महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-330, verse-70

कालः स एव कथितः क्रोधजेति मया तव ।
निहतांस्तेन वै पूर्वं हतवानसि वै रिपून् ॥७०॥

70. kālaḥ sa eva kathitaḥ krodhajeti mayā tava ,
nihatāṁstena vai pūrvaṁ hatavānasi vai ripūn.

70. kālaḥ saḥ eva kathitaḥ krodhaja iti mayā tava
nihatān tena vai pūrvam hatavān asi vai ripūn

70. mayā tava saḥ eva krodhajaḥ kālaḥ iti kathitaḥ
tena vai pūrvam nihatān ripūn vai tvam hatavān asi

70. That very Kāla (time/death), born of wrath, was declared by me to you. Indeed, your enemies were already slain by him previously, and you merely acted as their killer.

Words meanings summery:

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Kāla (divine personification of Time/Death) (time, destiny, death)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to Kāla) (he, that)

• एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, very)

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - declared (said, told, declared)

• क्रोधज (krodhaja) - born of wrath (born of wrath/anger)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought))

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तव (tava) - to you (to you, your)

• निहतान् (nihatān) - already slain (slain, killed)

• तेन (tena) - by him (Rudra/Kāla) (by him, by that)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, verily)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (previously, before, formerly)

• हतवान् (hatavān) - slew, became the slayer (having slain, slew)

• असि (asi) - you are

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, verily)

• रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies (enemies, foes)

Words meanings and morphology

कालः (kālaḥ) - Kāla (divine personification of Time/Death) (time, destiny, death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, dark blue, death, destiny

Note: Referring to a personified Kāla.

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to Kāla) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - declared (said, told, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - said, told, declared, spoken

past passive participle

Derived from root kath- (to tell, relate)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Masculine nominative singular, agreeing with Kālaḥ.

क्रोधज (krodhaja) - born of wrath (born of wrath/anger)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodhaja

krodhaja - born from anger/wrath

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krodha+ja)

• krodha – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix meaning 'born from'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Compound krodha-ja.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to report speech or thought.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent in passive construction.

तव (tava) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative sense "to you".

निहतान् (nihatān) - already slain (slain, killed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck down

past passive participle

Derived from root han- with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies ripūn.

तेन (tena) - by him (Rudra/Kāla) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agent for nihatān.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (previously, before, formerly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative of pūrva.

हतवान् (hatavān) - slew, became the slayer (having slain, slew)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hatavat

hatavat - having slain, having killed

past active participle

Derived from root han- with suffix -vat

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Used with asi to form a past tense predicate for "you".

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active indicative

2nd person singular present active of root as-

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used with hatavān to express "you slew".

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

रिपून् (ripūn) - enemies (enemies, foes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, adversary

Note: Object of hatavān.