महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-1, verse-8

चिन्तयन्तश्च पार्थानां तान्क्लेशान्द्यूतकारितान् ।
कृच्छ्रेण क्षणदां राजन्निन्युरब्दशतोपमाम् ॥८॥

8. cintayantaśca pārthānāṁ tānkleśāndyūtakāritān ,
kṛcchreṇa kṣaṇadāṁ rājanninyurabdaśatopamām.

8. cintayantaḥ ca pārthānām tān kleśān dyūtakāritān
kṛcchreṇa kṣaṇadām rājan ninyuḥ abdaśatopamām

8. rājan (te) dyūtakāritān pārthānām tān kleśān
cintayantaḥ ca kṛcchreṇa abdaśatopamām kṣaṇadām ninyuḥ

8. O King, contemplating those afflictions of the Pāṇḍavas caused by gambling, they spent the night with great difficulty, finding it to be like a hundred years.

Words meanings summery:

• चिन्तयन्तः (cintayantaḥ) - thinking, meditating, contemplating

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas (of the Pārthas, of the sons of Pṛthā)

• तान् (tān) - those

• क्लेशान् (kleśān) - troubles, afflictions, pains, sufferings

• द्यूतकारितान् (dyūtakāritān) - caused by gambling, brought about by dice-play

• कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with difficulty, painfully, with hardship)

• क्षणदाम् (kṣaṇadām) - night

• राजन् (rājan) - O King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King)

• निन्युः (ninyuḥ) - they passed (the night) (they carried, they led, they spent, they passed)

• अब्दशतोपमाम् (abdaśatopamām) - like a hundred years, resembling a hundred years

Words meanings and morphology

चिन्तयन्तः (cintayantaḥ) - thinking, meditating, contemplating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, contemplating

Present Active Participle

Derived from √cint (10th class, cintayati) in active voice.

Root: cint (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas (of the Pārthas, of the sons of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, descendant of Pṛthā

A patronymic from Pṛthā, another name for Kuntī.

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

क्लेशान् (kleśān) - troubles, afflictions, pains, sufferings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kleśa

kleśa - trouble, affliction, pain, suffering

From √kliś 'to suffer'.

Root: kliś (class 4)

द्यूतकारितान् (dyūtakāritān) - caused by gambling, brought about by dice-play

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dyūtakārita

dyūtakārita - caused by gambling

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed from dyūta and kārita (causative PPP of √kṛ).

Compound type : Instrumental Tatpurusha (dyūta+kārita)

• dyūta – gambling, game of dice
  noun (neuter)
  From √dyut 'to play with dice'.
  Root: dyut (class 1)
• kārita – caused, made, effected
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Causative of √kṛ 'to do, make'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with difficulty, painfully, with hardship)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficulty, hardship, pain

क्षणदाम् (kṣaṇadām) - night

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṣaṇadā

kṣaṇadā - night

Literally 'giver of moments/opportunities'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

निन्युः (ninyuḥ) - they passed (the night) (they carried, they led, they spent, they passed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

अब्दशतोपमाम् (abdaśatopamām) - like a hundred years, resembling a hundred years

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abdaśatopamā

abdaśatopamā - resembling a hundred years

Compound describing something that is like a hundred years.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (abdaśata+upamā)

• abdaśata – hundred years
  noun (neuter)
  Compound 'year-hundred'.
• upamā – comparison, likeness, simile
  noun (feminine)
  From upa-√mā 'to compare'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)