महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-134, verse-8

स्त्रियश्चैव विशेषेण स्त्रीजनस्य गतिः सदा ।
गौर्गां गच्छति सुश्रोणि लोकेष्वेषा स्थितिः सदा ॥८॥

8. striyaścaiva viśeṣeṇa strījanasya gatiḥ sadā ,
gaurgāṁ gacchati suśroṇi lokeṣveṣā sthitiḥ sadā.

8. striyaḥ ca eva viśeṣeṇa strījanasya gatiḥ sadā
gauḥ gām gacchati suśroṇi lokeṣu eṣā sthitiḥ sadā

8. suśroṇi striyaḥ ca eva viśeṣeṇa strījanasya gatiḥ
sadā gauḥ gām gacchati lokeṣu eṣā sthitiḥ sadā

8. O beautiful one, women, especially, always find their way among other women. Just as a cow seeks another cow, this is always the natural order (dharma) in the worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word (indeed, just, only)

• विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially, specifically, by distinction

• स्त्रीजनस्य (strījanasya) - of women, of the female folk

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - natural course or resort (movement, path, resort, destination, natural course)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• गौः (gauḥ) - a cow

• गाम् (gām) - to a cow

• गच्छति (gacchati) - seeks, associates with (goes, walks, approaches)

• सुश्रोणि (suśroṇi) - O beautiful-hipped one

• लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds, among people

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - natural order (dharma) (state, condition, established rule, natural order)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially, specifically, by distinction

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, difference, specialty

स्त्रीजनस्य (strījanasya) - of women, of the female folk

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of strījana

strījana - female folk, women

Compound type : tatpurusha (strī+jana)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• jana – person, folk, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - natural course or resort (movement, path, resort, destination, natural course)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, destination, refuge, state

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

गौः (gauḥ) - a cow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

गाम् (gām) - to a cow

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

गच्छति (gacchati) - seeks, associates with (goes, walks, approaches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gam

Present active indicative

from root gam (to go), 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: gam (class 1)

सुश्रोणि (suśroṇi) - O beautiful-hipped one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of suśroṇī

suśroṇī - beautiful-hipped (woman)

compound of su (good/beautiful) + śroṇī (hips)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+śroṇī)

• su – good, beautiful, well
  indeclinable
• śroṇī – hip, hips
  noun (feminine)

Note: Refers to a beautiful woman, typically an address by a male deity/rishi.

लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the worlds, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

Root: lok (class 10)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun

स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - natural order (dharma) (state, condition, established rule, natural order)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti

sthiti - standing, staying, state, condition, established rule, natural order

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis.