महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-78, verse-33

अभिकामां स्त्रियं यस्तु गम्यां रहसि याचितः ।
नोपैति स च धर्मेषु भ्रूणहेत्युच्यते बुधैः ॥३३॥

33. abhikāmāṁ striyaṁ yastu gamyāṁ rahasi yācitaḥ ,
nopaiti sa ca dharmeṣu bhrūṇahetyucyate budhaiḥ.

33. abhikāmām striyam yaḥ tu gamyām rahasi yācitaḥ | na
upaiti saḥ ca dharmeṣu bhūṇa-hā iti ucyate budhaiḥ

33. Moreover, a man who, when requested privately, does not approach a woman who desires him and is suitable for union, is also called a `bhūṇahā` (slayer of an embryo) by the wise, according to the dharma scriptures.

33. וגם מי שאישה חפצה בו, ראויה לו וביקשה אותו בסתר, ואינו בא אליה, נקרא על ידי החכמים, בענייני היושר, רוצח עוברים.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिकामाम् (abhikāmām) - a woman who desires (him) (desirous, loving, longing for)

• स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman, wife

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whoever

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed, moreover

• गम्याम् (gamyām) - suitable for sexual union (approachable, suitable for union, to be gone to)

• रहसि (rahasi) - in secret, privately, in solitude

• याचितः (yācitaḥ) - when he is requested (requested, asked, begged)

• न (na) - not, no

• उपैति (upaiti) - does not approach (for sexual union) (approaches, goes to)

• सः (saḥ) - that (man) (he, that)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu) - according to the dharma scriptures (in matters of dharma, in religious duties)

• भूण-हा (bhūṇa-hā) - one who commits the sin of destroying an embryo or preventing conception by refusing union (embryo-killer, one who causes abortion or prevents conception)

• इति (iti) - thus, so-called (thus, so, a particle used to introduce or conclude direct speech or refer to something previously mentioned)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

• बुधैः (budhaiḥ) - by the wise, by the intelligent

Words meanings and morphology

अभिकामाम् (abhikāmām) - a woman who desires (him) (desirous, loving, longing for)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhikāma

abhikāma - desirous, longing, wishing for

Compound of upasarga abhi and kāma.

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (abhi+kāma)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman, wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female, wife

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed, moreover

(indeclinable)

गम्याम् (gamyām) - suitable for sexual union (approachable, suitable for union, to be gone to)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gamya

gamya - approachable, accessible, to be gone to, suitable

gerundive/future passive participle

Derived from root gam with nyaT suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

रहसि (rahasi) - in secret, privately, in solitude

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rahas

rahas - secret, privacy, solitude

याचितः (yācitaḥ) - when he is requested (requested, asked, begged)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yācita

yācita - requested, asked for, begged

past passive participle

Derived from root yāc.

Root: yāc (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उपैति (upaiti) - does not approach (for sexual union) (approaches, goes to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upai

present tense, 3rd person singular

Root i with upasarga upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that (man) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu) - according to the dharma scriptures (in matters of dharma, in religious duties)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, religion, virtue

भूण-हा (bhūṇa-hā) - one who commits the sin of destroying an embryo or preventing conception by refusing union (embryo-killer, one who causes abortion or prevents conception)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūṇahan

bhūṇahan - embryo-killer, feticide

Compound of bhūṇa and han.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūṇa+han)

• bhūṇa – embryo, fetus
  noun (masculine)
• han – killer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root han.
  Root: han (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so-called (thus, so, a particle used to introduce or conclude direct speech or refer to something previously mentioned)

(indeclinable)

उच्यते (ucyate) - is said, is called

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present passive

Root vac, present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

बुधैः (budhaiḥ) - by the wise, by the intelligent

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of budha

budha - wise, learned, intelligent person

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