन्तः (strīmantaḥ) - men with wives, husbands

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also

• षण्ढाः (ṣaṇḍhāḥ) - eunuchs, impotent men

• विचित्रः (vicitraḥ) - wonderful, strange, variegated, diverse

• कालपर्ययः (kālaparyayaḥ) - change of time, vicissitude of time, turn of time

Words meanings and morphology

वैद्याः (vaidyāḥ) - physicians, doctors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaidya

vaidya - skilled, learned, physician, doctor

derived from veda (knowledge) + -ya suffix

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

आतुराः (āturāḥ) - sick, ill, distressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātura

ātura - sick, ill, distressed, afflicted, suffering

from √ātur (to be sick)

Root: ātur

Note: Agrees with 'vaidyāḥ'.

सन्ति (santi) - they are, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - strong, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balavant

balavant - strong, powerful, mighty

possessive adjective from bala (strength) + -vant suffix

Note: Used as a noun here: 'the strong ones'.

सुदुर्बलाः (sudurbalāḥ) - very weak, extremely feeble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudurbala

sudurbala - very weak, extremely feeble

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+durbala)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• durbala – weak, feeble, powerless
  adjective (masculine)
  from dur- (bad, difficult) + bala (strength)
  Prefix: dur

Note: Used as a noun: 'the very weak ones'.

स्त्रीमन्तः (strīmantaḥ) - men with wives, husbands

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of strīmant

strīmant - having a wife, married man, husband

possessive adjective from strī (woman, wife) + -mant suffix

Note: Used as a noun: 'those who have wives'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also

(indeclinable)

षण्ढाः (ṣaṇḍhāḥ) - eunuchs, impotent men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṣaṇḍha

ṣaṇḍha - eunuch, impotent man, barren, defective

विचित्रः (vicitraḥ) - wonderful, strange, variegated, diverse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange, curious

Prefix: vi

Root: citra

Note: Agrees with 'kālaparyayaḥ'.

कालपर्ययः (kālaparyayaḥ) - change of time, vicissitude of time, turn of time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālaparyaya

kālaparyaya - change of time, turn of time, revolution of an age, vicissitude of time

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+paryaya)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• paryaya – turn, change, revolution, succession
  noun (masculine)
  from pari-√i (to go round)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.