महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-87, verse-29

आसन्नेते पुरा राजंस्तव कर्मकरा दृढम् ।
त्वामेवाद्य युयुत्सन्ते पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥२९॥

29. āsannete purā rājaṁstava karmakarā dṛḍham ,
tvāmevādya yuyutsante paśya kālasya paryayam.

29. āsan ete purā rājan tava karmakarāḥ dṛḍham tvām
eva adya yuyutsante paśya kālasya paryayam

29. rājan ete purā tava dṛḍham karmakarāḥ āsan adya
tvām eva yuyutsante kālasya paryayam paśya

29. O king, these were formerly your steadfast servants. Today, they themselves wish to fight you. Behold the change of time!

Words meanings summery:

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• एते (ete) - these

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, before

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• कर्मकराः (karmakarāḥ) - servants, workers, agents

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, steadfastly, steadfast

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• युयुत्सन्ते (yuyutsante) - they wish to fight, they desire to fight

• पश्य (paśya) - see! behold!

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• पर्ययम् (paryayam) - change, reversal, vicissitude, revolution

Words meanings and morphology

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

Root `as`, 2nd conjugation, parasmaipada. Formed with augment 'a' and personal endings.

Root: as (class 2)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, before

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कर्मकराः (karmakarāḥ) - servants, workers, agents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of karmakara

karmakara - worker, servant, agent, doing work

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+kara)

• karma – action, work, deed, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kara – doer, maker, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kṛ` (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly, strongly, steadfastly, steadfast

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From root `dṛh` (to be firm, solid)

Root: dṛh (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adverb here.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

युयुत्सन्ते (yuyutsante) - they wish to fight, they desire to fight

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of yudh

Desiderative, Present Middle

Desiderative stem `yuyutsa-`, middle voice (ātmanepada) endings.

Root: yudh (class 4)

पश्य (paśya) - see! behold!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative Active

Root `dṛś` (class 1, often takes `paśya` stem in present/imperative)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

पर्ययम् (paryayam) - change, reversal, vicissitude, revolution

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paryaya

paryaya - change, reversal, turn, revolution, vicissitude

From `pari-i` (to go around, to change)

Prefix: pari

Root: i (class 2)