महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-61

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
परदारानहं भद्रे न गच्छेयं कथंचन ।
दूषितं धर्मशास्त्रेषु परदाराभिमर्शनम् ॥६१॥

61. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
paradārānahaṁ bhadre na gaccheyaṁ kathaṁcana ,
dūṣitaṁ dharmaśāstreṣu paradārābhimarśanam.

61. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca paradārān aham bhadre na gaccheyam
kathaṃcana dūṣitam dharmaśāstreṣu paradārābhimarśanam

61. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca bhadre,
aham paradārān kathaṃcana na gaccheyam paradārābhimarśanam dharmaśāstreṣu dūṣitam

61. Aṣṭāvakra said: "O noble lady, I would never approach another man's wife by any means. Approaching another's wife is condemned in the scriptures concerning natural law (dharmaśāstras)."

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - The sage Aṣṭāvakra (Aṣṭāvakra (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• परदारान् (paradārān) - other men's wives

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भद्रे (bhadre) - O noble lady, O auspicious one

• न (na) - not

• गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - I should go, I would go, I might approach

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, under any circumstances

• दूषितम् (dūṣitam) - condemned, defiled, corrupted

• धर्मशास्त्रेषु (dharmaśāstreṣu) - in the legal/ethical scriptures, in the scriptures on natural law

• परदाराभिमर्शनम् (paradārābhimarśanam) - approaching another man's wife, adultery, molesting another's wife

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - The sage Aṣṭāvakra (Aṣṭāvakra (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a Vedic sage, literally 'eight-crooked')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṣṭa+vakra)

• aṣṭa – eight
  numeral
• vakra – bent, crooked, curved
  adjective (masculine)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

परदारान् (paradārān) - other men's wives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paradāra

paradāra - another's wife, another man's wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+dāra)

• para – other, another, supreme, distant
  adjective (masculine)
• dāra – wife (often plural for singular meaning), householder
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

भद्रे (bhadre) - O noble lady, O auspicious one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhadrā

bhadrā - auspicious, good, noble, blessed (feminine)

Note: Addressing the listener.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - I should go, I would go, I might approach

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

Optative mood (vidhiliṅ), 1st person singular, active voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way, under any circumstances

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'katham' (how) and 'cana' (a particle implying 'any' with interrogatives).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (katham+cana)

• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• cana – a particle emphasizing indefiniteness, 'any', 'even'
  indeclinable

दूषितम् (dūṣitam) - condemned, defiled, corrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dūṣita

dūṣita - spoiled, corrupted, defiled, condemned, censured

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dūṣ' (to pollute, to defile) with kta suffix.

Root: dūṣ (class 10)

Note: Predicative use, referring to 'paradārābhimarśanam'.

धर्मशास्त्रेषु (dharmaśāstreṣu) - in the legal/ethical scriptures, in the scriptures on natural law

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of dharmaśāstra

dharmaśāstra - treatise on natural law (dharma), legal/ethical scripture, book on righteousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+śāstra)

• dharma – natural law (dharma), righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• śāstra – scripture, treatise, rule, science, doctrine
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the context or source of condemnation.

परदाराभिमर्शनम् (paradārābhimarśanam) - approaching another man's wife, adultery, molesting another's wife

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of paradārābhimarśana

paradārābhimarśana - sexual intercourse with another's wife, molesting another's wife, adultery

Compound of 'paradāra' (another's wife) and 'abhimarśana' (touching, molesting).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paradāra+abhimarśana)

• paradāra – another's wife
  noun (masculine)
• abhimarśana – touching, molesting, violating, assaulting (the act of)
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root 'mṛś' (to touch) with prefix 'abhi' and -ana suffix.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: mṛś (class 6)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.