महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-29, verse-23

काले मृदुर्यो भवति काले भवति दारुणः ।
स वै सुखमवाप्नोति लोकेऽमुष्मिन्निहैव च ॥२३॥

23. kāle mṛduryo bhavati kāle bhavati dāruṇaḥ ,
sa vai sukhamavāpnoti loke'muṣminnihaiva ca.

23. kāle mṛduḥ yaḥ bhavati kāle bhavati dāruṇaḥ sa
vai sukham avāpnoti loke amuṣmin iha eva ca

23. The person who is gentle at the appropriate time and severe at the appropriate time, he indeed attains happiness both in this world and in the next.

Words meanings summery:

• काले (kāle) - at the appropriate time (at the time, at the proper time, in time)

• मृदुः (mṛduḥ) - gentle (soft, gentle, mild)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which, that)

• भवति (bhavati) - is (is, becomes, exists)

• काले (kāle) - at the appropriate time (at the time, at the proper time, in time)

• भवति (bhavati) - is (is, becomes, exists)

• दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - severe (dreadful, terrible, severe, harsh)

• स (sa) - he (he, that)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, ease)

• अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains ( obtains, reaches, attains)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, on Earth)

• अमुष्मिन् (amuṣmin) - in the next (world) (in that, in the other, in the next)

• इह (iha) - in this (world) (here, in this world)

• एव (eva) - both (in conjunction with `ca`) (indeed, just, only, certainly)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

काले (kāle) - at the appropriate time (at the time, at the proper time, in time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

मृदुः (mṛduḥ) - gentle (soft, gentle, mild)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, gentle, mild, tender

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: relative pronoun

भवति (bhavati) - is (is, becomes, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

काले (kāle) - at the appropriate time (at the time, at the proper time, in time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time

भवति (bhavati) - is (is, becomes, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

दारुणः (dāruṇaḥ) - severe (dreadful, terrible, severe, harsh)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - dreadful, terrible, fierce, severe, harsh

स (sa) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: demonstrative pronoun, here anaphoric to `yaḥ`

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly)

(indeclinable)

Note: emphatic particle

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, joy, ease)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, ease, comfort

Note: object of `avāpnoti`

अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains ( obtains, reaches, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of avāp

root `āp` (to obtain, reach) with prefix `ava`

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, on Earth)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

अमुष्मिन् (amuṣmin) - in the next (world) (in that, in the other, in the next)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote), yonder

Note: demonstrative pronoun modifying `loke` implicitly ('in that world')

इह (iha) - in this (world) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

Note: adverb of place

एव (eva) - both (in conjunction with `ca`) (indeed, just, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: emphatic particle

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: conjunction