महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-188, verse-5

कथमेका बहूनां स्यान्न च स्याद्धर्मसंकरः ।
एतन्नो भगवान्सर्वं प्रब्रवीतु यथातथम् ॥५॥

5. kathamekā bahūnāṁ syānna ca syāddharmasaṁkaraḥ ,
etanno bhagavānsarvaṁ prabravītu yathātatham.

5. katham ekā bahūnām syāt na ca syāt dharmasaṃkaraḥ
etat naḥ bhagavān sarvam prabravītu yathātatham

5. How can one woman belong to many men, and how can there not be a confusion of constitutional duties (dharma)? O revered one, please declare all of this to us accurately.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एका (ekā) - referring to Draupadī (one (feminine))

• बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - referring to the Pāṇḍavas (of many, belonging to many)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• धर्मसंकरः (dharmasaṁkaraḥ) - confusion of dharma, mixture of duties/laws

• एतत् (etat) - referring to the entire matter being discussed (this)

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - referring to Vyāsa (O revered one, O Lord, possessor of fortune/splendor)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• प्रब्रवीतु (prabravītu) - may he declare, please tell

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - as it is, accurately, truly

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Root: kim

एका (ekā) - referring to Draupadī (one (feminine))

(numeral)

बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - referring to the Pāṇḍavas (of many, belonging to many)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood

Formed from root 'as' in optative mood.

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood

Formed from root 'as' in optative mood.

Root: as (class 2)

धर्मसंकरः (dharmasaṁkaraḥ) - confusion of dharma, mixture of duties/laws

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmasaṃkara

dharmasaṁkara - confusion of duties/laws (dharma), mixture of castes/social orders

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+saṃkara)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue, religion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃkara – mixture, confusion, intermixture (especially of castes)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

एतत् (etat) - referring to the entire matter being discussed (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Object of 'prabravītu'.

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

भगवान् (bhagavān) - referring to Vyāsa (O revered one, O Lord, possessor of fortune/splendor)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune/glory/splendor/power, venerable, revered; a term for God or a revered being

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Refers to Vyāsa.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Object of 'prabravītu'.

प्रब्रवीतु (prabravītu) - may he declare, please tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mood

Formed from root 'brū' with prefix 'pra' in imperative mood.

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - as it is, accurately, truly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+tathā)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• tathā – so, thus, in that manner
  indeclinable