महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-39, verse-22

स चिन्तयामास तदा मायायोगेन पार्थिवः ।
मया वञ्चयितव्योऽसौ क उपायो भवेदिति ॥२२॥

22. sa cintayāmāsa tadā māyāyogena pārthivaḥ ,
mayā vañcayitavyo'sau ka upāyo bhavediti.

22. sa cintayāmāsa tadā māyāyogena pārthivaḥ mayā
vañcayitavyaḥ asau kaḥ upāyaḥ bhavet iti

22. Then Takṣaka pondered, "By what means of deception can this king be fooled by me? What would be the proper method?"

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Takṣaka) (he, that)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - pondered, thought (thought, considered)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• मायायोगेन (māyāyogena) - by means of deception (by means of illusion/deception)

• पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king (Parikṣit) (king, earthly ruler)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• वञ्चयितव्यः (vañcayitavyaḥ) - should be deceived (to be deceived, should be deceived)

• असौ (asau) - this one (referring to the king) (that one, this one)

• कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

• उपायः (upāyaḥ) - method, means (means, method, expedient)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be (should be, may be)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of thought) (thus)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Takṣaka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - pondered, thought (thought, considered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of cint

perfect

Root: cit (class 10)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

from tad + dā

मायायोगेन (māyāyogena) - by means of deception (by means of illusion/deception)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of māyāyoga

māyāyoga - employment of magic, deception, illusion

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (māyā+yoga)

• māyā – illusion, magic, deception, supernatural power
  noun (feminine)
• yoga – union, application, means, method, device
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

पार्थिवः (pārthivaḥ) - the king (Parikṣit) (king, earthly ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, royal, king, ruler

from pṛthivī + aṇ

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

वञ्चयितव्यः (vañcayitavyaḥ) - should be deceived (to be deceived, should be deceived)

(nominal form)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vañc

vañc - to deceive, cheat, trick, delude

future passive participle

√vañc + ṇic (causative) + tavya

Root: vañc (class 1)

असौ (asau) - this one (referring to the king) (that one, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, this, he, she, it

कः (kaḥ) - what (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

उपायः (upāyaḥ) - method, means (means, method, expedient)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, resource, stratagem

from √i + upa

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be (should be, may be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of thought) (thus)

(indeclinable)