महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-237, verse-13

अहेरिव गणाद्भीतः सौहित्यान्नरकादिव ।
कुणपादिव च स्त्रीभ्यस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥१३॥

13. aheriva gaṇādbhītaḥ sauhityānnarakādiva ,
kuṇapādiva ca strībhyastaṁ devā brāhmaṇaṁ viduḥ.

13. aheḥ iva gaṇāt bhītaḥ sauhityāt narakāt iva
kuṇapāt iva ca strībhyas tam devāḥ brāhmaṇam viduḥ

13. devāḥ tam brāhmaṇam viduḥ yaḥ aheḥ iva gaṇāt bhītaḥ
narakāt iva sauhityāt ca kuṇapāt iva strībhyas

13. The gods know that person as a true Brahmin who fears crowds as if they were snakes, who shuns over-indulgence as if it were hell, and who avoids women as if they were decaying corpses.

Words meanings summery:

• अहेः (aheḥ) - from a snake

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• गणात् (gaṇāt) - from a multitude, from a crowd, from a troop

• भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, frightened

• सौहित्यात् (sauhityāt) - from satiety, from over-indulgence, from abundance

• नरकात् (narakāt) - from hell

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• कुणपात् (kuṇapāt) - from a corpse, from a dead body

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्त्रीभ्यस् (strībhyas) - from women

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a brahmin, one related to Brahman

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

Words meanings and morphology

अहेः (aheḥ) - from a snake

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ahi

ahi - snake, serpent

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

गणात् (gaṇāt) - from a multitude, from a crowd, from a troop

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of gaṇa

gaṇa - multitude, crowd, troop, collection

भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - afraid, frightened, terrified

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

सौहित्यात् (sauhityāt) - from satiety, from over-indulgence, from abundance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sauhitya

sauhitya - satiety, abundance, over-indulgence

नरकात् (narakāt) - from hell

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

कुणपात् (kuṇapāt) - from a corpse, from a dead body

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kuṇapa

kuṇapa - corpse, dead body

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्त्रीभ्यस् (strībhyas) - from women

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female, wife

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - a brahmin, one related to Brahman

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the brahman caste, a knower of Brahman

विदुः (viduḥ) - they know, they understand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)