महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-204, verse-16

मम भार्या तव गुरुरिति सुन्दोऽभ्यभाषत ।
मम भार्या तव वधूरुपसुन्दोऽभ्यभाषत ॥१६॥

16. mama bhāryā tava gururiti sundo'bhyabhāṣata ,
mama bhāryā tava vadhūrupasundo'bhyabhāṣata.

16. mama bhāryā tava guruḥ iti sundaḥ abhyabhāṣata
mama bhāryā tava vadhūḥ upasundaḥ abhyabhāṣata

16. "She is my wife, your guru (respected elder/mother-in-law)," thus spoke Sunda. "She is my wife, your daughter-in-law (younger brother's wife)," thus spoke Upasunda.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - elder/respected figure (implying she is like a mother or elder sister-in-law, thus forbidden) (spiritual teacher, preceptor, respected elder)

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this manner)

• सुन्दः (sundaḥ) - Sunda

• अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - he spoke, addressed

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• वधूः (vadhūḥ) - daughter-in-law (implying she is like a younger brother's wife to Sunda, hence untouchable to him, or asserting her belonging to Upasunda) (daughter-in-law, bride, young woman)

• उपसुन्दः (upasundaḥ) - Upasunda

• अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - he spoke, addressed

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, a woman who is to be supported

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Feminine form of 'bhārya' (to be borne/supported) from √bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

गुरुः (guruḥ) - elder/respected figure (implying she is like a mother or elder sister-in-law, thus forbidden) (spiritual teacher, preceptor, respected elder)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - heavy, weighty, important, venerable, teacher, preceptor, elder

इति (iti) - marks the end of a direct quote (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

सुन्दः (sundaḥ) - Sunda

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sunda

sunda - Sunda (name of an Asura)

अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - he spoke, addressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Imperfect (laṅ) 3rd singular

Ātmanepada, with upasarga 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, a woman who is to be supported

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Feminine form of 'bhārya' (to be borne/supported) from √bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वधूः (vadhūḥ) - daughter-in-law (implying she is like a younger brother's wife to Sunda, hence untouchable to him, or asserting her belonging to Upasunda) (daughter-in-law, bride, young woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vadhū

vadhū - bride, young woman, wife, daughter-in-law

उपसुन्दः (upasundaḥ) - Upasunda

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upasunda

upasunda - Upasunda (name of an Asura)

अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - he spoke, addressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Imperfect (laṅ) 3rd singular

Ātmanepada, with upasarga 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)