महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-58, verse-9

अभ्यगच्छन्नृतौ नारीं न कामान्नानृतौ तथा ।
तथैवान्यानि भूतानि तिर्यग्योनिगतान्यपि ।
ऋतौ दारांश्च गच्छन्ति तदा स्म भरतर्षभ ॥९॥

9. abhyagacchannṛtau nārīṁ na kāmānnānṛtau tathā ,
tathaivānyāni bhūtāni tiryagyonigatānyapi ,
ṛtau dārāṁśca gacchanti tadā sma bharatarṣabha.

9. abhyagacchan ṛtau nārīm na kāmān na
anṛtau tathā tathā eva anyāni bhūtāni
tiryagyonigatāni api ṛtau dārān
ca gacchanti tadā sma bharatarṣabha

9. O best of Bharatas, people would approach women in due season, not out of lust, nor out of season. Similarly, even other beings born in animal species would approach their mates only in season.

Words meanings summery:

• अभ्यगच्छन् (abhyagacchan) - they approached (for procreation) (they went towards, approached)

• ऋतौ (ṛtau) - in the fertile period (for procreation) (in season, in due time, in the menstrual period)

• नारीम् (nārīm) - a woman (for procreation) (woman, wife)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कामान् (kāmān) - out of mere desires/lust (desires, wishes, lusts)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• अनृतौ (anṛtau) - out of the fertile period (out of season, not in due season)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, even (only, just, indeed)

• अन्यानि (anyāni) - other (beings) (other, different)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

• तिर्यग्योनिगतानि (tiryagyonigatāni) - animals, beasts (those born in animal wombs, animals)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• ऋतौ (ṛtau) - in season (in season, in due time, in the menstrual period)

• दारान् (dārān) - mates, wives (wives, spouses)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they approached (they go, approach)

• तदा (tadā) - then (in that era) (then, at that time)

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (a common address to a king or prince) (O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

अभ्यगच्छन् (abhyagacchan) - they approached (for procreation) (they went towards, approached)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Combination of prefixes abhi and ā with root gam.

ऋतौ (ṛtau) - in the fertile period (for procreation) (in season, in due time, in the menstrual period)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṛtu

ṛtu - season, proper time, menstrual period

नारीम् (nārīm) - a woman (for procreation) (woman, wife)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कामान् (kāmān) - out of mere desires/lust (desires, wishes, lusts)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, lust

Note: Accusative plural used adverbially.

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अनृतौ (anṛtau) - out of the fertile period (out of season, not in due season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of anṛtu

anṛtu - not in season, out of due season

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+ṛtu)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• ṛtu – season, proper time
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'eva' to emphasize similarity.

एव (eva) - indeed, even (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अन्यानि (anyāni) - other (beings) (other, different)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

Note: Declines like an adjective.

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - living beings, creatures (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

past passive participle

from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तिर्यग्योनिगतानि (tiryagyonigatāni) - animals, beasts (those born in animal wombs, animals)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tiryagyoni-gata

tiryagyoni-gata - entered into the animal womb, born as an animal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tiryagyoni+gata)

• tiryagyoni – animal womb, lower species
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, arrived at, obtained
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

ऋतौ (ṛtau) - in season (in season, in due time, in the menstrual period)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ṛtu

ṛtu - season, proper time, menstrual period

दारान् (dārān) - mates, wives (wives, spouses)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife, spouse

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they approached (they go, approach)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used with 'sma' to denote past continuous or iterative past action.

तदा (tadā) - then (in that era) (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense

(indeclinable)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (a common address to a king or prince) (O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of the Bharatas, best of the Bharatas

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)