महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-67, verse-3

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
धातुर्नियोगाद्भूतानि प्राप्नुवन्ति शुभाशुभम् ।
न निवृत्तिस्तयोरस्ति देवितव्यं पुनर्यदि ॥३॥

3. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
dhāturniyogādbhūtāni prāpnuvanti śubhāśubham ,
na nivṛttistayorasti devitavyaṁ punaryadi.

3. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca dhātuḥ niyogāt bhūtāni prāpnuvanti
śubhāśubham na nivṛttiḥ tayoḥ asti devitavyam punar yadi

3. Yudhishthira said: "By the ordinance of the Creator (dhātṛ), beings attain both auspicious and inauspicious outcomes. There is no cessation from these two if one must gamble again."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• धातुः (dhātuḥ) - referring to Brahma or a divine power that ordains destinies (of the Creator, of the Ordainer)

• नियोगात् (niyogāt) - from the ordinance, by the command, by the decree

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, living things

• प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - obtain, attain, receive

• शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious, fortune and misfortune

• न (na) - not, no

• निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ) - cessation, turning back, escape

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - referring to auspicious and inauspicious outcomes (śubha and aśubha) (of those two, from those two)

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• देवितव्यम् (devitavyam) - referring to the dice game (to be gambled, gambling must be done)

• पुनर् (punar) - again, anew

• यदि (yadi) - if

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (proper noun, name of the eldest Pandava)

from yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm)

Compound type : aluk-ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

root vac, perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

धातुः (dhātuḥ) - referring to Brahma or a divine power that ordains destinies (of the Creator, of the Ordainer)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhātṛ

dhātṛ - creator, ordainer, disposer, producer, founder

agent noun

from root dhā (to place, put, create) + tṛn suffix

Root: dhā (class 3)

नियोगात् (niyogāt) - from the ordinance, by the command, by the decree

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of niyoga

niyoga - ordinance, command, appointment, engagement, order

from ni + root yuj (to join, apply)

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings, creatures, living things

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

past passive participle

from root bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - obtain, attain, receive

(verb)

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

present active

root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra, present 3rd person plural

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

शुभाशुभम् (śubhāśubham) - good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious, fortune and misfortune

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śubhāśubha

śubhāśubha - auspicious and inauspicious, good and bad

compound of śubha and aśubha

Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)

• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
  Root: śubh (class 1)
• aśubha – inauspicious, bad, unlucky
  adjective (neuter)
  negative prefix 'a' + śubha
  Prefix: a
  Root: śubh (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ) - cessation, turning back, escape

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nivṛtti

nivṛtti - cessation, turning back, withdrawal, freedom from transmigration

action noun

from ni + root vṛt (to turn)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - referring to auspicious and inauspicious outcomes (śubha and aśubha) (of those two, from those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Here used in a genitive sense 'of them' or ablative 'from them'. Context points to 'from them'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

present active

root as, present 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

देवितव्यम् (devitavyam) - referring to the dice game (to be gambled, gambling must be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of div

div - to play (dice), to sport, to shine

gerundive

root div, gerundive formed with -tavya suffix

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Functions as a predicate, 'it must be gambled'.

पुनर् (punar) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)