महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-179, verse-8

नावहास्या भविष्यामो न च लाघवमास्थिताः ।
न च विद्विष्टतां लोके गमिष्यामो महीक्षिताम् ॥८॥

8. nāvahāsyā bhaviṣyāmo na ca lāghavamāsthitāḥ ,
na ca vidviṣṭatāṁ loke gamiṣyāmo mahīkṣitām.

8. na avahāsyāḥ bhaviṣyāmaḥ na ca lāghavam āsthitāḥ
na ca vidviṣṭatām loke gamiṣyāmaḥ mahīkṣitām

8. Then we will not become a laughingstock, nor will we incur disrespect, nor will we earn the enmity of kings (mahīkṣit) in the world.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• अवहास्याः (avahāsyāḥ) - laughable, ridiculous, deserving of scorn

• भविष्यामः (bhaviṣyāmaḥ) - we will be, we will become

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• लाघवम् (lāghavam) - lightness, insignificance, disrespect

• आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken up

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• विद्विष्टताम् (vidviṣṭatām) - enmity, hostility, hatred

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• गमिष्यामः (gamiṣyāmaḥ) - we will go, we will incur, we will reach

• महीक्षिताम् (mahīkṣitām) - of kings, of rulers

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवहास्याः (avahāsyāḥ) - laughable, ridiculous, deserving of scorn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avahāsya

avahāsya - laughable, to be ridiculed, contemptible

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from the root √has (to laugh) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: has

Note: Predicative adjective for the implied 'we'.

भविष्यामः (bhaviṣyāmaḥ) - we will be, we will become

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, Future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लाघवम् (lāghavam) - lightness, insignificance, disrespect

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of lāghava

lāghava - lightness, triviality, insignificance, disrespect, negligence

Note: Object of 'āsthitāḥ'.

आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - having resorted to, having adopted, having taken up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsthita

āsthita - resorted to, occupied, adopted, standing upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √sthā (to stand, resort to) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā

Note: Qualifies the implied 'we'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विद्विष्टताम् (vidviṣṭatām) - enmity, hostility, hatred

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidviṣṭatā

vidviṣṭatā - enmity, hostility, hatred, state of being hated

Derived from 'vidviṣṭa' (hated) with suffix -tā.

Note: Object of 'gamiṣyāmaḥ'.

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm

गमिष्यामः (gamiṣyāmaḥ) - we will go, we will incur, we will reach

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, Future (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

महीक्षिताम् (mahīkṣitām) - of kings, of rulers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahīkṣit

mahīkṣit - king, ruler, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+kṣit)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• kṣit – ruling, inhabiting, a ruler, inhabitant
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from the root √kṣi (to rule, inhabit).
  Root: kṣi