महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-170, verse-1

संजय उवाच ।
ततः स कदनं चक्रे रिपूणां द्रोणनन्दनः ।
युगान्ते सर्वभूतानां कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः ॥१॥

1. saṁjaya uvāca ,
tataḥ sa kadanaṁ cakre ripūṇāṁ droṇanandanaḥ ,
yugānte sarvabhūtānāṁ kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ.

1. sañjayaḥ uvāca tataḥ saḥ kadanam cakre ripūṇām
droṇanandanaḥ yugānte sarvabhūtānām kālasṛṣṭaḥ iva antakaḥ

1. sañjayaḥ uvāca tataḥ saḥ droṇanandanaḥ yugānte
sarvabhūtānām kālasṛṣṭaḥ antakaḥ iva ripūṇām kadanam cakre

1. Sañjaya said: Then he, Droṇa's son, performed a slaughter of the enemies, like Antaka [Yama] created by Time [destiny] for the destruction of all beings at the dissolution of an eon.

Words meanings summery:

• सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• सः (saḥ) - he

• कदनम् (kadanam) - slaughter, destruction, massacre

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he performed, he did

• रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of the enemies

• द्रोणनन्दनः (droṇanandanaḥ) - the son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā)

• युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an eon/age, at the dissolution of the world

• सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings/creatures

• कालसृष्टः (kālasṛṣṭaḥ) - created by Time/Destiny

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the destroyer, the ender, Yama (god of death)

Words meanings and morphology

सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sañjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Droṇanandana.

कदनम् (kadanam) - slaughter, destruction, massacre

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kadana

kadana - slaughter, destruction, massacre, battle

Root: kad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'cakre'.

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he performed, he did

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (Lit) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of the enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe

Note: Refers to 'kadanam' (slaughter of the enemies).

द्रोणनन्दनः (droṇanandanaḥ) - the son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇanandana

droṇanandana - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇa+nandana)

• droṇa – Droṇa (name of a preceptor)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delighting, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  from root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'cakre'.

युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an eon/age, at the dissolution of the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yugānta

yugānta - end of an age/eon, dissolution of the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+anta)

• yuga – age, eon, epoch
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, boundary, death
  noun (masculine)

सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings/creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• bhūta – being, creature, element, what has been
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Antaka's action.

कालसृष्टः (kālasṛṣṭaḥ) - created by Time/Destiny

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālasṛṣṭa

kālasṛṣṭa - created by Time/Destiny

past passive participle in compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+sṛṣṭa)

• kāla – time, destiny, death
  noun (masculine)
• sṛṣṭa – created, released, sent forth
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root sṛj (to create)
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Describes 'antakaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the destroyer, the ender, Yama (god of death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - ender, destroyer, death, Yama (god of death)

from anta (end)

Note: Being compared to Droṇanandana.