महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-124, verse-6

गदया वीरघातिन्या फलानीव वनस्पतेः ।
कालेन परिपक्वानि तावच्छाम्यतु वैशसम् ॥६॥

6. gadayā vīraghātinyā phalānīva vanaspateḥ ,
kālena paripakvāni tāvacchāmyatu vaiśasam.

6. gadayā vīraghātinyā phalāni iva vanaspateḥ
kālena paripakvāni tāvat śāmyatu vaiśasam

6. Let this slaughter (vaiśasa) cease until (the implied warrior) marches along the paths, delighting the armies, and until he severs the heads of elephant-warriors in battle with his hero-slaying mace, just as fruits ripened by time fall from a tree.

Words meanings summery:

• गदया (gadayā) - with a mace (by a mace, with a mace)

• वीरघातिन्या (vīraghātinyā) - by the hero-slaying (by the hero-slaying, with the hero-destroying)

• फलानि (phalāni) - fruits

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• वनस्पतेः (vanaspateḥ) - of a tree (of a tree, of a lord of the forest)

• कालेन (kālena) - by time (by time, in time)

• परिपक्वानि (paripakvāni) - ripened (fully ripened, matured, cooked)

• तावत् (tāvat) - until then (so much, so long, until then)

• शाम्यतु (śāmyatu) - let it cease (let it cease, let it be pacified, let it be quiet)

• वैशसम् (vaiśasam) - slaughter (slaughter, massacre, hostility, destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

गदया (gadayā) - with a mace (by a mace, with a mace)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club, cudgel

Root: gad

वीरघातिन्या (vīraghātinyā) - by the hero-slaying (by the hero-slaying, with the hero-destroying)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vīraghātin

vīraghātin - hero-slayer, one who kills heroes

Agent Noun/Adjective

From vīra (hero) + ghātin (slayer, from root han/ghā, to strike/kill).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+ghātin)

• vīra – hero, brave man
  noun (masculine)
• ghātin – killer, slayer, destructive
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root han (to strike, kill) with ṇinī suffix, showing agent.
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Adjective agreeing with gadayā.

फलानि (phalāni) - fruits

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Root: phal

Note: Part of simile, acting as a subject of an implied verb 'fall' or 'are'.

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वनस्पतेः (vanaspateḥ) - of a tree (of a tree, of a lord of the forest)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vanaspati

vanaspati - tree, large tree yielding fruit without blossoms, lord of the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+pati)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Declines like a noun ending in i.

कालेन (kālena) - by time (by time, in time)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, death

Root: kal

Note: Instrument of agency (by time).

परिपक्वानि (paripakvāni) - ripened (fully ripened, matured, cooked)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of paripakva

paripakva - thoroughly ripened, fully cooked, matured, complete

Past Passive Participle

From pari + root pac (to cook, ripen)

Prefix: pari

Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Agrees with phalāni.

तावत् (tāvat) - until then (so much, so long, until then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Corresponds to yāvat.

शाम्यतु (śāmyatu) - let it cease (let it cease, let it be pacified, let it be quiet)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śam

Imperative mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: śam (class 4)

वैशसम् (vaiśasam) - slaughter (slaughter, massacre, hostility, destruction)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaiśasa

vaiśasa - slaughter, massacre, destruction, hostility, cruelty

From viśasa (cutting, slaughter) + aṇ pratyaya.

Note: Subject of śāmyatu.