महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-38, verse-11

पञ्चचूडोवाच ।
कुलीना रूपवत्यश्च नाथवत्यश्च योषितः ।
मर्यादासु न तिष्ठन्ति स दोषः स्त्रीषु नारद ॥११॥

11. pañcacūḍovāca ,
kulīnā rūpavatyaśca nāthavatyaśca yoṣitaḥ ,
maryādāsu na tiṣṭhanti sa doṣaḥ strīṣu nārada.

11. pañcacūḍā uvāca kulīnāḥ rūpavatyaḥ ca nāthavatyaḥ ca
yoṣitaḥ maryādāsu na tiṣṭhanti saḥ doṣaḥ strīṣu nārada

11. pañcacūḍā uvāca: nārada,
kulīnāḥ rūpavatyaḥ ca nāthavatyaḥ ca yoṣitaḥ maryādāsu na tiṣṭhanti.
strīṣu saḥ doṣaḥ.

11. Pañcacūḍā said: 'Women, even those from noble families, who are beautiful, and who have husbands, do not adhere to proper conduct (maryādā). That is the fundamental flaw in women, O Nārada.'

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्चचूडा (pañcacūḍā) - Pañcacūḍā (a proper name, possibly a celestial nymph or apsaras)

• उवाच (uvāca) - she said, she spoke

• कुलीनाः (kulīnāḥ) - from noble families (high-born, of good family)

• रूपवत्यः (rūpavatyaḥ) - beautiful (women), possessing beauty

• च (ca) - and

• नाथवत्यः (nāthavatyaḥ) - having protectors/husbands

• च (ca) - and

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

• मर्यादासु (maryādāsu) - in limits, in boundaries, in proper conduct

• न (na) - not

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they do not adhere (to) (they stand, they abide, they remain)

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - flaw (fault, defect)

• स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - among women, in women

• नारद (nārada) - O Nārada (proper name of a divine sage)

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्चचूडा (pañcacūḍā) - Pañcacūḍā (a proper name, possibly a celestial nymph or apsaras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pañcacūḍā

pañcacūḍā - five-crested, name of an apsaras

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pañca+cūḍā)

• pañca – five
  numeral
• cūḍā – crest, tuft of hair, topknot
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - she said, she spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

from √vac (to speak) reduplicated perfect (lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

कुलीनाः (kulīnāḥ) - from noble families (high-born, of good family)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kulīna

kulīna - of noble family, high-born

from kula (family) + kha (īna) suffix

Note: Agrees with 'yoṣitaḥ'.

रूपवत्यः (rūpavatyaḥ) - beautiful (women), possessing beauty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rūpavat

rūpavat - beautiful, handsome, possessing form

from rūpa (form, beauty) + matup suffix

Note: Agrees with 'yoṣitaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नाथवत्यः (nāthavatyaḥ) - having protectors/husbands

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nāthavat

nāthavat - having a master, protected, having a husband

from nātha (master, protector, husband) + matup suffix

Note: Agrees with 'yoṣitaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

from √yu (to join, to mingle) + asit

Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'tiṣṭhanti'.

मर्यादासु (maryādāsu) - in limits, in boundaries, in proper conduct

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of maryādā

maryādā - limit, boundary, proper rule, convention, moral conduct

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they do not adhere (to) (they stand, they abide, they remain)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

present indicative active

from √sthā (to stand) reduplicated present (tiṣṭha) + anti (3rd person plural ending)

Root: sthā (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to the previously mentioned 'fault'.

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - flaw (fault, defect)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, error, sin

from √duṣ (to be faulty) + a

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Predicate nominative.

स्त्रीषु (strīṣu) - among women, in women

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

Note: Indicates location or scope.

नारद (nārada) - O Nārada (proper name of a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (name of a divine sage, a devarṣi)

Note: Address to Nārada.