महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-222, verse-18

आस्थितस्तमहं मार्गमसूयिष्यामि कं कथम् ।
निन्द्यमानः प्रशस्तो वा हृष्येयं केन हेतुना ॥१८॥

18. āsthitastamahaṁ mārgamasūyiṣyāmi kaṁ katham ,
nindyamānaḥ praśasto vā hṛṣyeyaṁ kena hetunā.

18. āsthitaḥ tam aham mārgam asūyiṣyāmi kam katham
nindyamānaḥ praśastaḥ vā hṛṣyeyam kena hetunā

18. aham tam mārgam āsthitaḥ kam katham asūyiṣyāmi?
nindyamānaḥ vā praśastaḥ kena hetunā hṛṣyeyam?

18. Having firmly taken that path, whom or how shall I envy? Whether I am criticized or praised, for what reason would I rejoice?

Words meanings summery:

• आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having resorted, having adopted, having taken one's stand

• तम् (tam) - that, him

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, way

• असूयिष्यामि (asūyiṣyāmi) - I shall envy

• कम् (kam) - whom?

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

• निन्द्यमानः (nindyamānaḥ) - being reviled, being blamed

• प्रशस्तः (praśastaḥ) - praised, commended

• वा (vā) - or

• हृष्येयम् (hṛṣyeyam) - I should rejoice

• केन (kena) - by what, for what reason

• हेतुना (hetunā) - by reason, by cause

Words meanings and morphology

आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having resorted, having adopted, having taken one's stand

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - resorted to, stood upon, firm, occupied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that, him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, way

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

असूयिष्यामि (asūyiṣyāmi) - I shall envy

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of asūy

Root: asūy (class 10)

कम् (kam) - whom?

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?

(indeclinable)

निन्द्यमानः (nindyamānaḥ) - being reviled, being blamed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nindyamāna

nindyamāna - being blamed, being reviled

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the root nind (middle voice form)

Root: nind (class 1)

प्रशस्तः (praśastaḥ) - praised, commended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśasta

praśasta - praised, commended, excellent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root śaṃs with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

हृष्येयम् (hṛṣyeyam) - I should rejoice

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of hṛṣ

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

केन (kena) - by what, for what reason

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

हेतुना (hetunā) - by reason, by cause

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive