महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-72, verse-11

न कालो दण्डमुद्यम्य शिरः कृन्तति कस्यचित् ।
कालस्य बलमेतावद्विपरीतार्थदर्शनम् ॥११॥

11. na kālo daṇḍamudyamya śiraḥ kṛntati kasyacit ,
kālasya balametāvadviparītārthadarśanam.

11. na kālaḥ daṇḍam udyamya śiraḥ kṛntati kasyacit
kālasya balam etāvat viparītārthadarśanam

11. Time (Kāla) does not pick up a stick and cut off anyone's head. The power of Time (Kāla) is only this: it causes the perception of things in an inverted or perverse way.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (Kāla) (time, death, god of death (Kāla))

• दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - a stick/rod (staff, rod, punishment, power)

• उद्यम्य (udyamya) - picking up/raising (having raised, having lifted up)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• कृन्तति (kṛntati) - (does not) cut off (he cuts, he severs)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone's (of someone, of anyone)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time (Kāla) (of time, of death)

• बलम् (balam) - the power (strength, power, force)

• एतावत् (etāvat) - is merely this (so much, thus much, this much)

• विपरीतार्थदर्शनम् (viparītārthadarśanam) - the perception of things in an inverted or perverse way (perception of contrary meanings/objects)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negating particle.

कालः (kālaḥ) - Time (Kāla) (time, death, god of death (Kāla))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, appropriate time, death, destiny (Kāla)

Root: kal (class 10)

दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - a stick/rod (staff, rod, punishment, power)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - staff, rod, club, punishment, fine, authority

From √daṇḍ (to punish).

Root: daṇḍ (class 10)

उद्यम्य (udyamya) - picking up/raising (having raised, having lifted up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form of √yam with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top, chief part

's'-stem noun.

कृन्तति (kṛntati) - (does not) cut off (he cuts, he severs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛnt

Present Active

Third person singular, present active of √kṛnt.

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of anyone's (of someone, of anyone)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, any, some

Genitive singular masculine/neuter of 'kaścid' (indefinite pronoun, 'ka' + 'cid').

कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time (Kāla) (of time, of death)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, death (Kāla)

Root: kal (class 10)

बलम् (balam) - the power (strength, power, force)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army, might

Root: bal (class 1)

एतावत् (etāvat) - is merely this (so much, thus much, this much)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etāvat

etāvat - so much, thus much, this much, so far, to this extent

Adjective meaning 'this much'.

विपरीतार्थदर्शनम् (viparītārthadarśanam) - the perception of things in an inverted or perverse way (perception of contrary meanings/objects)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viparītārthadarśana

viparītārthadarśana - seeing things in a contrary/perverse sense, erroneous perception, inverted perception of reality

Tatpurusha compound: viparīta (inverted) + artha (meaning/object) + darśana (seeing/perception).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (viparīta+artha+darśana)

• viparīta – inverted, reversed, contrary, perverse
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ī (to go) with prefixes vi + pari
  Prefixes: vi+pari
  Root: ī (class 2)
• artha – meaning, object, purpose, thing, advantage
  noun (masculine)
• darśana – seeing, perceiving, perception, view, philosophy
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ana
  Root: dṛś (class 1)