महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-134, verse-34

सा भवेद्धर्मपरमा सा भवेद्धर्मभागिनी ।
देववत्सततं साध्वी या भर्तारं प्रपश्यति ॥३४॥

34. sā bhaveddharmaparamā sā bhaveddharmabhāginī ,
devavatsatataṁ sādhvī yā bhartāraṁ prapaśyati.

34. sā bhavet dharmaparamā sā bhavet dharmabhāginī
yā bhartāram prapaśyati devavat satatam sādhvī

34. yā sādhvī bhartāram devavat satatam prapaśyati,
sā dharmaparamā bhavet sā dharmabhāginī bhavet

34. That virtuous wife (sādhvī) should be supremely dedicated to her duties (dharma) and a full participant in them. She is the one who constantly regards her husband as if he were a deity.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (referring to the virtuous wife) (she, that (feminine))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - she should be (should be, may be, would be)

• धर्मपरमा (dharmaparamā) - supremely dedicated to her duties (dharma) (supremely devoted to dharma, having dharma as the highest)

• सा (sā) - she (referring to the virtuous wife) (she, that (feminine))

• भवेत् (bhavet) - she should be (should be, may be, would be)

• धर्मभागिनी (dharmabhāginī) - a full participant in her duties (dharma) (a sharer in dharma, one who participates in dharma)

• या (yā) - who (referring to the virtuous wife) (who, which (feminine))

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - her husband (husband (accusative))

• प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - she constantly regards (her husband) (looks upon, sees, regards)

• देववत् (devavat) - as if he were a deity (like a god, godly)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly (always, constantly, perpetually)

• साध्वी (sādhvī) - that virtuous wife (virtuous woman, chaste wife)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (referring to the virtuous wife) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

भवेत् (bhavet) - she should be (should be, may be, would be)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Active Voice

From root 'bhū' (to be, become), 1st conjugation (bhvādi).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses injunction or desiderative sense.

धर्मपरमा (dharmaparamā) - supremely dedicated to her duties (dharma) (supremely devoted to dharma, having dharma as the highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmaparama

dharmaparama - supremely devoted to dharma, having dharma as the highest goal/object

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+parama)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue, natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• parama – highest, supreme, best, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)

सा (sā) - she (referring to the virtuous wife) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

भवेत् (bhavet) - she should be (should be, may be, would be)

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, Active Voice

From root 'bhū' (to be, become), 1st conjugation (bhvādi).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses injunction or desiderative sense.

धर्मभागिनी (dharmabhāginī) - a full participant in her duties (dharma) (a sharer in dharma, one who participates in dharma)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmabhāgin

dharmabhāgin - sharing in dharma, entitled to a share in dharma, a partner in religious duties

Compound of 'dharma' + 'bhāgin' (one who shares).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+bhāgin)

• dharma – duty, righteousness, law, virtue, natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• bhāgin – sharing, participating, having a share, inheriting
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

या (yā) - who (referring to the virtuous wife) (who, which (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun introducing a subordinate clause.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - her husband (husband (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, lord, master, nourisher

Agent noun from root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support).

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'prapaśyati'.

प्रपश्यति (prapaśyati) - she constantly regards (her husband) (looks upon, sees, regards)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative Mood

From root 'dṛś' (to see), 1st conjugation (tudādi, uses 'paśya' stem), with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

देववत् (devavat) - as if he were a deity (like a god, godly)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'deva' (god) + 'vat' suffix, indicating similarity.

सततम् (satatam) - constantly (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

साध्वी (sādhvī) - that virtuous wife (virtuous woman, chaste wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sādhvī

sādhvī - virtuous woman, chaste wife, righteous woman

Feminine form of 'sādhu' (good, virtuous).