महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-315, verse-20

नारद उवाच ।
अनाम्नायमला वेदा ब्राह्मणस्याव्रतं मलम् ।
मलं पृथिव्या वाहीकाः स्त्रीणां कौतूहलं मलम् ॥२०॥

20. nārada uvāca ,
anāmnāyamalā vedā brāhmaṇasyāvrataṁ malam ,
malaṁ pṛthivyā vāhīkāḥ strīṇāṁ kautūhalaṁ malam.

20. nāradaḥ uvāca anāmnāyamalaḥ vedāḥ brāhmaṇasya avratam
malam malam pṛthivyāḥ vāhīkāḥ strīṇām kautūhalam malam

20. nāradaḥ uvāca.
anāmnāyamalaḥ vedāḥ,
brāhmaṇasya avratam malam,
pṛthivyāḥ vāhīkāḥ malam,
strīṇām kautūhalam malam

20. Nārada spoke: Non-recitation is the impurity of the Vedas; non-observance of vows is the impurity of a brahmin; the Vāhīkas are the impurity of the earth; and curiosity is the impurity of women.

Words meanings summery:

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अनाम्नायमलः (anāmnāyamalaḥ) - impurity of non-recitation/non-study

• वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (sacred texts)

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin

• अव्रतम् (avratam) - non-observance of vows, lack of vows

• मलम् (malam) - impurity, blemish

• मलम् (malam) - impurity, blemish

• पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

• वाहीकाः (vāhīkāḥ) - a disparaged group of people from a specific region, considered impure (the Vāhīkas (a people/region))

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness, spectacle

• मलम् (malam) - impurity, blemish

Words meanings and morphology

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (name of a divine sage)

Note: The speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अनाम्नायमलः (anāmnāyamalaḥ) - impurity of non-recitation/non-study

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anāmnāyamala

anāmnāyamala - the impurity of not studying/reciting (Vedas)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anāmnāya+mala)

• anāmnāya – non-recitation, non-study (of Vedas)
  noun (masculine)
  negative of āmnāya
  Prefixes: an+ā
• mala – dirt, impurity, blemish
  noun (masculine)

Note: Implied predicate for Vedas.

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas (sacred texts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, scripture

Root: vid (class 2)

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, priestly class

Note: Possessive for avratam.

अव्रतम् (avratam) - non-observance of vows, lack of vows

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avrata

avrata - without vows, not keeping vows, non-observance of vows

negative of vrata

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+vrata)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• vrata – vow, sacred duty, religious observance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

मलम् (malam) - impurity, blemish

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, blemish

Note: Predicate for avratam.

मलम् (malam) - impurity, blemish

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, blemish

Note: Predicate for Vāhīkas.

पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world, ground

Note: Possessive for mala.

वाहीकाः (vāhīkāḥ) - a disparaged group of people from a specific region, considered impure (the Vāhīkas (a people/region))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāhīka

vāhīka - a region/people in ancient India, often associated with negative attributes

Note: Subject of the third clause.

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: Possessive for kautūhalam.

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eagerness, spectacle

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eager interest, spectacle

Note: Subject of the fourth clause.

मलम् (malam) - impurity, blemish

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, blemish

Note: Predicate for kautūhalam.