महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-187, verse-26

द्रुपद उवाच ।
एकस्य बह्व्यो विहिता महिष्यः कुरुनन्दन ।
नैकस्या बहवः पुंसो विधीयन्ते कदाचन ॥२६॥

26. drupada uvāca ,
ekasya bahvyo vihitā mahiṣyaḥ kurunandana ,
naikasyā bahavaḥ puṁso vidhīyante kadācana.

26. drupadaḥ uvāca ekasya bahvyaḥ vihitāḥ mahiṣyaḥ
kurunandana na ekasyāḥ bahavaḥ puṃsaḥ vidhīyante kadācana

26. Drupada said: "O delight of the Kurus, many queens are ordained for one man. But never are many husbands prescribed for one woman."

Words meanings summery:

• द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, for one

• बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many (feminine)

• विहिताः (vihitāḥ) - ordained, prescribed, arranged

• महिष्यः (mahiṣyaḥ) - queens, principal wives

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O delight of the Kurus, O son of Kuru)

• न (na) - not, no

• एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of one (feminine)

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (masculine)

• पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - men, males, husbands

• विधीयन्ते (vidhīyante) - they are ordained, they are prescribed, they are arranged

• कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time, at any time

Words meanings and morphology

द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, for one

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

विहिताः (vihitāḥ) - ordained, prescribed, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vihita

vihita - ordained, prescribed, made, done, arranged

Past Passive Participle

PPP of vi-dhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

महिष्यः (mahiṣyaḥ) - queens, principal wives

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mahiṣī

mahiṣī - queen, principal wife, buffalo cow

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (O delight of the Kurus, O son of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, son of Kuru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king, progenitor of a dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एकस्याः (ekasyāḥ) - of one (feminine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of ekā

ekā - one, single, alone (feminine)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (masculine)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - men, males, husbands

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, husband

विधीयन्ते (vidhīyante) - they are ordained, they are prescribed, they are arranged

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of vi-dhā

present passive

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

कदाचन (kadācana) - never, at no time, at any time

(indeclinable)