महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-124, verse-20

इमं धर्मपथं नारी पालयन्ती समाहिता ।
अरुन्धतीव नारीणां स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥२०॥

20. imaṁ dharmapathaṁ nārī pālayantī samāhitā ,
arundhatīva nārīṇāṁ svargaloke mahīyate.

20. imam dharmapatham nārī pālayantī samāhitā
arundhatī iva nārīṇām svargaloke mahīyate

20. A woman who, with focused attention, observes this path of righteousness (dharma) is glorified in the celestial realm (svargaloka) among women, just like Arundhati.

Words meanings summery:

• इमम् (imam) - this

• धर्मपथम् (dharmapatham) - path of righteousness, path of natural law

• नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

• पालयन्ती (pālayantī) - observing, protecting, maintaining (feminine)

• समाहिता (samāhitā) - concentrated, composed, self-controlled

• अरुन्धती (arundhatī) - Arundhati (wife of sage Vasishtha, a star)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women, among women

• स्वर्गलोके (svargaloke) - in the heavenly world, in the celestial realm

• महीयते (mahīyate) - is glorified, is honored, is magnified

Words meanings and morphology

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

धर्मपथम् (dharmapatham) - path of righteousness, path of natural law

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmapatha

dharmapatha - path of dharma, path of righteousness, path of duty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+patha)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• patha – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)

नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

पालयन्ती (pālayantī) - observing, protecting, maintaining (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pālayat

pālayat - observing, protecting, maintaining, ruling

Present Active Participle

Present active participle from the root √pāl (to protect, govern, observe).

Root: pāl (class 10)

समाहिता (samāhitā) - concentrated, composed, self-controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, composed, self-controlled, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from the root √dhā (to place, put) with upasargas `sam` and `ā`.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

अरुन्धती (arundhatī) - Arundhati (wife of sage Vasishtha, a star)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arundhatī

arundhatī - Arundhati, name of the wife of the sage Vasiṣṭha; also a star (Alcor) in the constellation Ursa Major

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women, among women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

स्वर्गलोके (svargaloke) - in the heavenly world, in the celestial realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svargaloka

svargaloka - heavenly world, celestial realm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+loka)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, space, people
  noun (masculine)

महीयते (mahīyate) - is glorified, is honored, is magnified

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of mahīyate

Present Middle Passive

Present tense, 3rd person, singular, passive voice from root √mah (to be great, to honor) in the middle/deponent form.

Root: mah (class 1)