महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-131, verse-13

नायं लोकोऽस्ति न पर इति व्यवसितो जनः ।
नालं गन्तुं च विश्वासं नास्तिके भयशङ्किनि ॥१३॥

13. nāyaṁ loko'sti na para iti vyavasito janaḥ ,
nālaṁ gantuṁ ca viśvāsaṁ nāstike bhayaśaṅkini.

13. न अयम् लोकः अस्ति न परः इति व्यवसितः जनः | न
अलम् गन्तुम् च विश्वासम् नास्तिके भयशङ्किनि

13. जनः यः न अयम् लोकः अस्ति न परः इति व्यवसितः,
(तस्मिन्) भयशङ्किनि नास्तिके च विश्वासम् गन्तुम् न अलम् (अस्ति)।

13. A person who is convinced that 'neither this world nor the next exists' cannot be fully trusted. It is not possible to place faith in such an atheist (nāstika) who is apprehensive and suspicious due to fear.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• न (na) - not, no

• परः (paraḥ) - the other world (the afterlife) (other, next, supreme)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• व्यवसितः (vyavasitaḥ) - resolved, determined, convinced

• जनः (janaḥ) - person, man, people

• न (na) - not, no

• अलम् (alam) - not possible/capable (when used with 'na' and infinitive) (sufficient, able, enough)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to place (faith), to arrive at (trust) (to go, to reach, to enter)

• च (ca) - and, also

• विश्वासम् (viśvāsam) - trust, faith, confidence

• नास्तिके (nāstike) - in an atheist, regarding an atheist

• भयशङ्किनि (bhayaśaṅkini) - fearful and suspicious, full of apprehension and doubt

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, realm, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, division of the universe

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परः (paraḥ) - the other world (the afterlife) (other, next, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of para

para - other, next, supreme, highest

Note: Implied 'lokaḥ' (world)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

व्यवसितः (vyavasitaḥ) - resolved, determined, convinced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavasita

vyavasita - resolved, determined, undertaken, firm

Past Passive Participle

derived from root √so/sā 'to bind' with prefixes vi-ava-

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so/sā (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'janaḥ'

जनः (janaḥ) - person, man, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

Note: Subject of the sentence.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अलम् (alam) - not possible/capable (when used with 'na' and infinitive) (sufficient, able, enough)

(indeclinable)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to place (faith), to arrive at (trust) (to go, to reach, to enter)

(verb)

infinitive of gam

Infinitive

formed with -tum suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used with 'viśvāsam' to mean 'to place trust'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विश्वासम् (viśvāsam) - trust, faith, confidence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viśvāsa

viśvāsa - trust, faith, confidence, reliance

Note: Object of 'gantum'

नास्तिके (nāstike) - in an atheist, regarding an atheist

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nāstika

nāstika - atheist, heterodox, unbeliever, one who denies the existence of a future world or God

compound of na (not) + āstika (believer)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+āstika)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• āstika – believer (in God, Vedas, afterlife)
  noun (masculine)
  derived from asti 'is' + ṭhak suffix

Note: Refers to the type of person in whom trust cannot be placed.

भयशङ्किनि (bhayaśaṅkini) - fearful and suspicious, full of apprehension and doubt

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhayaśaṅkin

bhayaśaṅkin - fearful and suspicious, apprehending danger

compound of bhaya (fear) and śaṅkin (suspicious)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+śaṅkin)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• śaṅkin – suspicious, doubtful, apprehensive
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root śaṅk 'to doubt, suspect'
  Root: śaṅk (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'nāstike'.