महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-60

मृत्युरुवाच ।
याः काश्चिदिह चेष्टाः स्युः सर्वाः कालप्रचोदिताः ।
पूर्वमेवैतदुक्तं हि मया लुब्धक कालतः ॥६०॥

60. mṛtyuruvāca ,
yāḥ kāścidiha ceṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvāḥ kālapracoditāḥ ,
pūrvamevaitaduktaṁ hi mayā lubdhaka kālataḥ.

60. mṛtyuḥ uvāca | yāḥ kāścid iha ceṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvāḥ kālapracoditāḥ
| pūrvam eva etat uktam hi mayā lubdhaka kālataḥ

60. mṛtyuḥ uvāca lubdhaka,
iha yāḥ kāścid ceṣṭāḥ syuḥ,
tāḥ sarvāḥ kālapracoditāḥ etat hi mayā pūrvam eva kālataḥ uktam

60. Death said: 'Whatever activities exist here, all are driven by time. Indeed, I have already told you this, O hunter, concerning time.'

Words meanings summery:

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• याः (yāḥ) - which, whatever

• काश्चिद् (kāścid) - any, some

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• चेष्टाः (ceṣṭāḥ) - activities, efforts

• स्युः (syuḥ) - may be, exist

• सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

• कालप्रचोदिताः (kālapracoditāḥ) - impelled by time, driven by time

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• एतत् (etat) - this

• उक्तम् (uktam) - has been stated/explained (said, spoken)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• मया (mayā) - by me

• लुब्धक (lubdhaka) - O hunter

• कालतः (kālataḥ) - concerning time, due to time's influence (from time, by time, on account of time)

Words meanings and morphology

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, mortality

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

याः (yāḥ) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

काश्चिद् (kāścid) - any, some

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, any, some (indefinite pronoun)

Formed from the interrogative pronoun 'ka' and the particle 'cid'.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

चेष्टाः (ceṣṭāḥ) - activities, efforts

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - activity, movement, effort, endeavor, gesture

स्युः (syuḥ) - may be, exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, whole

Note: Can function as an adjective or pronoun.

कालप्रचोदिताः (kālapracoditāḥ) - impelled by time, driven by time

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kālapracodita

kālapracodita - impelled by time, driven by time, instigated by time

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+pracodita)

• kāla – time, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• pracodita – impelled, urged, driven, instigated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root cud (to urge, impel) with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: cud (class 10)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, previously, formerly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

उक्तम् (uktam) - has been stated/explained (said, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

From the root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

लुब्धक (lubdhaka) - O hunter

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lubdhaka

lubdhaka - hunter, fowler

कालतः (kālataḥ) - concerning time, due to time's influence (from time, by time, on account of time)

(indeclinable)

Derived from noun 'kāla' with the tasil suffix '-tas'.

Note: Functions adverbially, indicating cause or origin.