महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-145, verse-15

यापि चैवंविधा नारी भर्तारमनुवर्तते ।
विराजते हि सा क्षिप्रं कपोतीव दिवि स्थिता ॥१५॥

15. yāpi caivaṁvidhā nārī bhartāramanuvartate ,
virājate hi sā kṣipraṁ kapotīva divi sthitā.

15. yā api ca evamvidhā nārī bhartāram anuvartate
virājate hi sā kṣipram kapotī iva divi sthitā

15. ca yā api evamvidhā nārī bhartāram anuvartate
sā hi kṣipram divi sthitā kapotī iva virājate

15. And indeed, any woman of this kind who serves her husband truly shines splendidly, like a female pigeon situated in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - refers to 'nārī' (woman) (who, which, she who)

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed, too

• च (ca) - and, also

• एवम्विधा (evamvidhā) - referring to a woman of a certain virtuous character (of such a kind, like this, thus)

• नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband (husband, supporter, maintainer)

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - serves, attends to (follows, adheres to, serves)

• विराजते (virājate) - shines splendidly (shines, appears splendid, is pre-eminent)

• हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, for, because, certainly)

• सा (sā) - refers to 'nārī' (woman) (she, that (feminine))

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

• कपोती (kapotī) - female pigeon, dove

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven, in the divine realm)

• स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, soaring (implied for a pigeon) (situated, standing, abiding, existing)

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - refers to 'nārī' (woman) (who, which, she who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed, too

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एवम्विधा (evamvidhā) - referring to a woman of a certain virtuous character (of such a kind, like this, thus)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of evamvidha

evamvidha - of such a kind, like this

Compound type : karmadhāraya (evam+vidha)

• evam – thus, in this manner
  indeclinable
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, wife

Root: nṛ

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband (husband, supporter, maintainer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, master

agent noun from √bhṛ

Formed with -tṛ suffix

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - serves, attends to (follows, adheres to, serves)

(verb)

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

Derived from root vṛt with upasarga anu

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

विराजते (virājate) - shines splendidly (shines, appears splendid, is pre-eminent)

(verb)

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

Derived from root rāj with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, truly (indeed, for, because, certainly)

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - refers to 'nārī' (woman) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Adverbial form.

कपोती (kapotī) - female pigeon, dove

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kapotī

kapotī - female pigeon, dove

Feminine form of kapota

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दिवि (divi) - in the sky (in the sky, in heaven, in the divine realm)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

Root: div

Note: Also seen as dyu.

स्थिता (sthitā) - situated, soaring (implied for a pigeon) (situated, standing, abiding, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm, abiding

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kapotī'.