महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-34, verse-14

तेषामपि श्रीनिमित्तं महानासीत्समुच्छ्रयः ।
युद्धं वर्षसहस्राणि द्वात्रिंशदभवत्किल ॥१४॥

14. teṣāmapi śrīnimittaṁ mahānāsītsamucchrayaḥ ,
yuddhaṁ varṣasahasrāṇi dvātriṁśadabhavatkila.

14. teṣām api śrīnimittham mahān āsīt samucchrayaḥ
yuddham varṣasahasrāṇi dvātriṃśat abhavat kila

14. api teṣām śrīnimittham mahān samucchrayaḥ āsīt
kila yuddham dvātriṃśat varṣasahasrāṇi abhavat

14. For them, there was a great conflict (samucchraya) over prosperity (śrī). Indeed, the war lasted for thirty-two thousand years.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, to them

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• श्रीनिमित्थम् (śrīnimittham) - for the sake of prosperity (śrī) (for the sake of prosperity/fortune/glory)

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, vast

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, he/she/it was

• समुच्छ्रयः (samucchrayaḥ) - great conflict or uprising (samucchraya) (uprising, high prosperity, accumulation, conflict, intense effort)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - war, battle

• वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years, for thousands of years

• द्वात्रिंशत् (dvātriṁśat) - thirty-two

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it occurred, it was

• किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said, forsooth

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, to them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

श्रीनिमित्थम् (śrīnimittham) - for the sake of prosperity (śrī) (for the sake of prosperity/fortune/glory)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrīnimittha

śrīnimittha - for the sake of prosperity/fortune/glory

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrī+nimitta)

• śrī – prosperity, fortune, glory, wealth, beauty
  noun (feminine)
• nimitta – cause, reason, motive, sign
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to denote purpose.

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was, he/she/it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

समुच्छ्रयः (samucchrayaḥ) - great conflict or uprising (samucchraya) (uprising, high prosperity, accumulation, conflict, intense effort)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samucchraya

samucchraya - uprising, growth, accumulation, conflict, high prosperity

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: śri (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - war, battle

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight

वर्षसहस्राणि (varṣasahasrāṇi) - thousands of years, for thousands of years

(compound)

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative case indicates duration of time.

द्वात्रिंशत् (dvātriṁśat) - thirty-two

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it happened, it occurred, it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

किल (kila) - indeed, certainly, it is said, forsooth

(indeclinable)