महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-127, verse-5

अपि नो व्यसनं घोरं दुर्योधनकृतं महत् ।
शमयेच्चिररात्राय योगक्षेमवदव्ययम् ॥५॥

5. api no vyasanaṁ ghoraṁ duryodhanakṛtaṁ mahat ,
śamayeccirarātrāya yogakṣemavadavyayam.

5. api naḥ vyasanam ghoram duryodhanakṛtam mahat
śamayet cirarātrāya yogakṣemavat avyayam

5. naḥ duryodhanakṛtam ghoram mahat vyasanam
api yogakṣemavat avyayam cirarātrāya śamayet

5. May our great, dreadful calamity, caused by Duryodhana, indeed be pacified (śamayet) for a long duration, ensuring welfare and security (yoga-kṣema) and being imperishable.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, indeed, may (with optative)

• नः (naḥ) - our, for us, us

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - calamity, misfortune, distress

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful

• दुर्योधनकृतम् (duryodhanakṛtam) - caused by Duryodhana, done by Duryodhana

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, extensive

• शमयेत् (śamayet) - it should pacify, it should end, it should calm

• चिररात्राय (cirarātrāya) - for a long time, for a long duration

• योगक्षेमवत् (yogakṣemavat) - ensuring welfare and security, accompanied by welfare and security

• अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, undecaying, everlasting

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, indeed, may (with optative)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - our, for us, us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: It is the enclitic form of 'asmad' (we), used for genitive or dative plural. Here, 'our'.

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - calamity, misfortune, distress

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - calamity, misfortune, distress

Root: as (class 2)

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful

Root: ghur (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vyasanam'.

दुर्योधनकृतम् (duryodhanakṛtam) - caused by Duryodhana, done by Duryodhana

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duryodhanakṛta

duryodhanakṛta - caused by Duryodhana, done by Duryodhana

Past Passive Participle

Formed from 'Duryodhana' (proper noun) + 'kṛta' (done/made).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (Duryodhana+kṛta)

• Duryodhana – Duryodhana (name of the eldest Kaurava prince)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, caused
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'vyasanam'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, extensive

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, extensive

Note: Modifies 'vyasanam'.

शमयेत् (śamayet) - it should pacify, it should end, it should calm

(verb)

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

Causative verb

Formed from root 'śam' (to be calm) with the causative suffix.

Root: śam (class 4)

चिररात्राय (cirarātrāya) - for a long time, for a long duration

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of cirarātra

cirarātra - long duration, long night (as in time)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+rātra)

• cira – long (of time), lasting
  adjective
• rātra – night, (in compounds) a period of time
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rā (class 2)

Note: Dative of purpose/duration.

योगक्षेमवत् (yogakṣemavat) - ensuring welfare and security, accompanied by welfare and security

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yogakṣemavat

yogakṣemavat - possessed of 'yoga' (acquisition of what is not possessed) and 'kṣema' (preservation of what is possessed), conducive to welfare and security

'vat' suffix denotes possession or accompaniment.

Compound type : dvandva (yoga+kṣema)

• yoga – acquisition, effort, spiritual discipline (yoga), union
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• kṣema – welfare, security, preservation of what is possessed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying the action of pacifying.

अव्ययम् (avyayam) - imperishable, undecaying, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avyaya

avyaya - imperishable, undecaying, everlasting, indeclinable

Compound type : nah-tatpuruṣa (a+vyaya)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• vyaya – expenditure, decay, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'vi-i' (to go apart, disperse).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies the pacification (śamayet) adverbially.