महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-38, verse-20

याश्च शश्वद्बहुमता रक्ष्यन्ते दयिताः स्त्रियः ।
अपि ताः संप्रसज्जन्ते कुब्जान्धजडवामनैः ॥२०॥

20. yāśca śaśvadbahumatā rakṣyante dayitāḥ striyaḥ ,
api tāḥ saṁprasajjante kubjāndhajaḍavāmanaiḥ.

20. yāḥ ca śaśvat bahumatāḥ rakṣyante dayitāḥ striyaḥ
api tāḥ saṃprasajjante kubjāndhajaḍavāmanaiḥ

20. śaśvat bahumatāḥ dayitāḥ striyaḥ yāḥ ca rakṣyante,
tāḥ api kubjāndhajaḍavāmanaiḥ saṃprasajjante

20. Even those women who are always highly esteemed, beloved, and protected, will attach themselves to hunchbacks, blind men, imbeciles, and dwarfs.

Words meanings summery:

• याः (yāḥ) - who (referring to women) (who, which (feminine plural))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• बहुमताः (bahumatāḥ) - highly esteemed (highly esteemed, much respected, highly regarded)

• रक्ष्यन्ते (rakṣyante) - are protected (are protected, are guarded)

• दयिताः (dayitāḥ) - beloved (beloved, dear, desired)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• ताः (tāḥ) - they (the women) (they, those (feminine plural))

• संप्रसज्जन्ते (saṁprasajjante) - will attach themselves to (they attach themselves to, they cling to, they are attracted to)

• कुब्जान्धजडवामनैः (kubjāndhajaḍavāmanaiḥ) - by hunchbacks, blind men, imbeciles, and dwarfs

Words meanings and morphology

याः (yāḥ) - who (referring to women) (who, which (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शश्वत् (śaśvat) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

बहुमताः (bahumatāḥ) - highly esteemed (highly esteemed, much respected, highly regarded)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahumata

bahumata - highly esteemed, much respected, highly regarded

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (bahu+mata)

• bahu – much, many, abundant
  adjective
• mata – thought, opinion, esteemed, respected, considered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root man (to think) with the past passive participle suffix -ta.
  Root: man (class 4)

रक्ष्यन्ते (rakṣyante) - are protected (are protected, are guarded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of rakṣ

Present Passive Indicative

Derived from the root rakṣ, 1st conjugation, passive voice, third person plural.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

दयिताः (dayitāḥ) - beloved (beloved, dear, desired)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dayita

dayita - beloved, dear, desired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root day (to pity, to be fond of) with the past passive participle suffix -ta.

Root: day (class 1)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - they (the women) (they, those (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

संप्रसज्जन्ते (saṁprasajjante) - will attach themselves to (they attach themselves to, they cling to, they are attracted to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of saṃprasajj

Present Middle Indicative

Derived from the root sañj (to cling to, to attach) with prefixes sam and pra, 1st conjugation, middle voice, third person plural.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: sañj (class 1)

कुब्जान्धजडवामनैः (kubjāndhajaḍavāmanaiḥ) - by hunchbacks, blind men, imbeciles, and dwarfs

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kubjāndhajaḍavāmana

kubjāndhajaḍavāmana - a combination of hunchbacks, blind men, imbeciles, and dwarfs

Compound type : Dvandva (kubja+andha+jaḍa+vāmana)

• kubja – hunchback, curved, bent
  noun (masculine)
• andha – blind, a blind person
  adjective (masculine)
• jaḍa – dull, inert, senseless, imbecile
  adjective (masculine)
• vāmana – dwarf, short, small
  noun (masculine)