महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-59, verse-17

आविध्यतो गदां तस्य कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः ।
बभौ रूपं महाघोरं कालस्येव युगक्षये ॥१७॥

17. āvidhyato gadāṁ tasya kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ ,
babhau rūpaṁ mahāghoraṁ kālasyeva yugakṣaye.

17. āvidhyataḥ gadām tasya kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ
babhau rūpam mahāghoram kālasya iva yugakṣaye

17. tasya kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ gadām āvidhyataḥ
rūpam mahāghoram yugakṣaye kālasya iva babhau

17. As that great-souled son of Kunti (Bhimasena) whirled his mace, his form appeared exceedingly dreadful, like the very embodiment of Time (Kāla) at the dissolution of an age (yuga).

Words meanings summery:

• आविध्यतः (āvidhyataḥ) - of him who was whirling, of the brandishing one

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

• कौन्तेयस्य (kaunteyasya) - of Bhimasena (of the son of Kunti)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the noble Bhimasena (of the great-souled one)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, shone brightly

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, shape

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - exceedingly dreadful, very terrible

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time, of Death

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - at the destruction of an age, at the dissolution of a cosmic cycle

Words meanings and morphology

आविध्यतः (āvidhyataḥ) - of him who was whirling, of the brandishing one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of āvidhyat

āvidhyat - whirling, brandishing, throwing

Present Active Participle

From root 'vidh' (to strike, pierce) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: vidh (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ'.

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club, cudgel

तस्य (tasya) - of that, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कौन्तेयस्य (kaunteyasya) - of Bhimasena (of the son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

Patronymic from 'kunti'

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the noble Bhimasena (of the great-souled one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'kaunteyasya'.

बभौ (babhau) - shone, appeared, shone brightly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, shape

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - exceedingly dreadful, very terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - exceedingly dreadful, very terrible

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, mighty, exceedingly
  adjective (masculine)
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, frightful
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'rūpam'.

कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time, of Death

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, death, the god of death

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - at the destruction of an age, at the dissolution of a cosmic cycle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugakṣaya

yugakṣaya - destruction of an age/yuga, dissolution of a cosmic cycle

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuga+kṣaya)

• yuga – age, epoch, eon (yuga)
  noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – destruction, decay, end, loss
  noun (masculine)