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13,134

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-134, verse-41

या नारी प्रयता दक्षा या नारी पुत्रिणी भवेत् ।
पतिप्रिया पतिप्राणा सा नारी धर्मभागिनी ॥४१॥
41. yā nārī prayatā dakṣā yā nārī putriṇī bhavet ,
patipriyā patiprāṇā sā nārī dharmabhāginī.
41. yā nārī prayatā dakṣā yā nārī putriṇī bhavet
patipriyā patiprāṇā sā nārī dharmabhāginī
41. yā nārī prayatā dakṣā,
yā nārī putriṇī bhavet,
patipriyā,
patiprāṇā,
sā nārī dharmabhāginī
41. The woman who is disciplined, diligent, who may have children, who is dear to her husband, and for whom her husband is her very life, that woman shares in religious merit (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

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  • या (yā) - who, which (feminine singular)
  • नारी (nārī) - woman, wife
  • प्रयता (prayatā) - disciplined, self-controlled, pure, strenuous
  • दक्षा (dakṣā) - skillful, expert, diligent, capable
  • या (yā) - who, which (feminine singular)
  • नारी (nārī) - woman, wife
  • पुत्रिणी (putriṇī) - having sons, a mother of sons, having children
  • भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be, would be
  • पतिप्रिया (patipriyā) - dear to her husband, loving her husband
  • पतिप्राणा (patiprāṇā) - whose husband is her life, for whom her husband is her life-breath
  • सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)
  • नारी (nārī) - woman, wife
  • धर्मभागिनी (dharmabhāginī) - one who shares in religious merit (dharma) (partaker of (dharma), sharing in virtue or merit)

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - who, which (feminine singular)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - which, who, what
Feminine nominative singular form.
नारी (nārī) - woman, wife
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī
nārī - woman, wife
प्रयता (prayatā) - disciplined, self-controlled, pure, strenuous
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of prayata
prayata - disciplined, self-controlled, pure, strenuous
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √yam (to restrain) with prefix pra- and suffix -ta.
Prefix: pra
Root: yam (class 1)
दक्षा (dakṣā) - skillful, expert, diligent, capable
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dakṣa
dakṣa - skillful, expert, diligent, capable
या (yā) - who, which (feminine singular)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yad
yad - which, who, what
Feminine nominative singular form.
नारी (nārī) - woman, wife
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī
nārī - woman, wife
पुत्रिणी (putriṇī) - having sons, a mother of sons, having children
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of putriṇī
putriṇ - having sons, a mother of sons
Derived from 'putra' (son) with suffix '-inī' (feminine possessive suffix).
भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be, should be, would be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhavet
Optative Mood, Third Person, Singular
Root √bhū (to be) in the Optative mood.
Root: bhū (class 1)
पतिप्रिया (patipriyā) - dear to her husband, loving her husband
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of patipriyā
patipriya - dear to her husband, loving her husband
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pati+priya)
  • pati – husband, lord, master
    noun (masculine)
  • priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
    adjective (masculine)
पतिप्राणा (patiprāṇā) - whose husband is her life, for whom her husband is her life-breath
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of patiprāṇā
patiprāṇa - whose husband is her life, for whom her husband is her life-breath
Compound type : bahuvrihi (pati+prāṇa)
  • pati – husband, lord, master
    noun (masculine)
  • prāṇa – breath, life, vital air
    noun (masculine)
सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, he, it
Feminine nominative singular form.
Note: Refers to 'nārī'.
नारी (nārī) - woman, wife
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī
nārī - woman, wife
Note: Subject of the sentence.
धर्मभागिनी (dharmabhāginī) - one who shares in religious merit (dharma) (partaker of (dharma), sharing in virtue or merit)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmabhāgin
dharmabhāgin - partaker of righteousness/ (dharma), sharing in merit
Derived from 'dharma' + 'bhāgin' (one who partakes).
Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+bhāgin)
  • dharma – righteousness, duty, law, (dharma), intrinsic nature
    noun (masculine)
  • bhāgin – partaker, sharer, possessing, having a share
    adjective (masculine)
    Derived from `bhāga` (share) + suffix `-in`.
Note: Predicate adjective for 'sā nārī'.