महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-6, verse-8

कच्चिन्नायं वचनात्सौबलस्य समाह्वाता देवनायोपयाति ।
कच्चित्क्षुद्रः शकुनिर्नायुधानि जेष्यत्यस्मान्पुनरेवाक्षवत्याम् ॥८॥

8. kaccinnāyaṁ vacanātsaubalasya; samāhvātā devanāyopayāti ,
kaccitkṣudraḥ śakunirnāyudhāni; jeṣyatyasmānpunarevākṣavatyām.

8. kaccit na ayam vacanāt saubalasya
samāhvātā devanāya upayāti | kaccit
kṣudraḥ śakuniḥ na āyudhāni
jeṣyati asmān punar eva akṣavatyām

8. I hope this person (Vidura) is not coming, having been summoned by Śakuni's command, for the purpose of gambling. I hope that wretched Śakuni will not defeat us again with dice instead of weapons.

8. האם בא הוא, בפקודת בנו של סוּבַּלַה (שַׁקוּנִי), כדי לקרוא לנו למשחק קוביות? והאם שַׁקוּנִי הנבזה לא ינצח אותנו שוב, ויקח את נשקנו במשחק הקוביות?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - Surely not (expressing apprehension) (I hope not, surely not?, perhaps)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• अयम् (ayam) - this person (referring to Vidura) (this, this one)

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the command (from the word, from the speech, from the command)

• सौबलस्य (saubalasya) - of Śakuni (of the son of Subala, of Śakuni)

• समाह्वाता (samāhvātā) - the one who has been summoned (referring to Vidura) (the one who has been summoned, the inviter)

• देवनाय (devanāya) - for the purpose of gambling (for gambling, for playing dice)

• उपयाति (upayāti) - comes (approaches, comes)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - Surely not (expressing apprehension) (I hope not, surely not?, perhaps)

• क्षुद्रः (kṣudraḥ) - wretched, petty (wretched, low, petty, mean, insignificant)

• शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Śakuni (the maternal uncle of Duryodhana) (bird; (proper noun) Śakuni)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• आयुधानि (āyudhāni) - weapons (weapons, instruments of war)

• जेष्यति (jeṣyati) - will defeat (will conquer, will win, will defeat)

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the Pāṇḍavas) (us)

• पुनर् (punar) - again (again, back, moreover)

• एव (eva) - indeed, even (indeed, just, only, truly)

• अक्षवत्याम् (akṣavatyām) - in the game of dice (in the game of dice, on the dice-board)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - Surely not (expressing apprehension) (I hope not, surely not?, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle expressing doubt or hope (often negative).

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

अयम् (ayam) - this person (referring to Vidura) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the command (from the word, from the speech, from the command)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, command, saying

Derived from root vac- (to speak).

Root: vac

सौबलस्य (saubalasya) - of Śakuni (of the son of Subala, of Śakuni)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saubala

saubala - son of Subala (i.e., Śakuni)

Patronymic derived from Subala.

Note: Refers to Śakuni.

समाह्वाता (samāhvātā) - the one who has been summoned (referring to Vidura) (the one who has been summoned, the inviter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhvātar

samāhvātar - summoner, inviter; one who is summoned

Agent noun from sam-ā-hvā (to summon).

Agent noun from verbal root hvā (to call), with prefixes sam and ā. Used in a passive sense here.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hvā

देवनाय (devanāya) - for the purpose of gambling (for gambling, for playing dice)

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of devana

devana - playing, gambling, game of dice

Derived from root div (to play, to gamble).

Root: div (class 4)

उपयाति (upayāti) - comes (approaches, comes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upa-√yā

Present active indicative

3rd person singular present active indicative.

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - Surely not (expressing apprehension) (I hope not, surely not?, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle expressing doubt or hope (often negative).

क्षुद्रः (kṣudraḥ) - wretched, petty (wretched, low, petty, mean, insignificant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudra

kṣudra - small, mean, wretched, low, contemptible

शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Śakuni (the maternal uncle of Duryodhana) (bird; (proper noun) Śakuni)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - bird; proper noun: Śakuni (the maternal uncle of Duryodhana)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

आयुधानि (āyudhāni) - weapons (weapons, instruments of war)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, implement, instrument of war

Note: Used here in contrast to dice.

जेष्यति (jeṣyati) - will defeat (will conquer, will win, will defeat)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (ḷṛṭ) of √ji

Future active indicative

3rd person singular future active indicative.

Root: ji (class 1)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (the Pāṇḍavas) (us)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person plural pronoun.

पुनर् (punar) - again (again, back, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, even (indeed, just, only, truly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अक्षवत्याम् (akṣavatyām) - in the game of dice (in the game of dice, on the dice-board)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of akṣavatī

akṣavatī - dice-board, game of dice (feminine noun)

Derived from akṣa (dice) + -vat (possessive suffix) + -ī (feminine suffix).

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