महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-3, verse-6

समाहूय महात्मानं जितवन्तोऽक्षकोविदाः ।
अनक्षज्ञं यथाश्रद्धं तेषु धर्मजयः कुतः ॥६॥

6. samāhūya mahātmānaṁ jitavanto'kṣakovidāḥ ,
anakṣajñaṁ yathāśraddhaṁ teṣu dharmajayaḥ kutaḥ.

6. samāhūya mahātmānam jitavantaḥ akṣakovidāḥ |
anakṣajñam yathāśraddham teṣu dharmajayaḥ kutaḥ

6. Having challenged the great-souled (mahātman) Yudhiṣṭhira, the experts in dice (akṣakovida) defeated the one inexperienced in dice (anakṣajña), acting according to their own will. Among such people (or in such a situation), how can there be a victory of natural law (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• समाहूय (samāhūya) - having invited, having challenged

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - the great-souled Yudhiṣṭhira (the great-souled one)

• जितवन्तः (jitavantaḥ) - having conquered, victorious

• अक्षकोविदाः (akṣakovidāḥ) - experts in dice, skilled at dice

• अनक्षज्ञम् (anakṣajñam) - Yudhiṣṭhira, who was inexperienced in dice (one not knowing dice, inexperienced in dice)

• यथाश्रद्धम् (yathāśraddham) - according to one's will, as desired, faithfully

• तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in those (circumstances)

• धर्मजयः (dharmajayaḥ) - victory of dharma, righteous victory

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, how

Words meanings and morphology

समाहूय (samāhūya) - having invited, having challenged

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'hvā' or 'hū' (to call) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hvā (class 1)

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - the great-souled Yudhiṣṭhira (the great-souled one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

जितवन्तः (jitavantaḥ) - having conquered, victorious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jitavat

jitavat - having conquered, victorious

Past Active Participle

Derived from root 'ji' (to conquer) with suffix -vat.

Root: ji (class 1)

अक्षकोविदाः (akṣakovidāḥ) - experts in dice, skilled at dice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣakovida

akṣakovida - one skilled in dice, dice-expert

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+kovida)

• akṣa – die, dice, game of dice
  noun (masculine)
• kovida – skilled, expert, knowing
  adjective (masculine)

अनक्षज्ञम् (anakṣajñam) - Yudhiṣṭhira, who was inexperienced in dice (one not knowing dice, inexperienced in dice)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anakṣajña

anakṣajña - not knowing dice, ignorant of dice-play, inexperienced at gambling

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+akṣajña)

• an – not, non- (negating prefix)
  prefix
• akṣajña – knowing dice, skilled in dice
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'mahātmānam'.

यथाश्रद्धम् (yathāśraddham) - according to one's will, as desired, faithfully

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śraddhā)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• śraddhā – faith, trust, desire, will
  noun (feminine)

तेषु (teṣu) - among them, in those (circumstances)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine/neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

धर्मजयः (dharmajayaḥ) - victory of dharma, righteous victory

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmajaya

dharmajaya - victory of righteousness, righteous conquest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jaya)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• jaya – victory, triumph, conquest
  noun (masculine)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where, how

(indeclinable)