महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-83

विचित्रमृतुभिः षड्भिः कृत्वा संवत्सरं धनुः ।
तस्मान्नॄणां कालरात्रिर्ज्या कृता धनुषोऽजरा ॥८३॥

83. vicitramṛtubhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kṛtvā saṁvatsaraṁ dhanuḥ ,
tasmānnṝṇāṁ kālarātrirjyā kṛtā dhanuṣo'jarā.

83. vicitram ṛtubhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kṛtvā saṃvatsaram dhanuḥ
tasmāt nṝṇām kālarātriḥ jyā kṛtā dhanuṣaḥ ajarā

83. ṣaḍbhiḥ vicitram ṛtubhiḥ saṃvatsaram dhanuḥ kṛtvā,
tasmāt nṝṇām ajarā kālarātriḥ dhanuṣaḥ jyā kṛtā

83. Having made the year (saṃvatsara) into a bow with its six varied seasons, the undecaying Night of Time (kālarātri) was therefore made the bowstring of that bow for human beings.

Words meanings summery:

• विचित्रम् (vicitram) - varied, diverse, wonderful

• ऋतुभिः (ṛtubhiḥ) - by seasons

• षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - by six

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - year

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - of men, of human beings

• कालरात्रिः (kālarātriḥ) - Night of Time, the night of destruction

• ज्या (jyā) - bowstring

• कृता (kṛtā) - was made

• धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow

• अजरा (ajarā) - undecaying, ageless

Words meanings and morphology

विचित्रम् (vicitram) - varied, diverse, wonderful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, wonderful, strange

Note: Agrees with saṃvatsaram

ऋतुभिः (ṛtubhiḥ) - by seasons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṛtu

ṛtu - season, fixed time, period

षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - by six

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṣaṭ

ṣaṭ - six

Note: Agrees with ṛtubhiḥ

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - year

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Used as predicate accusative with kṛtvā, meaning 'made into a bow'

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'

नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, human being, hero

कालरात्रिः (kālarātriḥ) - Night of Time, the night of destruction

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālarātri

kālarātri - the night of destruction at the end of a world period; Night of Time (kālarātri)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+rātri)

• kāla – time, destiny, death
  noun (masculine)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)

ज्या (jyā) - bowstring

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jyā

jyā - bowstring, mother earth

कृता (kṛtā) - was made

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, created

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root kṛ- (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with kālarātriḥ and jyā

धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

अजरा (ajarā) - undecaying, ageless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ajara

ajara - not growing old, undecaying, ageless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jara – old age, decaying
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with kālarātriḥ and jyā