महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-54, verse-8

प्राप्तकालं च आचक्षे भीष्मोऽयमनुयुज्यताम् ।
अस्तमेति हि गाङ्गेयो भानुमानिव भारत ॥८॥

8. prāptakālaṁ ca ācakṣe bhīṣmo'yamanuyujyatām ,
astameti hi gāṅgeyo bhānumāniva bhārata.

8. prāptakālam ca ācakṣe bhīṣmaḥ ayam anuyujyatām
astam eti hi gāṅgeyaḥ bhānumān iva bhārata

8. And I declare what is appropriate for the moment: Bhishma should be questioned. For indeed, the son of Ganga (Bhishma) is setting, just like the sun, O Bharata.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्तकालम् (prāptakālam) - opportune moment, appropriate time

• च (ca) - and, also

• आचक्षे (ācakṣe) - I declare, I tell, I state

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• अनुयुज्यताम् (anuyujyatām) - let him be questioned, he should be questioned

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance

• एति (eti) - goes, comes

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

• गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - son of Ganga (Bhishma)

• भानुमान् (bhānumān) - the sun, radiant one

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्तकालम् (prāptakālam) - opportune moment, appropriate time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāptakāla

prāptakāla - opportune time, suitable moment, time that has arrived

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāpta+kāla)

• prāpta – achieved, obtained, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra- + √āp (to obtain).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• kāla – time, moment, season
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

आचक्षे (ācakṣe) - I declare, I tell, I state

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √cakṣ

Root with prefix ā-; Present tense, Ātmanepada, 1st person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of a celebrated hero in the Mahabharata

Note: Subject of the imperative verb 'anuyujyatām'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Masculine nominative singular form of 'idam'.

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

अनुयुज्यताम् (anuyujyatām) - let him be questioned, he should be questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of √yuj

Root with prefix anu-; Passive voice, Imperative mood, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: anu

Root: yuj (class 7)

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting (of the sun), home, end, disappearance

Note: Adverbial accusative, meaning "towards setting".

एति (eti) - goes, comes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √i

Present tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: i (class 2)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Explanatory particle.

गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - son of Ganga (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāṅgeya

gāṅgeya - son of Ganga; a patronymic of Bhishma

Derived from Gaṅgā with suffix -eya.

Note: Subject of 'eti'.

भानुमान् (bhānumān) - the sun, radiant one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhānumat

bhānumat - radiant, glorious; the sun; possessed of light

Masculine nominative singular, possessive suffix -mat from √bhā (to shine).

Root: bhā

Note: Used in comparison to Bhishma.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata; an Indian

Vocative singular, derived from Bharata.