महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-66, verse-20

निवसेम वयं ते वा तथा द्यूतं प्रवर्तताम् ।
अक्षानुप्त्वा पुनर्द्यूतमिदं दीव्यन्तु पाण्डवाः ॥२०॥

20. nivasema vayaṁ te vā tathā dyūtaṁ pravartatām ,
akṣānuptvā punardyūtamidaṁ dīvyantu pāṇḍavāḥ.

20. nivasema vayam te vā tathā dyūtam pravartatām
akṣān uptvā punar dyūtam idam dīvyantu pāṇḍavāḥ

20. Let us (Kauravas) live (in peace), or let the dice game proceed in this manner: the Pāṇḍavas, having cast the dice, should play this game again.

Words meanings summery:

• निवसेम (nivasema) - we may dwell, let us live

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• ते (te) - referring to the Pāṇḍavas, or as a particle introducing the second option (they, those)

• वा (vā) - or

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

• द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - gambling, dice game

• प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it proceed, let it take place

• अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice

• उप्त्वा (uptvā) - having thrown, having cast

• पुनर् (punar) - again, anew

• द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - gambling, dice game

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दीव्यन्तु (dīvyantu) - let them gamble, they should play

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

निवसेम (nivasema) - we may dwell, let us live

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of nivas

root `vas` with prefix `ni`

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

ते (te) - referring to the Pāṇḍavas, or as a particle introducing the second option (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - gambling, dice game

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dyūta

dyūta - gambling, dice game, play

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

from √div (to play)

Root: div (class 4)

प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it proceed, let it take place

(verb)

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

root `vṛt` with prefix `pra`

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṣa

akṣa - dice, axle, eye

उप्त्वा (uptvā) - having thrown, having cast

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from root `vap`

Root: vap (class 1)

पुनर् (punar) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - gambling, dice game

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dyūta

dyūta - gambling, dice game, play

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

from √div (to play)

Root: div (class 4)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

दीव्यन्तु (dīvyantu) - let them gamble, they should play

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of dīv

Root: dīv (class 4)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

derived from Pāṇḍu