महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-45, verse-8

तथावाप्तेषु वित्तेषु को विकत्थेद्विचक्षणः ।
निकृत्या वञ्चनायोगैश्चरन्वैतंसिको यथा ॥८॥

8. tathāvāpteṣu vitteṣu ko vikatthedvicakṣaṇaḥ ,
nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiścaranvaitaṁsiko yathā.

8. tathā avāpteṣu vitteṣu kaḥ vikatthet vicakṣaṇaḥ
nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiḥ caran vaitaṃsikaḥ yathā

8. Which discerning person would boast about wealth obtained through fraud and deceptive means, just like a fowler (hunter) who acts deceitfully?

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• अवाप्तेषु (avāpteṣu) - in the wealth that has been obtained (in what has been obtained, concerning obtained (things))

• वित्तेषु (vitteṣu) - in wealth, concerning possessions

• कः (kaḥ) - who? which?

• विकत्थेत् (vikatthet) - would boast, should boast, would brag

• विचक्षणः (vicakṣaṇaḥ) - discerning, wise, clever, experienced

• निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by fraud, by deceit, by injury

• वञ्चनायोगैः (vañcanāyogaiḥ) - by deceptive practices, by means of cheating

• चरन् (caran) - acting, behaving, moving, practicing

• वैतंसिकः (vaitaṁsikaḥ) - a fowler, a hunter (who uses snares), a cheat

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अवाप्तेषु (avāpteṣu) - in the wealth that has been obtained (in what has been obtained, concerning obtained (things))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of avāpta

avāpta - obtained, acquired, reached

Past Passive Participle

formed from root āp (to obtain) with prefix ava and past passive participle suffix -ta

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'vitteṣu'

वित्तेषु (vitteṣu) - in wealth, concerning possessions

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vitta

vitta - wealth, property, possession, acquired

Past passive participle of root vid (to find) used as a noun

Root: vid (class 6)

कः (kaḥ) - who? which?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Interrogative pronoun

विकत्थेत् (vikatthet) - would boast, should boast, would brag

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vikattha

root kath (to tell) with prefix vi (indicating distortion or separation)

Prefix: vi

Root: katth (class 1)

विचक्षणः (vicakṣaṇaḥ) - discerning, wise, clever, experienced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicakṣaṇa

vicakṣaṇa - discerning, wise, clever, experienced, intelligent

derived from prefix `vi` and root `cakṣ` (to see, to perceive)

Prefix: vi

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied subject of 'vikatthet', or acts as an epithet for 'kaḥ'

निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by fraud, by deceit, by injury

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nikṛti

nikṛti - fraud, deceit, treachery, injury, degradation

derived from prefix `ni` and root `kṛ` (to do)

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वञ्चनायोगैः (vañcanāyogaiḥ) - by deceptive practices, by means of cheating

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vañcanāyoga

vañcanāyoga - deceptive practices, means of cheating

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vañcanā+yoga)

• vañcanā – deceit, fraud, cheating, delusion
  noun (feminine)
  verbal noun
  derived from the root `vañc` (to deceive)
  Root: vañc (class 1)
• yoga – means, method, application, practice
  noun (masculine)
  derived from the root `yuj` (to join, to apply)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

चरन् (caran) - acting, behaving, moving, practicing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, acting, behaving, practicing

Present Active Participle

formed from the root car (to move, to act) with the present participle suffix -at

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vaitaṃsikaḥ'

वैतंसिकः (vaitaṁsikaḥ) - a fowler, a hunter (who uses snares), a cheat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaitaṃsika

vaitaṁsika - a fowler, a hunter (who sets snares), one who uses a bait or snare, a cheat

derived from 'vitaṃsa' (a snare or bait)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)