महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-2, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
षट्त्रिंशेऽथ ततो वर्षे वृष्णीनामनयो महान् ।
अन्योन्यं मुसलैस्ते तु निजघ्नुः कालचोदिताः ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ṣaṭtriṁśe'tha tato varṣe vṛṣṇīnāmanayo mahān ,
anyonyaṁ musalaiste tu nijaghnuḥ kālacoditāḥ.

2. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca ṣaṭtriṃśe atha tataḥ varṣe vṛṣṇīnām
anayaḥ mahān anyonyam musalaiḥ te tu nijaghnuḥ kālacoditāḥ

2. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca atha tataḥ
ṣaṭtriṃśe varṣe vṛṣṇīnām mahān
anayaḥ (abhavat ) te tu kālacoditāḥ
anyonyam musalaiḥ nijaghnuḥ

2. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then, in the thirty-sixth year, a great calamity (anaya) befell the Vṛṣṇis. Driven by time (kāla), they struck one another with maces.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - The sage Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśaṃpāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśaṃpāyana said (said, spoke)

• षट्त्रिंशे (ṣaṭtriṁśe) - in the thirty-sixth (year) (in the thirty-sixth)

• अथ (atha) - Then (then, next, thereupon)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (from that, then, thereupon, after that)

• वर्षे (varṣe) - in the year

• वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis (the Yadava clan) (of the Vṛṣṇis)

• अनयः (anayaḥ) - a great calamity (calamity, misfortune, ill-conduct, bad policy)

• महान् (mahān) - a great (calamity) (great, mighty, large)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - one another (mutually, each other, one another)

• मुसलैः (musalaiḥ) - with maces (with maces, with pestles)

• ते (te) - they (referring to the Vṛṣṇis) (they)

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

• निजघ्नुः (nijaghnuḥ) - they struck (each other) (they struck, they killed)

• कालचोदिताः (kālacoditāḥ) - driven by time (kāla) (impelled by time, driven by fate)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - The sage Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśaṃpāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a sage, disciple of Vyāsa

Patronymic from Viśaṃpāyana

उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśaṃpāyana said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

Irregular perfect formation of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

षट्त्रिंशे (ṣaṭtriṁśe) - in the thirty-sixth (year) (in the thirty-sixth)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ṣaṭtriṃśa

ṣaṭtriṁśa - thirty-sixth

Compound of ṣaṭ (six) and triṃśat (thirty)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ṣaṣ+triṃśat)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• triṃśat – thirty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'varṣe'.

अथ (atha) - Then (then, next, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that (from that, then, thereupon, after that)

(indeclinable)

Avyaya from 'tad'

वर्षे (varṣe) - in the year

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - year; rain; a division of the earth

From √vṛṣ (वृष्) 'to rain'

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis (the Yadava clan) (of the Vṛṣṇis)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇi

vṛṣṇi - Name of a Yādava clan; a bull

अनयः (anayaḥ) - a great calamity (calamity, misfortune, ill-conduct, bad policy)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anaya

anaya - bad policy, ill-conduct, misfortune, calamity, distress

From 'a-' (negation) + 'naya' (policy, guidance)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+naya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• naya – leading, guidance, policy, conduct
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun/action noun
  From √nī (नी) 'to lead'
  Root: nī (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - a great (calamity) (great, mighty, large)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, mighty, large, eminent

Adjective ending in -at

Note: Agrees with 'anayaḥ'.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - one another (mutually, each other, one another)

(pronoun)

Accusative of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, each other, one another

Repetition of 'anya' (another)

Note: Used adverbially.

मुसलैः (musalaiḥ) - with maces (with maces, with pestles)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of musala

musala - mace, club, pestle

ते (te) - they (referring to the Vṛṣṇis) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to the Vṛṣṇis (implied from 'vṛṣṇīnām').

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

(indeclinable)

निजघ्नुः (nijaghnuḥ) - they struck (each other) (they struck, they killed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of han

perfect active

Perfect (Lit) form of √han (हन्) 'to strike, kill' with reduplication

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Refers to the Vṛṣṇis.

कालचोदिताः (kālacoditāḥ) - driven by time (kāla) (impelled by time, driven by fate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālacodita

kālacodita - impelled by time, urged by destiny

Compound noun 'kāla' + past passive participle 'codita'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+codita)

• kāla – time, destiny, fate, death
  noun (masculine)
• codita – impelled, urged, prompted, driven
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √cud (चुद्) 'to urge, impel'
  Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Adjectival use, agreeing with 'te' (the Vṛṣṇis).