महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-159, verse-55

तल्पे चान्यस्य चौर्ये च पृथक्संवत्सरं चरेत् ।
त्रीणि श्रोत्रियभार्यायां परदारे तु द्वे स्मृते ॥५५॥

55. talpe cānyasya caurye ca pṛthaksaṁvatsaraṁ caret ,
trīṇi śrotriyabhāryāyāṁ paradāre tu dve smṛte.

55. talpe ca anyasya caurye ca pṛthak saṃvatsaram
caret trīṇi śrotriyabhāryāyām paradāre tu dve smṛte

55. anyasya talpe ca caurye ca pṛthak saṃvatsaram caret.
śrotriyabhāryāyām trīṇi,
tu paradāre dve smṛte

55. For lying with another's wife and for theft, one should observe a penance for one year separately (for each offense). (But) three (years of penance) are prescribed for (lying with) a Brahmin's (śrotriya) wife, while two (years) are declared for another's wife (in general).

Words meanings summery:

• तल्पे (talpe) - regarding sexual transgression with another's wife (on the bed, regarding a wife)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another

• चौर्ये (caurye) - in theft

• च (ca) - and

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, distinctly

• संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for a year

• चरेत् (caret) - one should perform/observe

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three years (implied) (three)

• श्रोत्रियभार्यायाम् (śrotriyabhāryāyām) - for illicit relations with a Brahmin's wife (with a Brahmin's wife)

• परदारे (paradāre) - for illicit relations with another's wife (in general) (with another's wife)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

• द्वे (dve) - two years (implied) (two)

• स्मृते (smṛte) - traditionally declared, prescribed (remembered, declared)

Words meanings and morphology

तल्पे (talpe) - regarding sexual transgression with another's wife (on the bed, regarding a wife)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of talpa

talpa - bed, couch, wife

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्यस्य (anyasya) - of another

(pronoun/adjective)

चौर्ये (caurye) - in theft

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of caurya

caurya - theft, robbery

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, distinctly

(indeclinable)

संवत्सरम् (saṁvatsaram) - for a year

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year, a particular year in a cycle

Note: Used here to denote duration of time.

चरेत् (caret) - one should perform/observe

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three years (implied) (three)

(numeral)

श्रोत्रियभार्यायाम् (śrotriyabhāryāyām) - for illicit relations with a Brahmin's wife (with a Brahmin's wife)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śrotriyabhāryā

śrotriyabhāryā - wife of a Śrotriya (a Brahmin learned in the Vedas)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śrotriya+bhāryā)

• śrotriya – a learned Brahmin, one versed in the Vedas
  noun (masculine)
• bhāryā – wife
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

परदारे (paradāre) - for illicit relations with another's wife (in general) (with another's wife)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paradāra

paradāra - another's wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+dāra)

• para – other, another, alien
  adjective (masculine)
• dāra – wife
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

द्वे (dve) - two years (implied) (two)

(numeral)

स्मृते (smṛte) - traditionally declared, prescribed (remembered, declared)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, traditionally declared, enjoined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)