महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-53, verse-1

शकुनिरुवाच ।
उपस्तीर्णा सभा राजन्रन्तुं चैते कृतक्षणाः ।
अक्षानुप्त्वा देवनस्य समयोऽस्तु युधिष्ठिर ॥१॥

1. śakuniruvāca ,
upastīrṇā sabhā rājanrantuṁ caite kṛtakṣaṇāḥ ,
akṣānuptvā devanasya samayo'stu yudhiṣṭhira.

1. śakuniḥ uvāca upastīrṇā sabhā rājan rantum ca ete
kṛtakṣaṇāḥ akṣān uptvā devanasya samayaḥ astu yudhiṣṭhira

1. Shakuni said, "O King, the assembly hall is prepared, and these people are ready to play. Having cast the dice, let the time for gambling begin, O Yudhishthira!"

Words meanings summery:

• शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Shakuni

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उपस्तीर्णा (upastīrṇā) - spread out, prepared, covered

• सभा (sabhā) - assembly hall, court

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

• रन्तुम् (rantum) - to play, to sport, to enjoy

• च (ca) - and

• एते (ete) - these

• कृतक्षणाः (kṛtakṣaṇāḥ) - having fixed the time, having made ready, prepared

• अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice

• उप्त्वा (uptvā) - having scattered, having thrown, having sown

• देवनस्य (devanasya) - of gambling, of the game of dice

• समयः (samayaḥ) - time, occasion, appointed time, agreement

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira!

Words meanings and morphology

शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Shakuni

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - Shakuni (proper name, particularly known from the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

उपस्तीर्णा (upastīrṇā) - spread out, prepared, covered

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upastīrṇa

upastīrṇa - spread out, covered, prepared, strewn

Past Passive Participle

From root 'stṛ' (to spread) with prefix 'upa-'.

Prefix: upa

Root: stṛ (class 5)

सभा (sabhā) - assembly hall, court

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, court, hall

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

रन्तुम् (rantum) - to play, to sport, to enjoy

(indeclinable)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Infinitive form from root 'ram'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these, he, she, it

कृतक्षणाः (kṛtakṣaṇāḥ) - having fixed the time, having made ready, prepared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛtakṣaṇa

kṛtakṣaṇa - one who has fixed the time, one who is ready or prepared

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+kṣaṇa)

• kṛta – done, made, fixed, performed
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṣaṇa – moment, time, leisure, opportunity
  noun (masculine)

अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṣa

akṣa - die (for gambling), cube, seed, eye, axle

उप्त्वा (uptvā) - having scattered, having thrown, having sown

(indeclinable)

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form from root 'vap' (to throw, sow); 'u' is a common strengthening for 'va' in PPP/Absolutive.

देवनस्य (devanasya) - of gambling, of the game of dice

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of devana

devana - playing, gambling, game of dice

समयः (samayaḥ) - time, occasion, appointed time, agreement

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - time, appointed time, occasion, agreement, convention, promise

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhishthira!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper name, eldest of the Pandavas)