महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-38, verse-8

विदितास्ते स्त्रियो याश्च यादृशाश्च स्वभावतः ।
न मामर्हसि देवर्षे नियोक्तुं प्रश्न ईदृशे ॥८॥

8. viditāste striyo yāśca yādṛśāśca svabhāvataḥ ,
na māmarhasi devarṣe niyoktuṁ praśna īdṛśe.

8. viditāḥ te striyaḥ yāḥ ca yādṛśāḥ ca svabhāvataḥ
na mām arhasi devarṣe niyoktum praśne īdṛśe

8. devarṣe,
te striyaḥ yāḥ ca yādṛśāḥ ca svabhāvataḥ viditāḥ.
mām īdṛśe praśne niyoktum na arhasi.

8. You know these women and their true nature. Therefore, O divine sage, you should not assign me to answer such a question.

Words meanings summery:

• विदिताः (viditāḥ) - known, understood

• ते (te) - to you (by you, to you)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• याः (yāḥ) - who, which

• च (ca) - and

• यादृशाः (yādṛśāḥ) - of what kind, of what nature

• च (ca) - and

• स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by their true nature (by nature, naturally)

• न (na) - not, no

• माम् (mām) - me

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are worthy

• देवर्षे (devarṣe) - O Nārada (the divine sage) (O divine sage)

• नियोक्तुम् (niyoktum) - to appoint, to assign, to engage

• प्रश्ने (praśne) - in a question, in an inquiry

• ईदृशे (īdṛśe) - in such a way, of such a kind

Words meanings and morphology

विदिताः (viditāḥ) - known, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vidita

vidita - known, understood

Past Passive Participle

from √vid (to know) + kta suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with striyaḥ

ते (te) - to you (by you, to you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Dative/Genitive singular of 'you' (yusmad). Here in the sense of "to you".

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

याः (yāḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun agreeing with striyaḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यादृशाः (yādṛśāḥ) - of what kind, of what nature

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as

from yad + dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with striyaḥ implied.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्वभावतः (svabhāvataḥ) - by their true nature (by nature, naturally)

(indeclinable)

from sva + bhāva + tas suffix (indicating "from, by means of")

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• bhāva – state of being, nature, existence
  noun (masculine)
  from √bhū (to be) + ghañ
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Formed with the `tas` suffix indicating 'from' or 'by means of', making it an adverbial form.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Accusative singular of 'I' (asmad).

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are worthy

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

present indicative active

from √arh (to be worthy) + si (2nd person singular ending)

Root: arh (class 1)

देवर्षे (devarṣe) - O Nārada (the divine sage) (O divine sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devarṣi

devarṣi - divine sage

Compound type : karmadharaya (deva+ṛṣi)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

नियोक्तुम् (niyoktum) - to appoint, to assign, to engage

(infinitive)

Note: Object of arhasi.

प्रश्ने (praśne) - in a question, in an inquiry

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

from pra + √śru + na

Prefix: pra

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Refers to the subject of the inquiry.

ईदृशे (īdṛśe) - in such a way, of such a kind

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind

from idam + dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with praśne.