महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-224, verse-26

मन्दपाल उवाच ।
न स्त्रीणां विद्यते किंचिदन्यत्र पुरुषान्तरात् ।
सापत्नकमृते लोके भवितव्यं हि तत्तथा ॥२६॥

26. mandapāla uvāca ,
na strīṇāṁ vidyate kiṁcidanyatra puruṣāntarāt ,
sāpatnakamṛte loke bhavitavyaṁ hi tattathā.

26. mandapālaḥ uvāca na strīṇām vidyate kiñcit anyatra
puruṣāntarāt sāpatnakam ṛte loke bhavitavyam hi tat tathā

26. Mandapāla said: 'For women, nothing truly exists apart from another man. In this world, the only exception to this is co-wifehood; indeed, that is how it must be.'

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दपालः (mandapālaḥ) - The name of the male bird, Jaritā's husband. (Mandapāla (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women, for women

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - nothing when negated by 'na'. (something, anything)

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - apart from. Takes ablative. (elsewhere, otherwise, apart from)

• पुरुषान्तरात् (puruṣāntarāt) - from another man, from a different man

• सापत्नकम् (sāpatnakam) - co-wifehood, condition of having a co-wife

• ऋते (ṛte) - except for. Takes ablative or accusative. (except, without)

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• भवितव्यम् (bhavitavyam) - it must be (it is to be, it must be, destined)

• हि (hi) - for emphasis, 'indeed'. (indeed, surely, because)

• तत् (tat) - refers to the situation mentioned. (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दपालः (mandapālaḥ) - The name of the male bird, Jaritā's husband. (Mandapāla (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandapāla

mandapāla - Mandapāla (name of a sage/bird)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women, for women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid

Middle voice conjugation of root 'vid' (Class 4, 'to be')

Root: vid (class 4)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - nothing when negated by 'na'. (something, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kiṃcit

kiṁcit - something, anything

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'nothing'.

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - apart from. Takes ablative. (elsewhere, otherwise, apart from)

(indeclinable)

पुरुषान्तरात् (puruṣāntarāt) - from another man, from a different man

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of puruṣāntara

puruṣāntara - another man, a different man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+antara)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interior, interval
  adjective

सापत्नकम् (sāpatnakam) - co-wifehood, condition of having a co-wife

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāpatnaka

sāpatnaka - co-wifehood, rivalry of co-wives

ऋते (ṛte) - except for. Takes ablative or accusative. (except, without)

(indeclinable)

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

भवितव्यम् (bhavitavyam) - it must be (it is to be, it must be, destined)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhavitavya

bhavitavya - to be, to become, destined, fated

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become) with suffix 'tavya'

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used impersonally.

हि (hi) - for emphasis, 'indeed'. (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - refers to the situation mentioned. (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)