महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-224, verse-15

भूतं हित्वा भविष्येऽर्थे योऽवलम्बेत मन्दधीः ।
अवमन्येत तं लोको यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥१५॥

15. bhūtaṁ hitvā bhaviṣye'rthe yo'valambeta mandadhīḥ ,
avamanyeta taṁ loko yathecchasi tathā kuru.

15. bhūtam hitvā bhaviṣye arthe yaḥ avalambeta mandadhīḥ
avamanyeta tam lokaḥ yathā icchasi tathā kuru

15. A dull-witted person who discards what has happened and depends only on future prospects will be despised by the world. Do as you wish.

Words meanings summery:

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - what has happened, the past (what has been, past, being, creature)

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left

• भविष्ये (bhaviṣye) - in the future, in future matters

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of (for the sake of, in the matter of, for the purpose of)

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

• अवलम्बेत (avalambeta) - would rely on, would depend on, would cling to

• मन्दधीः (mandadhīḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, slow-minded

• अवमन्येत (avamanyeta) - would disrespect, would despise, would disregard

• तम् (tam) - him, that person

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world, people

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make

Words meanings and morphology

भूतम् (bhūtam) - what has happened, the past (what has been, past, being, creature)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - what has been, past, being, creature, element

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū + kta suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From root hā + ktvā suffix

Root: hā (class 3)

भविष्ये (bhaviṣye) - in the future, in future matters

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhaviṣya

bhaviṣya - future, what will be, future event

Future Passive Participle

From bhū (to be) + ṇyat/yat suffix (here used as noun/adjective)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'the future'

अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of (for the sake of, in the matter of, for the purpose of)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, cause, sake

Note: Often used with locative to mean 'for the sake of'

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

अवलम्बेत (avalambeta) - would rely on, would depend on, would cling to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of avalamb

Prefix: ava

Root: lamb (class 1)

मन्दधीः (mandadhīḥ) - dull-witted, foolish, slow-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandadhī

mandadhī - dull-witted, foolish

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (manda+dhī)

• manda – slow, dull, foolish, weak
  adjective (masculine)
• dhī – intellect, understanding, thought, wisdom
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to 'yaḥ'

अवमन्येत (avamanyeta) - would disrespect, would despise, would disregard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of avaman

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

तम् (tam) - him, that person

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, region

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

कुरु (kuru) - do, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)