महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-2

स नित्यमन्तरप्रेक्षी निषधेष्ववसच्चिरम् ।
अथास्य द्वादशे वर्षे ददर्श कलिरन्तरम् ॥२॥

2. sa nityamantaraprekṣī niṣadheṣvavasacciram ,
athāsya dvādaśe varṣe dadarśa kalirantaram.

2. sa nityam antaraprekṣī niṣadheṣu avasat ciram
| atha asya dvādaśe varṣe dadarśa kaliḥ antaram

2. He (Kali), constantly watching for an opportunity (antaram), resided in Niṣadha for a long time. Then, in Nala's twelfth year, Kali found an opening (antaram).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Kali (he)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• अन्तरप्रेक्षी (antaraprekṣī) - looking for a fault/opportunity, fault-finding

• निषधेषु (niṣadheṣu) - in Niṣadha (kingdom of Nala)

• अवसत् (avasat) - he dwelt, he resided

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अस्य (asya) - King Nala's (his)

• द्वादशे (dvādaśe) - in the twelfth

• वर्षे (varṣe) - in the year

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• कलिः (kaliḥ) - Kali (the demon)

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - an opportunity, a fault, an opening

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Kali (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

अन्तरप्रेक्षी (antaraprekṣī) - looking for a fault/opportunity, fault-finding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaraprekṣin

antaraprekṣin - looking for an opening/fault, fault-finder

Agent Noun/Adjective

Derived from antara (interval/fault) and √īkṣ (to see) with prefix pra- and suffix -in

Compound type : tatpurusha (antara+īkṣin)

• antara – interval, space, interior, difference, fault, opportunity
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣin – one who sees/looks
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from √īkṣ with suffix -in
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

निषधेषु (niṣadheṣu) - in Niṣadha (kingdom of Nala)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of niṣadha

niṣadha - Niṣadha (name of a kingdom and a mountain range)

अवसत् (avasat) - he dwelt, he resided

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - King Nala's (his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

द्वादशे (dvādaśe) - in the twelfth

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of dvādaśa

dvādaśa - twelve, twelfth

वर्षे (varṣe) - in the year

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कलिः (kaliḥ) - Kali (the demon)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kali

kali - Kali (the demon or the last age of the yuga cycle), dice with one point

अन्तरम् (antaram) - an opportunity, a fault, an opening

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, space, interior, difference, fault, opportunity