महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-4

व्यास उवाच ।
राजन्परीतकालास्ते पुत्राश्चान्ये च भूमिपाः ।
ते हनिष्यन्ति संग्रामे समासाद्येतरेतरम् ॥४॥

4. vyāsa uvāca ,
rājanparītakālāste putrāścānye ca bhūmipāḥ ,
te haniṣyanti saṁgrāme samāsādyetaretaram.

4. vyāsa uvāca rājan parītakālāḥ te putrāḥ ca anye ca
bhūmipāḥ te haniṣyanti saṃgrāme samāsādya itaretaram

4. vyāsa uvāca rājan te putrāḥ ca anye ca bhūmipāḥ
parītakālāḥ te saṃgrāme itaretaram samāsādya haniṣyanti

4. Vyāsa said: "O King, your sons and the other kings are surrounded by time (kāla), and they will kill each other when they meet in battle."

Words meanings summery:

• व्यास (vyāsa) - Sage Vyāsa, the narrator (Vyāsa)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vyāsa said (he said, spoke)

• राजन् (rājan) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

• परीतकालाः (parītakālāḥ) - whose time for death has arrived (whose time has come, surrounded by time, destined for death)

• ते (te) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (your)

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (sons)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्ये (anye) - other kings (allied with Duryodhana) (other, others)

• च (ca) - and

• भूमिपाः (bhūmipāḥ) - other kings (allied with Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons) (kings, rulers of the earth)

• ते (te) - they (your sons and other kings) (they)

• हनिष्यन्ति (haniṣyanti) - they will kill each other (they will kill, strike)

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in the Kurukṣetra war (in battle, in combat)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having encountered each other (having met, having approached, having obtained)

• इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other (each other, mutually)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यास (vyāsa) - Sage Vyāsa, the narrator (Vyāsa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (proper name), expander, compiler

उवाच (uvāca) - Vyāsa said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular, Perfect active, reduplicated form

Root: vac (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

परीतकालाः (parītakālāḥ) - whose time for death has arrived (whose time has come, surrounded by time, destined for death)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parītakāla

parītakāla - whose time has come, surrounded by time

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parīta+kāla)

• parīta – surrounded, encompassed, fallen upon
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root iṅ with prefix pari
  Prefix: pari
  Root: iṅ (class 2)
• kāla – time, period, season, death
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'putrāḥ' and 'bhūmipāḥ'.

ते (te) - your (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (sons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्ये (anye) - other kings (allied with Duryodhana) (other, others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Functions as an adjective here for 'bhūmipāḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भूमिपाः (bhūmipāḥ) - other kings (allied with Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons) (kings, rulers of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūmipāla

bhūmipāla - protector of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+pāla)

• bhūmi – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  from root pā 'to protect'
  Root: pā (class 2)

ते (te) - they (your sons and other kings) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'putrāḥ ca anye ca bhūmipāḥ'.

हनिष्यन्ति (haniṣyanti) - they will kill each other (they will kill, strike)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of han

Future Active Indicative

3rd person plural, Future active

Root: han (class 2)

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in the Kurukṣetra war (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, combat, war

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having encountered each other (having met, having approached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from root sad with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

इतरेतरम् (itaretaram) - each other (each other, mutually)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itaretara

itaretara - each other, mutual

Compound type : dvandva (itara+itara)

• itara – other
  pronoun (masculine)
• itara – other
  pronoun (masculine)

Note: Functions as the object of 'haniṣyanti'.