महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-126, verse-6

अक्षद्यूतं महाप्राज्ञ सतामरतिनाशनम् ।
असतां तत्र जायन्ते भेदाश्च व्यसनानि च ॥६॥

6. akṣadyūtaṁ mahāprājña satāmaratināśanam ,
asatāṁ tatra jāyante bhedāśca vyasanāni ca.

6. akṣa-dyūtam mahā-prājña satām arati-nāśanam
asatām tatra jāyante bhedāḥ ca vyasanāni ca

6. mahā-prājña,
akṣa-dyūtam satām arati-nāśanam; tatra ca asatām bhedāḥ ca vyasanāni jāyante.

6. O greatly wise one, dice-gambling destroys the aversion (to vice) in the virtuous; but for the wicked, divisions and misfortunes arise from it.

Words meanings summery:

• अक्ष-द्यूतम् (akṣa-dyūtam) - dice-gambling, game of dice

• महा-प्राज्ञ (mahā-prājña) - O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one

• सताम् (satām) - of the good, of the virtuous

• अरति-नाशनम् (arati-nāśanam) - destroyer of aversion (to vice), that which removes aversion

• असताम् (asatām) - of the wicked, of the non-virtuous

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that, from that (referring to gambling)

• जायन्ते (jāyante) - arise, are born, originate

• भेदाः (bhedāḥ) - divisions, schisms, quarrels, conflicts

• च (ca) - and, also

• व्यसनानि (vyasanāni) - misfortunes, calamities, troubles

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अक्ष-द्यूतम् (akṣa-dyūtam) - dice-gambling, game of dice

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akṣa-dyūta

akṣa-dyūta - dice-gambling, game of dice

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+dyūta)

• akṣa – dice, gaming die
  noun (masculine)
• dyūta – gambling, game of dice
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  Derived from root div- (to play, to gamble)
  Root: div (class 4)

महा-प्राज्ञ (mahā-prājña) - O greatly wise one, O highly intelligent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-prājña

mahā-prājña - greatly wise, highly intelligent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, big (stem of mahat)
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from pra-jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सताम् (satām) - of the good, of the virtuous

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - being, existing, good, virtuous, true

Present Active Participle (substantivized)

Present participle of root as- (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

अरति-नाशनम् (arati-nāśanam) - destroyer of aversion (to vice), that which removes aversion

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arati-nāśana

arati-nāśana - destroyer of aversion, destroyer of discontent/unease (often implies leading to moral decline for the good)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arati+nāśana)

• arati – displeasure, discontent, aversion, lack of enjoyment
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from negation 'a-' + rati (enjoyment, pleasure)
• nāśana – destroying, causing to perish, destroyer
  adjective/noun (neuter)
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root naś- (to perish, destroy)
  Root: naś (class 4)

असताम् (asatām) - of the wicked, of the non-virtuous

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of asat

asat - not good, wicked, bad, unreal

Present Active Participle (negative, substantivized)

Negative present participle of root as- (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that, from that (referring to gambling)

(indeclinable)

जायन्ते (jāyante) - arise, are born, originate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

भेदाः (bhedāḥ) - divisions, schisms, quarrels, conflicts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bheda

bheda - breaking, splitting, division, discord, difference

Root: bhid (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

व्यसनानि (vyasanāni) - misfortunes, calamities, troubles

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vyasana

vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, vice

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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