महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-39, verse-8

अनृतं सत्यमित्याहुः सत्यं चापि तथानृतम् ।
इति यास्ताः कथं वीर संरक्ष्याः पुरुषैरिह ॥८॥

8. anṛtaṁ satyamityāhuḥ satyaṁ cāpi tathānṛtam ,
iti yāstāḥ kathaṁ vīra saṁrakṣyāḥ puruṣairiha.

8. anṛtam satyam iti āhuḥ satyam ca api tathā anṛtam
iti yāḥ tāḥ katham vīra saṃrakṣyāḥ puruṣaiḥ iha

8. anṛtam satyam iti āhuḥ satyam ca api tathā anṛtam
iti yāḥ tāḥ vīra katham iha puruṣaiḥ saṃrakṣyāḥ

8. They declare untruth to be truth, and truth to be untruth. O hero, how can such women, who are like this, be protected by men in this world?

Words meanings summery:

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth (untruth, falsehood, false)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks quoted speech or thought))

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

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

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth (untruth, falsehood, false)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks quoted speech or thought))

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

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (women) (those (feminine))

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (O hero, O brave one)

• संरक्ष्याः (saṁrakṣyāḥ) - to be protected (to be well protected, to be completely protected)

• पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by men (by men, by persons)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, now)

Words meanings and morphology

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth (untruth, falsehood, false)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, false

Compound 'an' (not) + 'ṛta' (truth).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• ṛta – truth, right, cosmic order
  noun (neuter)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

From 'sat' (being, existing, real).

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks quoted speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

Particle.

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of brū

Irregular verb, root `brū` (or `vac` in some forms), perfect tense form used with present meaning.

Root: brū (class 2)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth (truth, true)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

From 'sat' (being, existing, real).

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

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

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth (untruth, falsehood, false)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untruth, falsehood, false

Compound 'an' (not) + 'ṛta' (truth).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• ṛta – truth, right, cosmic order
  noun (neuter)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner (marks quoted speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

Particle.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (women) (those (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

वीर (vīra) - O hero (O hero, O brave one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, strong man

संरक्ष्याः (saṁrakṣyāḥ) - to be protected (to be well protected, to be completely protected)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of saṃrakṣya

saṁrakṣya - to be well protected, guarded

Gerundive (Karmaṇi Kṛtya)

From root 'rakṣ' (to protect) with prefix 'sam' and suffix 'ya'.

Prefix: sam

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective.

पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - by men (by men, by persons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person (puruṣa)

Root: pṛ

Note: Agent of the passive construction `saṃrakṣyāḥ`.

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.