महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-53, verse-3

न हि मानं प्रशंसन्ति निकृतौ कितवस्य ह ।
शकुने मैव नो जैषीरमार्गेण नृशंसवत् ॥३॥

3. na hi mānaṁ praśaṁsanti nikṛtau kitavasya ha ,
śakune maiva no jaiṣīramārgeṇa nṛśaṁsavat.

3. na hi mānam praśaṃsanti nikṛtau kitavasya ha
| śakune mā eva naḥ jaiṣīḥ amārgeṇa nṛśaṃsavat

3. Indeed, they do not praise honor (māna) in the deception practiced by a gambler. O Śakuni, do not ever defeat us by unfair means, like a cruel person!

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - negation (not, no)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for)

• मानम् (mānam) - honor (honor, respect, pride, measure)

• प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - (people) praise (they praise, laud, approve)

• निकृतौ (nikṛtau) - in (the act of) deception (in deception, in humiliation, in fraud)

• कितवस्य (kitavasya) - of a gambler (of a gambler, of a rogue)

• ह (ha) - particle of emphasis (indeed, surely, oh)

• शकुने (śakune) - vocative address to Śakuni (O Śakuni!)

• मा (mā) - negation in imperative/optative sense (not, do not)

• एव (eva) - particle emphasizing prohibition ("ever" / "at all") (only, indeed, just)

• नः (naḥ) - us (accusative plural of asmad) (us, to us)

• जैषीः (jaiṣīḥ) - do not defeat (us) (you should conquer, you should defeat)

• अमार्गेण (amārgeṇa) - by unfair means (in gambling) (by an improper way, by wrong means)

• नृशंसवत् (nṛśaṁsavat) - like a cruel person (like a cruel person, like a wicked man)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the statement) (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

मानम् (mānam) - honor (honor, respect, pride, measure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māna

māna - honor, respect, pride, measure, knowledge, opinion

from √man

Root: man (class 4)

प्रशंसन्ति (praśaṁsanti) - (people) praise (they praise, laud, approve)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of praśaṃs

present active indicative

third person plural present active of pra + √śaṃs

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

निकृतौ (nikṛtau) - in (the act of) deception (in deception, in humiliation, in fraud)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of nikṛti

nikṛti - deception, fraud, humiliation, mischief

from ni + √kṛ

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कितवस्य (kitavasya) - of a gambler (of a gambler, of a rogue)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kitava

kitava - gambler, cheat, rogue, dice

ह (ha) - particle of emphasis (indeed, surely, oh)

(indeclinable)

शकुने (śakune) - vocative address to Śakuni (O Śakuni!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - a bird, Śakuni (proper name)

मा (mā) - negation in imperative/optative sense (not, do not)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - particle emphasizing prohibition ("ever" / "at all") (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - us (accusative plural of asmad) (us, to us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)

जैषीः (jaiṣīḥ) - do not defeat (us) (you should conquer, you should defeat)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of ji

aorist active

second person singular aorist active of √ji. Used with 'mā' for prohibition.

Root: ji (class 1)

अमार्गेण (amārgeṇa) - by unfair means (in gambling) (by an improper way, by wrong means)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of amārga

amārga - wrong way, improper path, bad conduct

nañ-tatpurusha compound (a + mārga)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+mārga)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• mārga – path, way, proper course
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

नृशंसवत् (nṛśaṁsavat) - like a cruel person (like a cruel person, like a wicked man)

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat meaning 'like' or 'as' appended to nṛśaṃsa

Note: -vat suffix for similarity/manner.