महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-194, verse-25

उपप्लवो महानस्मानुपावर्तत केशव ।
उक्तं प्रतिकुरुष्व त्वं कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥२५॥

25. upaplavo mahānasmānupāvartata keśava ,
uktaṁ pratikuruṣva tvaṁ kālo hi duratikramaḥ.

25. upaplavaḥ mahān asmān upāvartata keśava
uktam pratikuruṣva tvam kālaḥ hi duratikramaḥ

25. O Keśava, a great calamity has now come upon us! You must fulfill what you have promised, for time is indeed insurmountable.

Words meanings summery:

• उपप्लवः (upaplavaḥ) - calamity, disaster, distress, misfortune

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (accusative plural)

• उपावर्तत (upāvartata) - has befallen (has approached, has occurred, has turned towards)

• केशव (keśava) - O Viṣṇu! (O Keśava!)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - what has been promised (referring to a boon) (spoken, said, promised)

• प्रतिकुरुष्व (pratikuruṣva) - fulfill (your promise) (fulfill, do in return, act upon)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• दुरतिक्रमः (duratikramaḥ) - difficult to overcome, insurmountable, hard to transgress

Words meanings and morphology

उपप्लवः (upaplavaḥ) - calamity, disaster, distress, misfortune

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upaplava

upaplava - calamity, disaster, distress, misfortune

From upa + root plu (to float, rush, overflow).

Compound type : pradi (upa+plava)

• upa – near, towards, subsidiary
  indeclinable
  Preverb/prefix.
• plava – floating, rushing, flood, raft
  noun (masculine)
  From root plu (to float).
  Root: plu (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive, mighty

Tṛn suffix.

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Accusative plural of asmad.

उपावर्तत (upāvartata) - has befallen (has approached, has occurred, has turned towards)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of upāvṛt

Imperfect Tense

Imperfect 3rd person singular Ātmanepada of root vṛt with prefixes upa and ā.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

केशव (keśava) - O Viṣṇu! (O Keśava!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - having fine hair, name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

From keśa (hair) + va suffix.

उक्तम् (uktam) - what has been promised (referring to a boon) (spoken, said, promised)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, promised

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रतिकुरुष्व (pratikuruṣva) - fulfill (your promise) (fulfill, do in return, act upon)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of pratikṛ

Imperative Mood

Imperative 2nd person singular Ātmanepada of root kṛ (to do) with prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Nominative singular of yuṣmad.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

From root kal (to count, compute).

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

दुरतिक्रमः (duratikramaḥ) - difficult to overcome, insurmountable, hard to transgress

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duratikrama

duratikrama - difficult to overcome/transgress, insurmountable

Compound of dur (difficult) + atikrama (transgression, passing over).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+atikrama)

• dur – difficult, bad, ill
  indeclinable
  Prefix.
• atikrama – transgression, passing over, overcoming
  noun (masculine)
  From ati + root kram (to step, pass).
  Prefix: ati
  Root: kram (class 1)