महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-110

स्त्रियोऽप्येतेन कल्पेन कृत्वा पापमवाप्नुयुः ।
एतेषामेव जन्तूनां पत्नीत्वमुपयान्ति ताः ॥११०॥

110. striyo'pyetena kalpena kṛtvā pāpamavāpnuyuḥ ,
eteṣāmeva jantūnāṁ patnītvamupayānti tāḥ.

110. striyaḥ api etena kalpena kṛtvā pāpam avāpnuyuḥ
eteṣām eva jantūnām patnītvaṃ upayānti tāḥ

110. striyaḥ api etena kalpena pāpam kṛtvā avāpnuyuḥ
tāḥ eteṣām eva jantūnām patnītvaṃ upayānti

110. Even women, having committed sin in this manner, would incur its consequences. They would then attain the state of being wives to these very lowly creatures (jantu).

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• एतेन (etena) - by this

• कल्पेन (kalpena) - by this method (referring to previous verses' context of sinful actions) (by the manner, by the rule, by the method)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil

• अवाप्नुयुः (avāpnuyuḥ) - they would incur its consequences (they would obtain, they would incur, they would reach)

• एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• जन्तूनाम् (jantūnām) - of these lowly creatures (of creatures, of beings, of animals)

• पत्नीत्वं (patnītvaṁ) - wifehood, the state of being a wife

• उपयान्ति (upayānti) - they attain, they approach, they go to

• ताः (tāḥ) - they, those (feminine plural nominative)

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

एतेन (etena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Refers to 'kalpena'.

कल्पेन (kalpena) - by this method (referring to previous verses' context of sinful actions) (by the manner, by the rule, by the method)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kalpa

kalpa - rule, ordinance, method, manner, ritual procedure

From root kḷp (to arrange, to be fit).

Root: kḷp (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad

अवाप्नुयुः (avāpnuyuḥ) - they would incur its consequences (they would obtain, they would incur, they would reach)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of avāp

Optative active, 3rd person plural

From root āp (5th class, svādi) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

एतेषाम् (eteṣām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to 'jantūnām'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

जन्तूनाम् (jantūnām) - of these lowly creatures (of creatures, of beings, of animals)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, animal, man (often implies common or lowly)

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

पत्नीत्वं (patnītvaṁ) - wifehood, the state of being a wife

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of patnītva

patnītva - wifehood, the state or condition of being a wife

Formed from patnī (wife) with suffix -tva (abstract noun suffix).

उपयान्ति (upayānti) - they attain, they approach, they go to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of upayā

Present active indicative, 3rd person plural

From root yā (2nd class, adādi) with prefix upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

ताः (tāḥ) - they, those (feminine plural nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those