महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-283, verse-12

ततः कालेन महता सावित्र्याः कीर्तिवर्धनम् ।
तद्वै पुत्रशतं जज्ञे शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् ॥१२॥

12. tataḥ kālena mahatā sāvitryāḥ kīrtivardhanam ,
tadvai putraśataṁ jajñe śūrāṇāmanivartinām.

12. tataḥ kālena mahatā sāvitryāḥ kīrti-vardhanam
tat vai putra-śatam jajñe śūrāṇām anivartinām

12. Then, after a long time, indeed a hundred sons were born, enhancing the fame of Sāvitrī; they were heroes who never retreated.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• कालेन (kālena) - by time, after time

• महता (mahatā) - by a long (period of time) (by great, by long)

• सावित्र्याः (sāvitryāḥ) - of Sāvitrī (daughter of Aśvapati, who married Satyavān) (of Savitri)

• कीर्ति-वर्धनम् (kīrti-vardhanam) - enhancing Sāvitrī's fame (enhancing fame, glory-increasing)

• तत् (tat) - that (hundred sons) (that, it)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• पुत्र-शतम् (putra-śatam) - a hundred sons

• जज्ञे (jajñe) - was born

• शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of heroes, of brave ones

• अनिवर्तिनाम् (anivartinām) - referring to the brave nature of the hundred sons (of those who do not retreat, of those who never turn back)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

कालेन (kālena) - by time, after time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

महता (mahatā) - by a long (period of time) (by great, by long)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'kālena'

सावित्र्याः (sāvitryāḥ) - of Sāvitrī (daughter of Aśvapati, who married Satyavān) (of Savitri)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Savitri (name of a goddess, or a female proper name)

कीर्ति-वर्धनम् (kīrti-vardhanam) - enhancing Sāvitrī's fame (enhancing fame, glory-increasing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīrti-vardhana

kīrti-vardhana - increasing fame/glory

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kīrti+vardhana)

• kīrti – fame, glory, renown
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛt (class 6)
• vardhana – increasing, promoting, causing to grow
  adjective (neuter)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root √vṛdh (to grow, to increase)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'putra-śatam'

तत् (tat) - that (hundred sons) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

पुत्र-शतम् (putra-śatam) - a hundred sons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of putra-śata

putra-śata - a hundred sons

Compound type : dvigu (putra+śata)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

जज्ञे (jajñe) - was born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of √jan

Perfect

Third person singular, middle voice, perfect tense of √jan

Root: jan (class 4)

शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of heroes, of brave ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, warrior, brave

अनिवर्तिनाम् (anivartinām) - referring to the brave nature of the hundred sons (of those who do not retreat, of those who never turn back)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anivartin

anivartin - not retreating, not turning back, unwavering

Agent Noun

Formed from negative prefix 'a-' and 'nivartin' (one who turns back), derived from ni-√vṛt

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nivartin)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nivartin – returning, retreating, turning back
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root √vṛt (to turn, to exist) with prefix ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śūrāṇām'