महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-19, verse-23

धिग्वाचा परिहासोऽपि मम वा मद्विधस्य वा ।
मृत्युनाभ्यधिकः सौते स त्वं मा व्यपयाः पुनः ॥२३॥

23. dhigvācā parihāso'pi mama vā madvidhasya vā ,
mṛtyunābhyadhikaḥ saute sa tvaṁ mā vyapayāḥ punaḥ.

23. dhik vācā parihāsaḥ api mama vā madvidhasya vā
mṛtyunā abhyadhikaḥ saute sa tvam mā vyapayāḥ punaḥ

23. Fie! Even a jest from me or one like me is worse than death, O son of Sūta. You must not leave again.

Words meanings summery:

• धिक् (dhik) - shame (fie, shame, alas)

• वाचा (vācā) - by speech, by words (by speech, by words, by voice)

• परिहासः (parihāsaḥ) - joke, jest (joke, jest, ridicule, laughter)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• वा (vā) - or

• मद्विधस्य (madvidhasya) - of one like me (of one like me, of my kind)

• वा (vā) - or

• मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - than death (by death)

• अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ) - greater, worse (greater, superior, exceeding, much)

• सौते (saute) - O son of Sūta

• स (sa) - that (is) (he, that)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• मा (mā) - don't (not, don't)

• व्यपयाः (vyapayāḥ) - you must not go away (you should not go away, do not depart)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

धिक् (dhik) - shame (fie, shame, alas)

(indeclinable)

वाचा (vācā) - by speech, by words (by speech, by words, by voice)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

परिहासः (parihāsaḥ) - joke, jest (joke, jest, ridicule, laughter)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parihāsa

parihāsa - joke, jest, ridicule, sport, laughter

Prefix: pari

Root: has (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मद्विधस्य (madvidhasya) - of one like me (of one like me, of my kind)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of madvidha

madvidha - like me, of my kind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mat+vidha)

• mat – I, me (stem form)
  pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, form
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) - than death (by death)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used here with abhyadhikaḥ, implying a comparison 'than death'.

अभ्यधिकः (abhyadhikaḥ) - greater, worse (greater, superior, exceeding, much)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyadhika

abhyadhika - greater, superior, more, exceeding, abundant

Prefixes: abhi+adhi

Root: i (class 2)

सौते (saute) - O son of Sūta

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtaja

sūtaja - son of a charioteer (sūta), son of Sūta (a proper name)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+ja)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, son of Sūta (proper name)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

स (sa) - that (is) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

मा (mā) - don't (not, don't)

(indeclinable)

व्यपयाः (vyapayāḥ) - you must not go away (you should not go away, do not depart)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of vyapā

Aorist

2nd person singular Aorist

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: i (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, moreover)

(indeclinable)