महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-105, verse-16

यान्स्म तान्ग्लहते घोराञ्शकुनिः कुरुसंसदि ।
अक्षान्संमन्यमानः स प्राक्शरास्ते दुरासदाः ॥१६॥

16. yānsma tānglahate ghorāñśakuniḥ kurusaṁsadi ,
akṣānsaṁmanyamānaḥ sa prākśarāste durāsadāḥ.

16. yān sma tān glahate ghorān śakuniḥ kurusaṃsadi
akṣān saṃmanyamānaḥ saḥ prāk śarāḥ te durāsadāḥ

16. śakuniḥ kurusaṃsadi yān tān ghorān sma glahate saḥ
akṣān śarāḥ saṃmanyamānaḥ te śarāḥ prāk durāsadāḥ

16. Shakuni gambled away those terrible ones in the Kuru assembly. He, considering the dice to be (like) arrows, (forgot that) those (real) arrows were previously formidable and difficult to approach.

Words meanings summery:

• यान् (yān) - whom, which

• स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense verb to indicate past action)

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• ग्लहते (glahate) - gambles, stakes, wagers

• घोरान् (ghorān) - referring to the Pandavas or their possessions, which were terrible to lose (terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce)

• शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Shakuni

• कुरुसंसदि (kurusaṁsadi) - in the assembly of the Kurus

• अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice

• संमन्यमानः (saṁmanyamānaḥ) - considering, thinking, regarding

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• प्राक् (prāk) - formerly, previously, before

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• ते (te) - those

• दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - difficult to approach, invincible, formidable

Words meanings and morphology

यान् (yān) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Object of "glahate", refers to "ghorān".

स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense verb to indicate past action)

(indeclinable)

Note: Transforms the present tense verb "glahate" into past tense.

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Correlative to "yān", object of "glahate".

ग्लहते (glahate) - gambles, stakes, wagers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of glah

Root glah, 1st conjugation (Ātmanepada)

Root: glah (class 1)

Note: The present tense is used with 'sma' to denote past action.

घोरान् (ghorān) - referring to the Pandavas or their possessions, which were terrible to lose (terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce, awful

Note: Qualifies "yān tān".

शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Shakuni

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakuni

śakuni - Shakuni (proper noun, name of the maternal uncle of the Kauravas)

Note: Subject of "glahate".

कुरुसंसदि (kurusaṁsadi) - in the assembly of the Kurus

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kurusaṃsad

kurusaṁsad - Kuru assembly, gathering of the Kurus

Genitive Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+saṃsad)

• kuru – Kuru (proper noun, ancient king, or descendants of Kuru)
  proper noun (masculine)
• saṃsad – assembly, council, session
  noun (feminine)
  From prefix sam- + root sad (to sit)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sad (class 1)

अक्षान् (akṣān) - dice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of akṣa

akṣa - die (for gambling), cube, axis, eye

Note: Object of "saṃmanyamānaḥ".

संमन्यमानः (saṁmanyamānaḥ) - considering, thinking, regarding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃmanyamāna

saṁmanyamāna - considering, regarding, thinking to be, honoring

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root man with prefix sam-, suffix -māna

Prefix: sam

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Qualifies "saḥ" (Shakuni).

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Shakuni.

प्राक् (prāk) - formerly, previously, before

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of prāñc

Note: Adverb of time.

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'were'.

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to "śarāḥ".

दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - difficult to approach, invincible, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, invincible, formidable

Compound: dur- (difficult) + ā-sad (to approach)

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (dus+āsada)

• dus – difficult, bad, hard
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• āsada – approach, attainment
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix ā- + root sad
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "śarāḥ".