महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-65

सहस्रैका यता नारी प्राप्नोतीह कदाचन ।
तथा शतसहस्रेषु यदि काचित्पतिव्रता ॥६५॥

65. sahasraikā yatā nārī prāpnotīha kadācana ,
tathā śatasahasreṣu yadi kācitpativratā.

65. sahasraikā yatā nārī prāpnoti iha kadācana
tathā śatasahasreṣu yadi kācit pativratā

65. iha kadācana sahasraikā yatā nārī prāpnoti
tathā śatasahasreṣu yadi kācit pativratā

65. Hardly one woman in a thousand here (on earth) attains [true virtue or fidelity]. Similarly, among hundreds of thousands, there might be one who is a truly devoted wife (pativratā).

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्रैका (sahasraikā) - one woman in a thousand (one in a thousand)

• यता (yatā) - self-controlled (controlled, restrained, self-controlled)

• नारी (nārī) - woman (woman, female)

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

• इह (iha) - here (on earth) (here, in this world)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - hardly ever, rarely (at any time, ever, sometimes, rarely)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• शतसहस्रेषु (śatasahasreṣu) - among hundreds of thousands

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

• काचित् (kācit) - any, some (feminine singular) (any (feminine), some (feminine))

• पतिव्रता (pativratā) - devoted wife (devoted wife, chaste woman)

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्रैका (sahasraikā) - one woman in a thousand (one in a thousand)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sahasraika

sahasraika - one in a thousand

Compound type : tatpurusha (sahasra+eka)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'nārī'.

यता (yatā) - self-controlled (controlled, restrained, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yata

yata - controlled, restrained, self-controlled, subdued

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yam' (to control)

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agreement with 'nārī'.

नारी (nārī) - woman (woman, female)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains (attains, reaches, obtains)

(verb)

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

present active

root āp with prefix pra, present 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

इह (iha) - here (on earth) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - hardly ever, rarely (at any time, ever, sometimes, rarely)

(indeclinable)

compound of 'kadā' (when) and 'cana' (particle)

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

शतसहस्रेषु (śatasahasreṣu) - among hundreds of thousands

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, a lakh

Compound type : tatpurusha (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

काचित् (kācit) - any, some (feminine singular) (any (feminine), some (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kācid

kācid - any, some, a certain (feminine)

compound of 'kā' (who, what - feminine) and 'cid' (a particle denoting indefiniteness)

पतिव्रता (pativratā) - devoted wife (devoted wife, chaste woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pativratā

pativratā - devoted wife, chaste woman, faithful to her husband

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pati+vrata)

• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)