महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-34, verse-6

हेतुमात्रमिदं तस्य कालस्य पुरुषर्षभ ।
यद्धन्ति भूतैर्भूतानि तदस्मै रूपमैश्वरम् ॥६॥

6. hetumātramidaṁ tasya kālasya puruṣarṣabha ,
yaddhanti bhūtairbhūtāni tadasmai rūpamaiśvaram.

6. hetu-mātram idam tasya kālasya puruṣarṣabha yat
hanti bhūtaiḥ bhūtāni tat asmai rūpam aiśvaram

6. puruṣarṣabha idam tasya kālasya hetu-mātram [asti] yat
bhūtaiḥ bhūtāni hanti tat asmai aiśvaram rūpam [asti]

6. O best among men (puruṣarṣabha), the fact that Time (kāla) destroys beings through other beings is merely an instrument for it. That is its divine (aiśvaram) form.

Words meanings summery:

• हेतु-मात्रम् (hetu-mātram) - merely a cause, only a means

• इदम् (idam) - this (act of destruction) (this)

• तस्य (tasya) - for that (Time) (of that, his)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time (kāla)

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men

• यत् (yat) - the fact that (that which, because)

• हन्ति (hanti) - destroys, kills

• भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by beings, by creatures

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

• तत् (tat) - that (destruction by other beings) (that)

• अस्मै (asmai) - for Time (kāla) (to this, for this)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature

• ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine, lordly

Words meanings and morphology

हेतु-मात्रम् (hetu-mātram) - merely a cause, only a means

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hetu-mātra

hetu-mātra - mere cause, only a means

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hetu+mātra)

• hetu – cause, reason
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – only, merely, a measure
  adjective (neuter)

इदम् (idam) - this (act of destruction) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

तस्य (tasya) - for that (Time) (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time (kāla)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, fate, death

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣa-ṛṣabha

puruṣa-ṛṣabha - best among men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - the fact that (that which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

हन्ति (hanti) - destroys, kills

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by beings, by creatures

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

from √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (destruction by other beings) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

अस्मै (asmai) - for Time (kāla) (to this, for this)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, nature

ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine, lordly

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aiśvara

aiśvara - divine, belonging to a lord (īśvara)

derived from īśvara