महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-213, verse-4

प्रदानमपि कन्यायाः पशुवत्कोऽनुमंस्यते ।
विक्रयं चाप्यपत्यस्य कः कुर्यात्पुरुषो भुवि ॥४॥

4. pradānamapi kanyāyāḥ paśuvatko'numaṁsyate ,
vikrayaṁ cāpyapatyasya kaḥ kuryātpuruṣo bhuvi.

4. pradānam api kanyāyāḥ paśuvat kaḥ anumansyate
vikrayam ca api apatyasya kaḥ kuryāt puruṣaḥ bhuvi

4. Who would approve of giving away a daughter like an animal? And what man (puruṣa) on earth would engage in the sale of his own offspring?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रदानम् (pradānam) - the giving away (of a daughter) (giving, presentation, grant)

• अपि (api) - even (the giving) (even, also, too)

• कन्यायाः (kanyāyāḥ) - of a daughter, of a maiden

• पशुवत् (paśuvat) - like an animal, as cattle

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• अनुमन्स्यते (anumansyate) - will approve, will assent, will agree

• विक्रयम् (vikrayam) - the sale (of offspring) (sale, selling)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अपत्यस्य (apatyasya) - of offspring, of a child

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would do, should do, would make

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, human being, person (puruṣa)

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

Words meanings and morphology

प्रदानम् (pradānam) - the giving away (of a daughter) (giving, presentation, grant)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pradāna

pradāna - giving, granting, bestowing

from 'pra' + root 'dā' (to give)

Prefix: pra

Root: dā

Note: Subject of `anumansyate`.

अपि (api) - even (the giving) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the `pradānam`.

कन्यायाः (kanyāyāḥ) - of a daughter, of a maiden

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter, virgin

Note: Possessive, 'of a daughter'.

पशुवत् (paśuvat) - like an animal, as cattle

(indeclinable)

from 'paśu' (animal) + suffix '-vat' (like)

Note: Adverbial.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of `anumansyate`.

अनुमन्स्यते (anumansyate) - will approve, will assent, will agree

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of man

future middle

from 'anu' + root 'man' (4th class), future 3rd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

विक्रयम् (vikrayam) - the sale (of offspring) (sale, selling)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikraya

vikraya - sale, selling, barter

from 'vi' + root 'krī' (to buy)

Prefix: vi

Root: krī

Note: Object of `kuryāt`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two questions.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the `vikrayam`.

अपत्यस्य (apatyasya) - of offspring, of a child

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of apatya

apatya - offspring, child, progeny

from 'apa' + root 'tan' (to stretch)

Prefix: apa

Root: tan

Note: Possessive, 'of offspring'.

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun, subject of `kuryāt`.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would do, should do, would make

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṛ

optative active

root 'kṛ' (8th class), optative 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man, human being, person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, spirit (puruṣa)

Note: Agrees with `kaḥ` (who).

भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhu

bhu - earth, world, ground

Note: 'On earth'.