महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-39, verse-44

तानुवाचाव्ययो देवो विहितं तत्र वै मया ।
यथास्य भविता मृत्युरचिरेणैव भारत ॥४४॥

44. tānuvācāvyayo devo vihitaṁ tatra vai mayā ,
yathāsya bhavitā mṛtyuracireṇaiva bhārata.

44. tān uvāca avyayaḥ devaḥ vihitam tatra vai mayā
yathā asya bhavitā mṛtyuḥ acireṇa eva bhārata

44. bhārata avyayaḥ devaḥ tān uvāca.
mayā tatra vai vihitam yathā asya mṛtyuḥ acireṇa eva bhavitā

44. The imperishable god (Brahmā) then told them, "Indeed, I have already arranged there, O Bhārata, how his death will occur very soon."

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - to them (the gods) (them, those)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - the imperishable (god) (imperishable, unchangeable, undiminishing)

• देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

• विहितम् (vihitam) - arranged, decided (arranged, ordained, done)

• तत्र (tatra) - in that matter, regarding that (there, in that matter)

• वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, certainly, verily)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• यथा (yathā) - how (how, as, in what manner)

• अस्य (asya) - of him (the demon) (of him, of this)

• भविता (bhavitā) - will be

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• अचिरेण (acireṇa) - quickly, soon, without delay

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

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing the listener in the Mahābhārata narrative) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - to them (the gods) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - the imperishable (god) (imperishable, unchangeable, undiminishing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, immutable, undiminishing; an indeclinable word

Negative compound 'a' (not) + 'vyaya' (perishable, decay)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vyaya – expenditure, loss, decay, perishable
  noun (masculine)
  From `vi-i` (to go away, perish)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)

देवः (devaḥ) - god, deity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

विहितम् (vihitam) - arranged, decided (arranged, ordained, done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita

vihita - arranged, ordained, performed, proper

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place, put) with upasarga 'vi' (apart, thoroughly)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Functions as a predicate here.

तत्र (tatra) - in that matter, regarding that (there, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'tad'

वै (vai) - indeed (for emphasis) (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

यथा (yathā) - how (how, as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him (the demon) (of him, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

भविता (bhavitā) - will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Periphrastic Future (luṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death

From root 'mṛ' (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अचिरेण (acireṇa) - quickly, soon, without delay

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of acira

acira - not long, short (time)

Negative compound 'a' (not) + 'cira' (long time)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cira)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• cira – long (time), lasting
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'soon'.

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

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing the listener in the Mahābhārata narrative) (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, a king of the Bharata dynasty

Patronymic derivation from Bharata