महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-67, verse-9

वयं द्वादश वर्षाणि युष्माभिर्द्यूतनिर्जिताः ।
प्रविशेम महारण्यं रौरवाजिनवाससः ॥९॥

9. vayaṁ dvādaśa varṣāṇi yuṣmābhirdyūtanirjitāḥ ,
praviśema mahāraṇyaṁ rauravājinavāsasaḥ.

9. vayam dvādaśa varṣāṇi yuṣmābhiḥ dyūtanirjitāḥ
praviśema mahāraṇyam rauravājinavāsasaḥ

9. Defeated by you in gambling, we should enter a great forest (mahāraṇya) for twelve years, wearing garments made of Ruru deer skin.

9. אנו, אם נפסיד לכם במשחק הקוביות, ניכנס ליער הגדול לשתים עשרה שנים, לבושים עורות צבי רוּרוּ (רַאוּרַוַה).

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• युष्माभिः (yuṣmābhiḥ) - by you all

• द्यूतनिर्जिताः (dyūtanirjitāḥ) - defeated in gambling

• प्रविशेम (praviśema) - we should enter

• महारण्यम् (mahāraṇyam) - a great forest

• रौरवाजिनवाससः (rauravājinavāsasaḥ) - wearing garments of Ruru deer skin

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adjectivally with varṣāṇi

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

Note: Denotes duration of time

युष्माभिः (yuṣmābhiḥ) - by you all

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

द्यूतनिर्जिताः (dyūtanirjitāḥ) - defeated in gambling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dyūtanirjita

dyūtanirjita - defeated by gambling

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dyūta+nirjita)

• dyūta – gambling, game of dice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  From root div (to play) + kta
  Root: div (class 4)
• nirjita – conquered, defeated, vanquished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ji (to conquer) with upasarga nir-
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vayam

प्रविशेम (praviśema) - we should enter

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

महारण्यम् (mahāraṇyam) - a great forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāraṇya

mahāraṇya - great forest, dense jungle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+araṇya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

रौरवाजिनवाससः (rauravājinavāsasaḥ) - wearing garments of Ruru deer skin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rauravājinavāsas

rauravājinavāsas - having garments of Ruru deer skin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (raurava+ajina+vāsas)

• raurava – belonging to the Ruru deer, made of Ruru deer skin
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ruru (a kind of deer)
• ajina – skin, hide, especially of an antelope or deer
  noun (neuter)
• vāsas – garment, clothing, apparel
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with vayam

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