महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-18, verse-1

वासुदेव उवाच ।
पतितौ हंसडिभकौ कंसामात्यौ निपातितौ ।
जरासंधस्य निधने कालोऽयं समुपागतः ॥१॥

1. vāsudeva uvāca ,
patitau haṁsaḍibhakau kaṁsāmātyau nipātitau ,
jarāsaṁdhasya nidhane kālo'yaṁ samupāgataḥ.

1. vāsudevaḥ uvāca patitau haṃsaḍibhakau kaṃsāmātyau
nipātitau jarāsaṃdhasya nidhane kālaḥ ayam samupāgataḥ

1. Vasudeva said: Hamsa and Dimbhaka, Kamsa's two ministers, have been struck down. Now, the time for Jarasandha's destruction has arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Lord Krishna (son of Vasudeva) (Vasudeva)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पतितौ (patitau) - fallen

• हंसडिभकौ (haṁsaḍibhakau) - Hamsa and Dimbhaka

• कंसामात्यौ (kaṁsāmātyau) - Kamsa's ministers / associates

• निपातितौ (nipātitau) - struck down, killed

• जरासंधस्य (jarāsaṁdhasya) - of Jarasandha

• निधने (nidhane) - in the destruction, in the death

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• समुपागतः (samupāgataḥ) - arrived, come, approached

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Lord Krishna (son of Vasudeva) (Vasudeva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva; Krishna

Note: The speaker.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit) form

Root: vac (class 2)

पतितौ (patitau) - fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of patita

patita - fallen, degraded, dropped

Past Passive Participle

From root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Hamsa and Dimbhaka.

हंसडिभकौ (haṁsaḍibhakau) - Hamsa and Dimbhaka

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of haṃsaḍibhaka

haṁsaḍibhaka - Hamsa and Dimbhaka (names of two individuals)

Compound type : dvandva (haṃsa+ḍibhaka)

• haṃsa – Hamsa (a proper name, also a swan)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ḍibhaka – Dimbhaka (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

कंसामात्यौ (kaṁsāmātyau) - Kamsa's ministers / associates

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kaṃsāmātya

kaṁsāmātya - Kamsa's minister/associate

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṃsa+amātya)

• kaṃsa – Kamsa (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• amātya – minister, counselor, associate
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies Hamsa and Dimbhaka.

निपातितौ (nipātitau) - struck down, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nipātita

nipātita - struck down, killed, felled

Past Passive Participle

From root pat (to fall) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Refers to Hamsa and Dimbhaka.

जरासंधस्य (jarāsaṁdhasya) - of Jarasandha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jarāsaṃdha

jarāsaṁdha - Jarasandha (a proper name, King of Magadha)

निधने (nidhane) - in the destruction, in the death

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, end, loss

From root dhā (to place) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, black, death

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, refers to 'kālaḥ'.

समुपागतः (samupāgataḥ) - arrived, come, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samupāgata

samupāgata - arrived, approached, come together

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefixes sam and upa and ā

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'kālaḥ'.