महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-77, verse-8

न चेद्वाञ्छसि तद्द्यूतं युद्धद्यूतं प्रवर्तताम् ।
द्वैरथेनास्तु वै शान्तिस्तव वा मम वा नृप ॥८॥

8. na cedvāñchasi taddyūtaṁ yuddhadyūtaṁ pravartatām ,
dvairathenāstu vai śāntistava vā mama vā nṛpa.

8. na cet vāñchasi tat dyūtam yuddhadūtam pravartatām
dvairathena astu vai śāntiḥ tava vā mama vā nṛpa

8. If you do not wish for that game of dice, then let a battle-game commence. O king, let peace be established through single combat, whether it be for you or for me.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• चेत् (cet) - if

• वाञ्छसि (vāñchasi) - you desire, you wish

• तत् (tat) - that, that (thing)

• द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - gambling, game of dice

• युद्धदूतम् (yuddhadūtam) - battle-game, combat-gambling

• प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it proceed, let it begin, let it take place

• द्वैरथेन (dvairathena) - by a duel between two charioteers, by single combat

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• वा (vā) - or

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• वा (vā) - or

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चेत् (cet) - if

(indeclinable)

वाञ्छसि (vāñchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vāñch

Present Active

Derived from root vāñch. 2nd person singular, Present Tense, Parasmaipada.

Root: vāñch (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, that (thing)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - gambling, game of dice

(noun)

neuter, singular of dyūta

dyūta - gambling, game of dice, play

युद्धदूतम् (yuddhadūtam) - battle-game, combat-gambling

(noun)

neuter, singular of yuddhadūta

yuddhadūta - battle-game, a game of war

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuddha+dyūta)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
• dyūta – gambling, game, play
  noun (neuter)

प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it proceed, let it begin, let it take place

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of pravart

Present Imperative

Derived from root vṛt with prefix pra. 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, Present Imperative.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

द्वैरथेन (dvairathena) - by a duel between two charioteers, by single combat

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dvairatha

dvairatha - combat between two chariots/warriors, a duel

Note: Implies a single combat between two individuals, perhaps on chariots.

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of as

Present Imperative

Derived from root as. 3rd person singular, Present Imperative, Parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility, cessation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm, cessation, quiet

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men