महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-60

आत्मच्छन्देन वर्तन्ते नार्यो मन्मथचोदिताः ।
न च दह्यन्ति गच्छन्त्यः सुतप्तैरपि पांसुभिः ॥६०॥

60. ātmacchandena vartante nāryo manmathacoditāḥ ,
na ca dahyanti gacchantyaḥ sutaptairapi pāṁsubhiḥ.

60. ātmacchandena vartante nāryaḥ manmathacoditāḥ na
ca dahyanti gacchantyaḥ sutaptaiḥ api pāṃsubhiḥ

60. nāryaḥ manmathacoditāḥ ātmacchandena vartante ca
gacchantyaḥ sutaptaiḥ api pāṃsubhiḥ na dahyanti

60. Women, impelled by passion, act according to their own will. And even when walking on very hot dust, they are not burned.

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मच्छन्देन (ātmacchandena) - by their own will, according to their own desire

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they act, they behave, they exist

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

• मन्मथचोदिताः (manmathacoditāḥ) - impelled by passion, driven by the god of love

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• दह्यन्ति (dahyanti) - they are burned

• गच्छन्त्यः (gacchantyaḥ) - going, as they go (feminine plural)

• सुतप्तैः (sutaptaiḥ) - by very hot, by intensely heated

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• पांसुभिः (pāṁsubhiḥ) - by dust, by ashes

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मच्छन्देन (ātmacchandena) - by their own will, according to their own desire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātmacchanda

ātmacchanda - one's own will, self-will, own desire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+chanda)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ego
  noun (masculine)
• chanda – will, desire, pleasure, wish
  noun (masculine)

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they act, they behave, they exist

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present tense, middle voice, 3rd person plural

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female

मन्मथचोदिताः (manmathacoditāḥ) - impelled by passion, driven by the god of love

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of manmathacodita

manmathacodita - impelled by passion/Kāma, driven by the god of love

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manmatha+codita)

• manmatha – Kāma (god of love), passion, lust
  noun (masculine)
• codita – impelled, urged, driven
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'cud' (to impel) with kta suffix.
  Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'nāryaḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दह्यन्ति (dahyanti) - they are burned

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dah

Present tense, passive voice, 3rd person plural

Root: dah (class 1)

गच्छन्त्यः (gacchantyaḥ) - going, as they go (feminine plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gacchant

gacchant - going, walking, moving

Present Active Participle

From root 'gam' (to go) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nāryaḥ'.

सुतप्तैः (sutaptaiḥ) - by very hot, by intensely heated

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sutapta

sutapta - very hot, intensely heated, well-burned

Compound of 'su-' (prefix for 'very') and 'tapta' (past passive participle of 'tap').

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tapta)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• tapta – heated, hot, tormented, purified by heat
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Particels
  From root 'tap' (to heat, to torment) with kta suffix.
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṃsubhiḥ'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

पांसुभिः (pāṁsubhiḥ) - by dust, by ashes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṃsu

pāṁsu - dust, sand, powder, ashes