महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-53, verse-9

शक्तितो ब्राह्मणान्वन्द्याञ्शिक्षितुं प्रयतामहे ।
तद्वै वित्तं मातिदेवीर्मा जैषीः शकुने परम् ॥९॥

9. śaktito brāhmaṇānvandyāñśikṣituṁ prayatāmahe ,
tadvai vittaṁ mātidevīrmā jaiṣīḥ śakune param.

9. śaktitaḥ brāhmaṇān vandyān śikṣitum prayatāmahe
tat vai vittam mātidevīḥ mā jaiṣīḥ śakune param

9. We strive, to the best of our ability, to be instructed by venerable Brahmins. That, indeed, is true wealth. You must not, through Shakuni, attempt to win any more precious stakes (mātidevīḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• शक्तितः (śaktitaḥ) - according to one's power/ability, to the best of one's strength

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

• वन्द्यान् (vandyān) - venerable, worthy of praise/reverence

• शिक्षितुम् (śikṣitum) - to learn, to be instructed

• प्रयतामहे (prayatāmahe) - we strive, we endeavor

• तत् (tat) - that (learning from Brahmins) (that)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (particle)

• वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, acquisition

• मातिदेवीः (mātidevīḥ) - precious stakes (that were gambled away) (goddesses of intellect; precious stakes (related to mothers/goddesses))

• मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

• जैषीः (jaiṣīḥ) - you should win/conquer (here, 'do not win')

• शकुने (śakune) - by Shakuni's trickery (or in the dice game) (in the game of dice, by Shakuni's trickery)

• परम् (param) - further, any more (further, moreover, beyond)

Words meanings and morphology

शक्तितः (śaktitaḥ) - according to one's power/ability, to the best of one's strength

(indeclinable)

from root śak + ti suffix; '-tas' suffix indicates 'from' or 'by means of'

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Ablative suffix -tas forms an indeclinable.

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, member of the priestly class

Note: Object of 'śikṣitum' (to learn from).

वन्द्यान् (vandyān) - venerable, worthy of praise/reverence

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vandya

vandya - venerable, worthy of praise/reverence, laudable

Gerundive

from root 'vand' with suffix -ya

Root: vand (class 1)

Note: Adjectivally modifying 'brāhmaṇān'.

शिक्षितुम् (śikṣitum) - to learn, to be instructed

(verb)

active, infinitive of śikṣ

infinitive

from desiderative of root śak

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Denotes purpose.

प्रयतामहे (prayatāmahe) - we strive, we endeavor

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (lat) of prayat

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (learning from Brahmins) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the act of learning from Brahmins.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, acquisition

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vitta

vitta - wealth, property, acquisition

Past Passive Participle used as noun

from root 'vid' (to find, obtain)

Root: vid (class 6)

मातिदेवीः (mātidevīḥ) - precious stakes (that were gambled away) (goddesses of intellect; precious stakes (related to mothers/goddesses))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of mātidevī

mātidevī - goddess of intellect/mother; mother-like goddess; sacred female figure/possession

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mati+devī)

• mati – intellect, thought, mind
  noun (feminine)
• devī – goddess, divine woman
  noun (feminine)
  Root: div (class 4)

Note: Object of 'jaiṣīḥ'.

मा (mā) - not, do not (prohibitive)

(indeclinable)

जैषीः (jaiṣīḥ) - you should win/conquer (here, 'do not win')

(verb)

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

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Used with 'mā' to form a prohibition: 'do not win'.

शकुने (śakune) - by Shakuni's trickery (or in the dice game) (in the game of dice, by Shakuni's trickery)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - Shakuni (a proper name); a bird; an omen; dice (rare)

Note: Refers to the context of the dice game, often implying Shakuni's deceitful involvement.

परम् (param) - further, any more (further, moreover, beyond)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here, meaning 'further' or 'any more'.