महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-3, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवं प्रयतमानानां वृष्णीनामन्धकैः सह ।
कालो गृहाणि सर्वेषां परिचक्राम नित्यशः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evaṁ prayatamānānāṁ vṛṣṇīnāmandhakaiḥ saha ,
kālo gṛhāṇi sarveṣāṁ paricakrāma nityaśaḥ.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca evam prayatamānānām vṛṣṇīnām
andhakaiḥ saha kālaḥ gṛhāṇi sarveṣām paricakrāma nityaśaḥ

1. Vaiśampāyana said: As the Vrishnis and Andhakas were thus engaged in their efforts, time (kāla) constantly circled the homes of all of them.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator (Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• प्रयततमानानाम् (prayatatamānānām) - of those engaged in their efforts (of those striving, of those making efforts)

• वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vrishnis

• अन्धकैः (andhakaiḥ) - with the Andhakas (by the Andhakas, with the Andhakas)

• सह (saha) - along with (with, along with)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (kāla), personified as the agent of destruction (time, death, destiny)

• गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) - homes (houses, homes)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all of them (of all, of everyone)

• परिचक्राम (paricakrāma) - circled, visited (circled, wandered around, visited)

• नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator (Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a celebrated sage, disciple of Vyāsa, and narrator of the Mahābhārata.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active third person singular

From root √vac (2nd class, Adadi)

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

प्रयततमानानाम् (prayatatamānānām) - of those engaged in their efforts (of those striving, of those making efforts)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prayatatamāna

prayatatamāna - striving, making effort, engaged in effort

present middle participle

Formed from pra-√yat (1st class, Bhvadi)

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Formed from pra-√yat. Declined like a noun.

वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vrishnis

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇi

vṛṣṇi - Name of a Yadava clan, ancestors of Krishna.

अन्धकैः (andhakaiḥ) - with the Andhakas (by the Andhakas, with the Andhakas)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of andhaka

andhaka - Name of another Yadava clan, related to the Vrishnis.

सह (saha) - along with (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (kāla), personified as the agent of destruction (time, death, destiny)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, death, fate, period

गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) - homes (houses, homes)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling, family

Root: gṛh

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all of them (of all, of everyone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire, whole

Note: Refers to the Vrishnis and Andhakas.

परिचक्राम (paricakrāma) - circled, visited (circled, wandered around, visited)

(verb)

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

perfect active third person singular

From root √kram (1st class, Bhvadi), with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: kram (class 1)

नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -śas