महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-53, verse-16

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
अन्येनान्यस्य विषमं देवनं प्रतिभाति मे ।
एतद्विद्वन्नुपादत्स्व काममेवं प्रवर्तताम् ॥१६॥

16. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
anyenānyasya viṣamaṁ devanaṁ pratibhāti me ,
etadvidvannupādatsva kāmamevaṁ pravartatām.

16. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca anyena anyasya viṣamam devanam
pratibhāti me etat vidvan upādatsva kāmam evam pravartatām

16. Yudhiṣṭhira said: 'It seems improper (viṣamam) to me for one person to play the game of dice (devanam) on behalf of another. Knowing this, accept it as you wish; let it proceed thus.'

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by one

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, for another

• विषमम् (viṣamam) - unequal, improper, unfair, difficult

• देवनम् (devanam) - gambling, playing dice

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, seems, occurs to

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• एतत् (etat) - this

• विद्वन् (vidvan) - knowing, wise

• उपादत्स्व (upādatsva) - accept, take, appropriate

• कामम् (kāmam) - as desired, willingly, as you wish

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it proceed, let it commence

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्येन (anyena) - by another, by one

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another, for another

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

विषमम् (viṣamam) - unequal, improper, unfair, difficult

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, irregular, difficult, improper, unfair

देवनम् (devanam) - gambling, playing dice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of devana

devana - playing, gambling

Action noun

Derived from root div- (to play, to gamble).

Root: div (class 4)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, seems, occurs to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

विद्वन् (vidvan) - knowing, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvat

vidvat - knowing, wise, learned

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vid (to know).

Root: vid (class 2)

उपादत्स्व (upādatsva) - accept, take, appropriate

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of upādā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

कामम् (kāmam) - as desired, willingly, as you wish

(indeclinable)

Accusative singular of kāma, used adverbially.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it proceed, let it commence

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pravṛt

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)