महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-93, verse-6

काले कालेऽस्य संप्राप्ते नैव विद्येत भोजनम् ।
क्षुधापरिगताः सर्वे प्रातिष्ठन्त तदा तु ते ॥६॥

6. kāle kāle'sya saṁprāpte naiva vidyeta bhojanam ,
kṣudhāparigatāḥ sarve prātiṣṭhanta tadā tu te.

6. kāle kāle asya samprāpte na eva vidyeta bhojanam
| kṣudhāparigatāḥ sarve prātiṣṭhanta tadā tu te

6. kāle kāle asya samprāpte bhojanam na eva vidyeta
tadā tu te sarve kṣudhāparigatāḥ prātiṣṭhanta

6. As his appointed times came, food was simply not available. Then, all of them, afflicted by hunger, remained.

Words meanings summery:

• काले (kāle) - at the period (of the day or fasting cycle) (at the time, in the time)

• काले (kāle) - at the period (of the day or fasting cycle) (at the time, in the time)

• अस्य (asya) - of the brahmin (his, of him, of this)

• सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - when the (appointed) time arrived (for him) (having arrived, when arrived)

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - simply, at all (with na) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

• विद्येत (vidyeta) - was available (Optative used in a past context for 'would be available' or 'was') (may be found, should be available)

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal, eating

• क्षुधापरिगताः (kṣudhāparigatāḥ) - overcome by hunger, afflicted by hunger

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the family members) (all, everyone)

• प्रातिष्ठन्त (prātiṣṭhanta) - remained (in their place) (stood, remained, set out, waited)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

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

• ते (te) - the brahmin and his family (they, those)

Words meanings and morphology

काले (kāle) - at the period (of the day or fasting cycle) (at the time, in the time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, appropriate moment

काले (kāle) - at the period (of the day or fasting cycle) (at the time, in the time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, appropriate moment

अस्य (asya) - of the brahmin (his, of him, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he

Note: Refers to the brahmin.

सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - when the (appointed) time arrived (for him) (having arrived, when arrived)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, attained, reached

Past Passive Participle

from prāp with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Locative absolute with 'kāle'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - simply, at all (with na) (indeed, certainly, only, just)

(indeclinable)

विद्येत (vidyeta) - was available (Optative used in a past context for 'would be available' or 'was') (may be found, should be available)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid

Optative mood

4th class verb, middle voice

Root: vid (class 4)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal, eating

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, meal, eating

from bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Subject of 'vidyeta'.

क्षुधापरिगताः (kṣudhāparigatāḥ) - overcome by hunger, afflicted by hunger

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣudhāparigata

kṣudhāparigata - overcome by hunger, afflicted by hunger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣudhā+parigata)

• kṣudhā – hunger, appetite
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṣudh (class 4)
• parigata – gone around, encompassed, overcome
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from gam with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sarve'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of them (the family members) (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the brahmin's family.

प्रातिष्ठन्त (prātiṣṭhanta) - remained (in their place) (stood, remained, set out, waited)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect past (laṅ) of pra-sthā

Imperfect tense

1st class verb, middle voice, with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The form is middle voice (ātmanepada) of pra-sthā.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - the brahmin and his family (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those