महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-159, verse-26

अनार्यां शयने बिभ्रदुज्झन्बिभ्रच्च यो द्विजाम् ।
अब्राह्मणो मन्यमानस्तृणेष्वासीत पृष्ठतः ।
तथा स शुध्यते राजञ्शृणु चात्र वचो मम ॥२६॥

26. anāryāṁ śayane bibhradujjhanbibhracca yo dvijām ,
abrāhmaṇo manyamānastṛṇeṣvāsīta pṛṣṭhataḥ ,
tathā sa śudhyate rājañśṛṇu cātra vaco mama.

26. anāryām śayane bibhrat ujjhan bibhrat
ca yaḥ dvijām abrāhmaṇaḥ manyamānaḥ
tṛṇeṣu āsīta pṛṣṭhataḥ tathā saḥ
śudhyate rājan śṛṇu ca atra vacaḥ mama

26. O King, hear my words on this matter: The man who maintains an ignoble woman (anāryā) in his bed, abandoning a twice-born woman (dvijā), and persists in this, considering himself a non-Brahmin (abrāhmaṇa), should sit on grass at the rear. In this manner, he becomes purified.

Words meanings summery:

• अनार्याम् (anāryām) - a woman of lower social status, generally implying a Śūdra woman (an ignoble woman, a non-Arya woman)

• शयने (śayane) - in bed, on a couch

• बिभ्रत् (bibhrat) - keeping, having (a woman) (maintaining, supporting, bearing, holding)

• उज्झन् (ujjhan) - abandoning, forsaking, giving up

• बिभ्रत् (bibhrat) - persisting in this (improper conduct) (maintaining, supporting, bearing, holding)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• द्विजाम् (dvijām) - a woman of the Brahmin, Kṣatriya, or Vaiśya class (a twice-born woman)

• अब्राह्मणः (abrāhmaṇaḥ) - not a Brahmin, behaving like a non-Brahmin

• मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - considering, thinking oneself

• तृणेषु (tṛṇeṣu) - on grasses, on straw

• आसीत (āsīta) - should sit

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - at the rear (as a sign of humility or punishment) (behind, from the back)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that way

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• शुध्यते (śudhyate) - becomes purified, is cleansed

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• च (ca) - and, also

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this (matter)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, advice

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

अनार्याम् (anāryām) - a woman of lower social status, generally implying a Śūdra woman (an ignoble woman, a non-Arya woman)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anāryā

anāryā - ignoble woman, not noble, non-Aryan

शयने (śayane) - in bed, on a couch

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śayana

śayana - bed, couch, sleeping

Root: śī (class 2)

बिभ्रत् (bibhrat) - keeping, having (a woman) (maintaining, supporting, bearing, holding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bibhrat

bibhrat - maintaining, supporting, bearing, holding

present active participle

from root bhṛ (to bear, carry, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

उज्झन् (ujjhan) - abandoning, forsaking, giving up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ujjhan

ujjhan - abandoning, forsaking

present active participle

from root ujjh (to abandon)

Root: ujj (class 6)

बिभ्रत् (bibhrat) - persisting in this (improper conduct) (maintaining, supporting, bearing, holding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bibhrat

bibhrat - maintaining, supporting, bearing, holding

present active participle

from root bhṛ (to bear, carry, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Repetition implies continuity or emphasis on the action.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

द्विजाम् (dvijām) - a woman of the Brahmin, Kṣatriya, or Vaiśya class (a twice-born woman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvijā

dvijā - twice-born woman (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, or Vaiśya woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced
  adjective
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

अब्राह्मणः (abrāhmaṇaḥ) - not a Brahmin, behaving like a non-Brahmin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abrāhmaṇa

abrāhmaṇa - not a Brahmin, one who is not a Brahmin, un-Brahminical

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+brāhmaṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin
  noun (masculine)

मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - considering, thinking oneself

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manyamāna

manyamāna - considering, thinking, imagining

present middle participle

from root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

तृणेषु (tṛṇeṣu) - on grasses, on straw

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw

आसीत (āsīta) - should sit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - at the rear (as a sign of humility or punishment) (behind, from the back)

(indeclinable)

derived from pṛṣṭha (back) with suffix -tas

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शुध्यते (śudhyate) - becomes purified, is cleansed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of śudh

Root: śudh (class 4)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (matter)

(indeclinable)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, advice

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, voice, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me