महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-154, verse-16

अथ चेद्दुष्टबुद्धिस्त्वं सर्वैर्धर्मैर्विवर्जितः ।
प्रदाय शस्त्राण्यस्माकं युद्धेन द्रौपदीं हर ॥१६॥

16. atha cedduṣṭabuddhistvaṁ sarvairdharmairvivarjitaḥ ,
pradāya śastrāṇyasmākaṁ yuddhena draupadīṁ hara.

16. atha cet duṣṭabuddhiḥ tvam sarvaiḥ dharmaiḥ vivarjitaḥ
pradāya śastrāṇi asmākam yuddhena draupadīm hara

16. But if you are indeed evil-minded and devoid of all principles of righteousness (dharma), then hand over our weapons to us and seize Draupadi through battle!

16. ואם בכל זאת מחשבתך רעה ואתה נטול כל חוקת יושר, תן לנו את כלי הנשק שלנו וחטוף את דְרַאוּפַּדִי בקרב.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, but if

• चेत् (cet) - if, supposing that

• दुष्टबुद्धिः (duṣṭabuddhiḥ) - evil-minded, wicked in intellect, corrupt in understanding

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, with all

• धर्मैः (dharmaiḥ) - by principles of righteousness (dharma), by duties, by laws

• विवर्जितः (vivarjitaḥ) - deprived, devoid of, abandoned by, excluded from

• प्रदाय (pradāya) - having given, having handed over

• शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons, arms

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - to us (dative sense) (to us, our)

• युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle, through fighting

• द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadi

• हर (hara) - seize, take away, carry off, steal

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, but if

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if, supposing that

(indeclinable)

दुष्टबुद्धिः (duṣṭabuddhiḥ) - evil-minded, wicked in intellect, corrupt in understanding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duṣṭabuddhi

duṣṭabuddhi - evil-minded, having a corrupt intellect

Compound of 'duṣṭa' (corrupted, wicked) and 'buddhi' (intellect, mind).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (duṣṭa+buddhi)

• duṣṭa – corrupted, wicked, bad, faulty
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'duṣ' (to be corrupt, faulty).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• buddhi – intellect, mind, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, with all

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

धर्मैः (dharmaiḥ) - by principles of righteousness (dharma), by duties, by laws

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, constitution, natural law

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

विवर्जितः (vivarjitaḥ) - deprived, devoid of, abandoned by, excluded from

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivarjita

vivarjita - deprived, devoid of, abandoned, excluded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vṛj' (to avoid, abandon) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛj (class 1)

प्रदाय (pradāya) - having given, having handed over

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'dā' (to give) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons, arms

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, arm, missile

Root: śas (class 2)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - to us (dative sense) (to us, our)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used here with a dative sense.

युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle, through fighting

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Noun of action

Derived from the root 'yudh' (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadi

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Draupadi (wife of the Pandavas)

हर (hara) - seize, take away, carry off, steal

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

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