महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-53, verse-3

असंमन्त्र्य मया सार्धमतिभारोऽयमुद्यतः ।
कथं नु सर्वलोकस्य नावहास्या भवेमहि ॥३॥

3. asaṁmantrya mayā sārdhamatibhāro'yamudyataḥ ,
kathaṁ nu sarvalokasya nāvahāsyā bhavemahi.

3. asaṃmantrya mayā sārdham atibhāraḥ ayam udyataḥ
katham nu sarvalokasya na avahāsyā bhavemahi

3. mayā sārdham asaṃmantrya ayam atibhāraḥ udyataḥ
katham nu sarvalokasya avahāsyā na bhavemahi

3. Without consulting with me, this excessive burden has been undertaken. How then can we not become a laughingstock to all the people?

Words meanings summery:

• असंमन्त्र्य (asaṁmantrya) - without consulting, without deliberating

• मया (mayā) - by me

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with, along with

• अतिभारः (atibhāraḥ) - excessive burden, great load

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - undertaken, raised, prepared

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• नु (nu) - then (then, indeed, now (particle of interrogation or emphasis))

• सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - to all the people (of all people, of the entire world)

• न (na) - not

• अवहास्या (avahāsyā) - a laughingstock (to be ridiculed, laughable, ridiculous)

• भवेमहि (bhavemahi) - may we be, may we become

Words meanings and morphology

असंमन्त्र्य (asaṁmantrya) - without consulting, without deliberating

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund), negative

Formed from root 'mantr' (10th class) with prefix 'sam', and '-ya' suffix, negated by 'a-'.

Prefix: sam

Root: mantr (class 10)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with, along with

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs instrumental case.

अतिभारः (atibhāraḥ) - excessive burden, great load

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atibhāra

atibhāra - excessive burden, too great a load

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+bhāra)

• ati – excessive, beyond, over
  indeclinable
• bhāra – burden, load, weight
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - undertaken, raised, prepared

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - undertaken, ready, prepared, raised

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root 'yam' (to restrain, extend) with prefix 'ud', kta suffix.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - then (then, indeed, now (particle of interrogation or emphasis))

(indeclinable)

सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - to all the people (of all people, of the entire world)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvaloka

sarvaloka - all people, the whole world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+loka)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• loka – people, world, region
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अवहास्या (avahāsyā) - a laughingstock (to be ridiculed, laughable, ridiculous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avahāsya

avahāsya - to be ridiculed, laughable, contemptible

Gerundive (Potential Passive Participle)

Formed from root 'has' (to laugh) with prefix 'ava', and '-ya' suffix.

Prefix: ava

Root: has (class 1)

भवेमहि (bhavemahi) - may we be, may we become

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative mode (Liṅ)

1st person plural, middle voice, optative mode of root 'bhū'

Root: bhū (class 1)