महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-56, verse-6

एवमुक्तस्तु कलिना पुष्करो नलमभ्ययात् ।
कलिश्चैव वृषो भूत्वा गवां पुष्करमभ्ययात् ॥६॥

6. evamuktastu kalinā puṣkaro nalamabhyayāt ,
kaliścaiva vṛṣo bhūtvā gavāṁ puṣkaramabhyayāt.

6. evam uktaḥ tu kalinā puṣkaraḥ nalam abhyayāt
kaliḥ ca eva vṛṣaḥ bhūtvā gavām puṣkaram abhyayāt

6. Having thus been addressed by Kali, Puṣkara then approached Nala. And Kali, having himself become a bull among the cows, approached Puṣkara.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कलिना (kalinā) - by the demon Kali (by Kali)

• पुष्करः (puṣkaraḥ) - King Puṣkara, Nala's brother (Puṣkara)

• नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala)

• अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached, went towards

• कलिः (kaliḥ) - The personification of Kali (Kali, the age of strife)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• वृषः (vṛṣaḥ) - in the form of a bull (bull, male, chief)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - to King Puṣkara (to Puṣkara)

• अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached, went towards

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Acts adverbially with 'uktaḥ'.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root vac/uc with suffix -ta.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying Puṣkara, meaning 'having been spoken to'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कलिना (kalinā) - by the demon Kali (by Kali)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kali

kali - the last of the four yugas, personification of the age of strife, demon Kali

Instrumental singular form of kali.

पुष्करः (puṣkaraḥ) - King Puṣkara, Nala's brother (Puṣkara)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, sky, name of a demon, name of a king (brother of Nala)

Nominative singular form of puṣkara.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king)

Accusative singular form of nala.

Note: Object of 'approached'.

अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached, went towards

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense

Imperfect 3rd person singular active form of root i with upasarga abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

कलिः (kaliḥ) - The personification of Kali (Kali, the age of strife)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kali

kali - the last of the four yugas, personification of the age of strife, demon Kali

Nominative singular form of kali.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Particle of emphasis.

Note: Emphasizes Kali's direct action.

वृषः (vṛṣaḥ) - in the form of a bull (bull, male, chief)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣa

vṛṣa - bull, male, chief, best

Nominative singular form of vṛṣa.

Root: vṛṣ

Note: Predicate nominative to the implied subject (Kali) with 'bhūtvā'.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from root bhū with suffix -tvā.

Root: bhū (class 1)

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth

Genitive plural form of go.

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - to King Puṣkara (to Puṣkara)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, sky, name of a demon, name of a king (brother of Nala)

Accusative singular form of puṣkara.

अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached, went towards

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense

Imperfect 3rd person singular active form of root i with upasarga abhi.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)