महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-124

वृद्धां प्रव्रजितां चैव तथैव च पतिव्रताम् ।
तथातिकृष्णवर्णां च वर्णोत्कृष्टां च वर्जयेत् ॥१२४॥

124. vṛddhāṁ pravrajitāṁ caiva tathaiva ca pativratām ,
tathātikṛṣṇavarṇāṁ ca varṇotkṛṣṭāṁ ca varjayet.

124. vṛddhām pravrajitām ca eva tathā eva ca pativratām
tathā atikṛṣṇavarṇām ca varṇotkṛṣṭām ca varjayet

124. vṛddhām ca eva pravrajitām tathā eva ca pativratām
tathā ca atikṛṣṇavarṇām ca varṇotkṛṣṭām varjayet

124. One should avoid an aged woman, and indeed, a renunciate woman; similarly, one should also avoid a woman devoted to another husband. Furthermore, one should shun a woman of excessively dark complexion and a woman belonging to a higher social class (varṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• वृद्धाम् (vṛddhām) - an old woman, an aged woman

• प्रव्रजिताम् (pravrajitām) - a renunciate woman, an ascetic woman

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way

• एव (eva) - indeed, only

• च (ca) - and

• पतिव्रताम् (pativratām) - a woman devoted to another husband (and therefore unavailable/unsuitable for marriage) (a woman devoted to her husband, a chaste wife)

• तथा (tathā) - and, also, similarly

• अतिकृष्णवर्णाम् (atikṛṣṇavarṇām) - a woman of excessively dark complexion

• च (ca) - and

• वर्णोत्कृष्टाम् (varṇotkṛṣṭām) - a woman of a superior social class (varṇa)

• च (ca) - and

• वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, one should shun

Words meanings and morphology

वृद्धाम् (vṛddhām) - an old woman, an aged woman

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhā

vṛddhā - aged, old, grown up, mature (feminine form)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow, increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

प्रव्रजिताम् (pravrajitām) - a renunciate woman, an ascetic woman

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pravrajitā

pravrajitā - a female ascetic, a nun, a woman who has renounced the world (feminine form)

Past Passive Particable

Derived from root vraj with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पतिव्रताम् (pativratām) - a woman devoted to another husband (and therefore unavailable/unsuitable for marriage) (a woman devoted to her husband, a chaste wife)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pativratā

pativratā - a chaste wife, a wife devoted to her husband (feminine form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pati+vrata)

• pati – husband, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice, duty
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - and, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

अतिकृष्णवर्णाम् (atikṛṣṇavarṇām) - a woman of excessively dark complexion

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atikṛṣṇavarṇā

atikṛṣṇavarṇā - having a very dark color/complexion (feminine form)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ati+kṛṣṇa+varṇa)

• ati – beyond, excessively, extremely (prefix)
  indeclinable
• kṛṣṇa – black, dark, dark blue
  adjective (masculine)
• varṇa – color, complexion, social class, caste
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्णोत्कृष्टाम् (varṇotkṛṣṭām) - a woman of a superior social class (varṇa)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of varṇotkṛṣṭā

varṇotkṛṣṭā - belonging to a superior social class (varṇa), of excellent complexion (feminine form)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṇa+utkṛṣṭa)

• varṇa – social class (varṇa), color, complexion
  noun (masculine)
• utkṛṣṭa – excellent, distinguished, superior, elevated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛṣ with prefix ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्जयेत् (varjayet) - one should avoid, one should shun

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vṛj

causative

Causative stem varj-aya-

Root: vṛj (class 1)