महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-49, verse-32

अक्षद्यूतेन भगवन्धनं राज्यं च मे हृतम् ।
आहूय निकृतिप्रज्ञैः कितवैरक्षकोविदैः ॥३२॥

32. akṣadyūtena bhagavandhanaṁ rājyaṁ ca me hṛtam ,
āhūya nikṛtiprajñaiḥ kitavairakṣakovidaiḥ.

32. akṣadyūtena bhagavan dhanam rājyam ca me hṛtam
āhūya nikṛtiprajñaiḥ kitavaiḥ akṣakovīdaiḥ

32. O revered one (bhagavan), my wealth and kingdom were seized through the dice game, after I was invited by cunning gamblers who were skilled experts in playing with dice.

32. הו אדון נכבד, במשחק הקוביות נלקחו ממני הונִי וממלכתי, אחרי שקראו לי הימרנים רמאים שמומחים בקוביות, אנשים שכל תבונתם תחבולות.

Words meanings summery:

• अक्षद्यूतेन (akṣadyūtena) - by the dice game

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressed to Kṛṣṇa (O revered one, O worshipful one)

• धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, property, riches

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty, reign

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - my, to me

• हृतम् (hṛtam) - taken, carried off, seized, stolen

• आहूय (āhūya) - Yudhiṣṭhira having been invited (having invited, having called)

• निकृतिप्रज्ञैः (nikṛtiprajñaiḥ) - The gamblers (kitavaiḥ) (by cunning-minded, by those with deceitful intellect)

• कितवैः (kitavaiḥ) - by gamblers, by cheats

• अक्षकोवीदैः (akṣakovīdaiḥ) - by experts in dice

Words meanings and morphology

अक्षद्यूतेन (akṣadyūtena) - by the dice game

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of akṣadyūta

akṣadyūta - dice game, game of dice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+dyūta)

• akṣa – die (for gambling), axle, eye
  noun (masculine)
• dyūta – game, gambling, dice game
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (used as noun)
  From √div (to play, gamble)
  Root: div (class 4)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressed to Kṛṣṇa (O revered one, O worshipful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, revered

Possessive suffix -vat

Note: Vocative case, addressing Kṛṣṇa.

धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, property, riches

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, property, riches, money

From √dhā (to place, put)

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'hṛtam'.

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty, reign

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, reign

From rājan (king) + yaṭ (abstract suffix)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'hṛtam', coordinated with 'dhanam'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

Note: Enclitic pronoun, possessive.

हृतम् (hṛtam) - taken, carried off, seized, stolen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried off, seized, stolen

Past Passive Participle

From √hṛ (to seize, carry)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Acts as the main verb of the clause in passive construction.

आहूय (āhūya) - Yudhiṣṭhira having been invited (having invited, having called)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From √hū (to call) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: hū (class 3)

Note: Implies 'me having been invited'.

निकृतिप्रज्ञैः (nikṛtiprajñaiḥ) - The gamblers (kitavaiḥ) (by cunning-minded, by those with deceitful intellect)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nikṛtiprajña

nikṛtiprajña - cunning-minded, deceitful in intellect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nikṛti+prajña)

• nikṛti – deceit, fraud, treachery
  noun (feminine)
  From ni-√kṛ (to do, perform)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• prajña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-√jñā (to know)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Modifies `kitavaiḥ`.

कितवैः (kitavaiḥ) - by gamblers, by cheats

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kitava

kitava - gambler, cheat

Note: Agent of the action 'hṛtam'.

अक्षकोवीदैः (akṣakovīdaiḥ) - by experts in dice

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of akṣakovīda

akṣakovīda - expert in dice, skilled at gambling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+kovīda)

• akṣa – die (for gambling), axle, eye
  noun (masculine)
• kovīda – skilled, expert, learned
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies `kitavaiḥ`.

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