महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-23

नाक्षान्क्षिपति गाण्डीवं न कृतं द्वापरं न च ।
ज्वलतो निशितान्बाणांस्तीक्ष्णान्क्षिपति गाण्डिवम् ॥२३॥

23. nākṣānkṣipati gāṇḍīvaṁ na kṛtaṁ dvāparaṁ na ca ,
jvalato niśitānbāṇāṁstīkṣṇānkṣipati gāṇḍivam.

23. na akṣān kṣipati gāṇḍīvam na kṛtam dvāparam na ca
jvalataḥ niśitān bāṇān tīkṣṇān kṣipati gāṇḍīvam

23. Gāṇḍīva does not throw dice, nor the 'kṛta' (four-point throw in dice), nor the 'dvāpara' (two-point throw in dice). Instead, Gāṇḍīva throws blazing, sharpened, and piercing arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice, gaming-nuts

• क्षिपति (kṣipati) - throws, casts

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

• न (na) - not, no

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - the best throw of dice (a four)

• द्वापरम् (dvāparam) - the second throw of dice (a two)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• ज्वलतः (jvalataḥ) - blazing, burning

• निशितान् (niśitān) - sharpened, keen

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - sharp, piercing, keen

• क्षिपति (kṣipati) - throws, casts

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice, gaming-nuts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṣa

akṣa - die (for gambling), axel, sense-organ

क्षिपति (kṣipati) - throws, casts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - name of Arjuna's bow

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - the best throw of dice (a four)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, good action, a throw of four (in gambling)

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

द्वापरम् (dvāparam) - the second throw of dice (a two)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvāpara

dvāpara - second, second age of the world, a throw of two (in gambling)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ज्वलतः (jvalataḥ) - blazing, burning

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jvalat

jvalat - blazing, shining, burning

Present Active Participle

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: modifies `bāṇān`

निशितान् (niśitān) - sharpened, keen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, pointed

Past Passive Participle

from `ni-śā` (to sharpen)

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 4)

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - sharp, piercing, keen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, pointed, keen, pungent

क्षिपति (kṣipati) - throws, casts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - name of Arjuna's bow