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.

8. כך לא נהיה ללעג, לא ניפול לזלזול, ולא נהפוך לשנואים בעולם על המלכים.

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

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