महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-69, verse-20

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु चोदितः कालधर्मणा ।
पितृलोकमहं प्राप्य धर्मराजमुपागमम् ॥२०॥

20. etasminneva kāle tu coditaḥ kāladharmaṇā ,
pitṛlokamahaṁ prāpya dharmarājamupāgamam.

20. etasmin eva kāle tu coditaḥ kāladharmaṇā
pitṛlokam aham prāpya dharmarājam upāgamam

20. tu etasmin eva kāle kāladharmaṇā coditaḥ
aham pitṛlokam prāpya dharmarājam upāgamam

20. Precisely at that time, impelled by the natural law (dharma) of time, I reached the world of the ancestors and approached Yama, the king of natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in that very (in this, in that)

• एव (eva) - precisely (even, just, indeed, only)

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• चोदितः (coditaḥ) - impelled, urged, commanded

• कालधर्मणा (kāladharmaṇā) - by the natural law (dharma) of time, by the intrinsic nature (dharma) of time

• पितृलोकम् (pitṛlokam) - the world of the ancestors

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

• धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Yama, the lord of (dharma) (the king of natural law (dharma), Yama)

• उपागमम् (upāgamam) - I approached, I went near

Words meanings and morphology

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in that very (in this, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

एव (eva) - precisely (even, just, indeed, only)

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

चोदितः (coditaḥ) - impelled, urged, commanded

(verbal derivative)

कालधर्मणा (kāladharmaṇā) - by the natural law (dharma) of time, by the intrinsic nature (dharma) of time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāladharma

kāladharma - natural law (dharma) of time

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+dharma)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)

पितृलोकम् (pitṛlokam) - the world of the ancestors

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛloka

pitṛloka - world of the ancestors

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+loka)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix pra- and root āp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Yama, the lord of (dharma) (the king of natural law (dharma), Yama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of natural law (dharma), Yama

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+rājan)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

उपागमम् (upāgamam) - I approached, I went near

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Aorist 1st person singular form with prefixes upa and ā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)