महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-17

तमिस्रे तत्र गच्छेथा गन्धर्वास्तन्न जानते ।
तत्र दोषः परिहृतो भविष्यति न संशयः ॥१७॥

17. tamisre tatra gacchethā gandharvāstanna jānate ,
tatra doṣaḥ parihṛto bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ.

17. tamisre tatra gacchethāḥ gandharvāḥ tat na jānate
tatra doṣaḥ parihṛtaḥ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

17. You should go there in the darkness; the Gandharvas will not know that. In that case, the danger will undoubtedly be averted.

Words meanings summery:

• तमिस्रे (tamisre) - in the darkness, at night

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• गच्छेथाः (gacchethāḥ) - you should go

• गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

• तत् (tat) - that fact (of your coming) (that)

• न (na) - not, no

• जानते (jānate) - they know

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, sin, defect, danger

• परिहृतः (parihṛtaḥ) - avoided, removed, averted

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

तमिस्रे (tamisre) - in the darkness, at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tamisrā

tamisrā - darkness, dark night

Feminine noun.

Root: tam (class 4)

Note: Adverbial usage, indicating time/place of action.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place, derived from `tad`.

गच्छेथाः (gacchethāḥ) - you should go

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle (ātmanepada), optative (liṅ) of gam

Optative mood, ātmanepada, 2nd person singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The subject is an implied 'you' (Kīcaka).

गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - a celestial musician, a Gandharva (mythological being)

Note: Subject of `jānate`.

तत् (tat) - that fact (of your coming) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of `jānate`.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जानते (jānate) - they know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle (ātmanepada), present (laṭ) of jñā

Present tense, 3rd person plural, ātmanepada.

Root: jñā (class 9)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place/circumstance.

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, sin, defect, danger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, sin, defect, danger, error

Derived from root `duṣ` (to be defiled).

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject of `bhaviṣyati`.

परिहृतः (parihṛtaḥ) - avoided, removed, averted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parihṛta

parihṛta - avoided, removed, averted, given up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `hṛ` with prefix `pari-`.

Prefix: pari

Root: hṛ (class 1)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - it will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Derived from root `śī` (to lie, to doubt) with prefix `sam-`.

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Part of the phrase "na saṃśayaḥ".