महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-71, verse-16

कालेन महता चैषां भविष्यति पराभवः ।
प्रकृतिं ते भजिष्यन्ति नष्टप्रकृतयो जनाः ॥१६॥

16. kālena mahatā caiṣāṁ bhaviṣyati parābhavaḥ ,
prakṛtiṁ te bhajiṣyanti naṣṭaprakṛtayo janāḥ.

16. kālena mahatā ca eṣām bhaviṣyati parābhavaḥ
prakr̥tim te bhajiṣyanti naṣṭaprakr̥tayaḥ janāḥ

16. And in a long time, their defeat will come to pass. Those people, whose intrinsic nature (prakr̥ti) has been destroyed, will certainly revert to (that corrupted) nature (prakr̥ti).

Words meanings summery:

• कालेन (kālena) - in a long course of time (by time, in time, with time)

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

• च (ca) - and

• एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (the Pāṇḍavas) (of these, for these)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will come to pass (will be, will happen, will become)

• पराभवः (parābhavaḥ) - their defeat (defeat, humiliation, destruction, disgrace)

• प्रक्र्̥तिम् (prakr̥tim) - their (corrupted) intrinsic nature (prakr̥ti) (nature, intrinsic nature, original form, matter)

• ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they, those)

• भजिष्यन्ति (bhajiṣyanti) - they will revert to (that nature) (they will resort to, they will attain, they will serve)

• नष्टप्रक्र्̥तयः (naṣṭaprakr̥tayaḥ) - (those) whose intrinsic nature (prakr̥ti) has been destroyed (whose nature is destroyed/lost, degraded)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - these people (the Pāṇḍavas) (people, persons)

Words meanings and morphology

कालेन (kālena) - in a long course of time (by time, in time, with time)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, duration, season

Note: Used adverbially.

महता (mahatā) - by a long (time) (by great, by big)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Adjective modifying 'kālena'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एषाम् (eṣām) - for them (the Pāṇḍavas) (of these, for these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Possessive, referring to the Pāṇḍavas.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will come to pass (will be, will happen, will become)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lr̥ṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'parābhavaḥ'.

पराभवः (parābhavaḥ) - their defeat (defeat, humiliation, destruction, disgrace)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parābhava

parābhava - defeat, humiliation, disgrace, destruction

Prefix: parā

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhaviṣyati'.

प्रक्र्̥तिम् (prakr̥tim) - their (corrupted) intrinsic nature (prakr̥ti) (nature, intrinsic nature, original form, matter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prakr̥ti

prakr̥ti - nature, intrinsic nature, original form, matter, primary substance

Prefix: pra

Root: kr̥ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'bhajiṣyanti'.

ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of 'bhajiṣyanti'.

भजिष्यन्ति (bhajiṣyanti) - they will revert to (that nature) (they will resort to, they will attain, they will serve)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lr̥ṭ) of bhaj

Root: bhaj (class 1)

नष्टप्रक्र्̥तयः (naṣṭaprakr̥tayaḥ) - (those) whose intrinsic nature (prakr̥ti) has been destroyed (whose nature is destroyed/lost, degraded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭaprakr̥ti

naṣṭaprakr̥ti - whose nature is lost or destroyed, degraded

Compound type : bahuvrihi (naṣṭa+prakr̥ti)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, ruined
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √naś (to be lost, perish).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• prakr̥ti – nature, intrinsic nature, original form
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kr̥ (class 8)

Note: Adjective for 'janāḥ'.

जनाः (janāḥ) - these people (the Pāṇḍavas) (people, persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Note: Subject.