महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-50, verse-34

अथ काले व्यतिक्रान्ते महत्यतिभयंकरे ।
अनावृष्टिरनुप्राप्ता राजन्द्वादशवार्षिकी ॥३४॥

34. atha kāle vyatikrānte mahatyatibhayaṁkare ,
anāvṛṣṭiranuprāptā rājandvādaśavārṣikī.

34. atha kāle vyatikrānte mahati atibhayaṃkare
anāvṛṣṭiḥ anuprāptā rājan dvādaśavārṣikī

34. atha rājan mahati atibhayaṃkare kāle
vyatikrānte dvādaśavārṣikī anāvṛṣṭiḥ anuprāptā

34. Then, O king, after a considerable and extremely dreadful period of time had elapsed, a drought lasting twelve years occurred.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

• व्यतिक्रान्ते (vyatikrānte) - having passed, elapsed

• महति (mahati) - in a great, in a significant

• अतिभयंकरे (atibhayaṁkare) - in an extremely terrible, in a very dreadful

• अनावृष्टिः (anāvṛṣṭiḥ) - a drought, absence of rain

• अनुप्राप्ता (anuprāptā) - occurred, arrived, reached

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• द्वादशवार्षिकी (dvādaśavārṣikī) - lasting twelve years, twelve-yearly

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

व्यतिक्रान्ते (vyatikrānte) - having passed, elapsed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyatikrānta

vyatikrānta - passed, elapsed, gone by, overcome

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kram (to step, go) with prefixes vi and ati

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: kram (class 1)

महति (mahati) - in a great, in a significant

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, significant, important

अतिभयंकरे (atibhayaṁkare) - in an extremely terrible, in a very dreadful

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of atibhayaṃkara

atibhayaṁkara - extremely terrible, very dreadful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+bhayaṃkara)

• ati – excessively, very
  indeclinable
• bhayaṃkara – causing fear, terrible, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)

अनावृष्टिः (anāvṛṣṭiḥ) - a drought, absence of rain

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anāvṛṣṭi

anāvṛṣṭi - absence of rain, drought

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āvṛṣṭi)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• āvṛṣṭi – rain, showering, abundance of rain
  noun (feminine)
  Verbal Noun
  Derived from root vṛṣ (to rain) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

अनुप्राप्ता (anuprāptā) - occurred, arrived, reached

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anuprāpta

anuprāpta - arrived, reached, occurred, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain, reach) with prefixes anu and pra

Prefixes: anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

द्वादशवार्षिकी (dvādaśavārṣikī) - lasting twelve years, twelve-yearly

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvādaśavārṣika

dvādaśavārṣika - twelve-yearly, lasting twelve years

Derived from 'dvādaśa' and 'varṣa' with suffix 'ṭhaK' (ika)

Compound type : dvigu-tatpuruṣa (dvādaśa+vārṣika)

• dvādaśa – twelve
  numeral
• vārṣika – annual, yearly, belonging to the rainy season
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from 'varṣa' (year/rain) with suffix 'ṭhaK' (ika)