महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-77, verse-4

तेन युद्धमहं मन्ये प्राप्तकालं तवानघ ।
अत्र वो द्यूतमायातं विजयायेतराय वा ॥४॥

4. tena yuddhamahaṁ manye prāptakālaṁ tavānagha ,
atra vo dyūtamāyātaṁ vijayāyetarāya vā.

4. tena yuddham aham manye prāptakālam tava anagha
atra vaḥ dyūtam āyātam vijayāya itarāya vā

4. anagha! aham manye tena yuddham tava prāptakālam
atra vaḥ dyūtam vijayāya vā itarāya āyātam

4. O sinless one (anagha), I consider a battle with him to be timely for you. This is a gamble (dyūta) for you, leading either to victory or to the other outcome.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - with him (Suyodhana) (by him, with him)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

• प्राप्तकालम् (prāptakālam) - timely, opportune

• तव (tava) - your, for you

• अनघ (anagha) - O Arjuna (who is free from fault) (O sinless one, O faultless one)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• वः (vaḥ) - for you (Arjuna, respectfully plural or referring to Pāṇḍavas) (for you (plural), your (plural))

• द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - a gamble, a contest of chance (a game of dice, gambling, a gamble, a contest of chance)

• आयातम् (āyātam) - has arrived (arrived, come)

• विजयाय (vijayāya) - for victory

• इतराय (itarāya) - for the other outcome (defeat) (for the other, for the alternative)

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - with him (Suyodhana) (by him, with him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, war

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

asmad - I, we

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of manye

Present Middle

1st person singular present middle (ātmanepada) of root man

Root: man (class 4)

प्राप्तकालम् (prāptakālam) - timely, opportune

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāptakāla

prāptakāla - timely, opportune, whose time has come

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prāpta+kāla)

• prāpta – obtained, reached, arrived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from pra-āp (to obtain, to reach)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)
• kāla – time, season, opportunity
  noun (masculine)

तव (tava) - your, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

अनघ (anagha) - O Arjuna (who is free from fault) (O sinless one, O faultless one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Compound type : bahuvrihi (an+agha)

• an – not, without
  indeclinable
• agha – evil, sin, distress
  noun (neuter)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - for you (Arjuna, respectfully plural or referring to Pāṇḍavas) (for you (plural), your (plural))

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Alternatively genitive plural

द्यूतम् (dyūtam) - a gamble, a contest of chance (a game of dice, gambling, a gamble, a contest of chance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dyūta

dyūta - gambling, a game of dice, a gamble

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Derived from root div (to play, gamble)

Root: div (class 4)

आयातम् (āyātam) - has arrived (arrived, come)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyāta

āyāta - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ā-yā (to come, arrive)

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

विजयाय (vijayāya) - for victory

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vijaya

vijaya - victory, triumph

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

इतराय (itarāya) - for the other outcome (defeat) (for the other, for the alternative)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

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