महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-34, verse-12

व्यलीकं चापि यत्त्वत्र चित्तवैतंसिकं तव ।
तदर्थमिष्यते राजन्प्रायश्चित्तं तदाचर ॥१२॥

12. vyalīkaṁ cāpi yattvatra cittavaitaṁsikaṁ tava ,
tadarthamiṣyate rājanprāyaścittaṁ tadācara.

12. vyalīkaṃ ca api yat tu atra cittavaitaṃsikaṃ tava
tat artham iṣyate rājan prāyaścittam tat ācara

12. rājan yat ca api vyalīkaṃ cittavaitaṃsikaṃ tava
atra tat artham prāyaścittaṃ iṣyate tat ācara

12. O king, whatever offense you have committed here through deceitful entrapment of the mind requires expiation, and you must perform it.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यलीकम् (vyalīkam) - falsehood, wrong, offense, unpleasantness

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• अत्र (atra) - here

• चित्तवैतंसिकं (cittavaitaṁsikaṁ) - mental snare, deceitful entrapment of the mind

• तव (tava) - of yours, your

• तत् (tat) - that

• अर्थम् (artham) - for the purpose of, regarding

• इष्यते (iṣyate) - is desired, is required

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

• तत् (tat) - that

• आचर (ācara) - perform, practice

Words meanings and morphology

व्यलीकम् (vyalīkam) - falsehood, wrong, offense, unpleasantness

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyalīka

vyalīka - false, unpleasant, wrong, offense

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here

(indeclinable)

चित्तवैतंसिकं (cittavaitaṁsikaṁ) - mental snare, deceitful entrapment of the mind

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cittavaitaṃsika

cittavaitaṁsika - pertaining to a mental snare or enticement

Compound type : tatpurusha (citta+vaitaṃsika)

• citta – mind, thought
  noun (neuter)
• vaitaṃsika – pertaining to a snare, deceitful, trapping with bait
  adjective (masculine)

तव (tava) - of yours, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

अर्थम् (artham) - for the purpose of, regarding

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, goal, object

इष्यते (iṣyate) - is desired, is required

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - expiation, atonement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāyaścitta

prāyaścitta - expiation, atonement, penance

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

आचर (ācara) - perform, practice

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

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