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13,44

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-44, verse-13

त्रिंशद्वर्षो दशवर्षां भार्यां विन्देत नग्निकाम् ।
एकविंशतिवर्षो वा सप्तवर्षामवाप्नुयात् ॥१३॥
13. triṁśadvarṣo daśavarṣāṁ bhāryāṁ vindeta nagnikām ,
ekaviṁśativarṣo vā saptavarṣāmavāpnuyāt.
13. triṃśadvarṣaḥ daśavarṣām bhāryām vindeta nagnikām
ekaviṃśativarṣaḥ vā saptavarṣām avāpnuyāt
13. triṃśadvarṣaḥ daśavarṣām nagnikām bhāryām
vindeta vā ekaviṃśativarṣaḥ saptavarṣām avāpnuyāt
13. A man of thirty years should take as a wife a ten-year-old girl who has not yet reached puberty. Or, a man of twenty-one years should obtain a seven-year-old girl.

Words meanings summery:

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  • त्रिंशद्वर्षः (triṁśadvarṣaḥ) - a thirty-year-old man
  • दशवर्षाम् (daśavarṣām) - a ten-year-old
  • भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife
  • विन्देत (vindeta) - should find, should obtain, should marry
  • नग्निकाम् (nagnikām) - a girl who has not reached puberty, a pre-pubescent girl
  • एकविंशतिवर्षः (ekaviṁśativarṣaḥ) - a man of twenty-one years
  • वा (vā) - or
  • सप्तवर्षाम् (saptavarṣām) - a seven-year-old
  • अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - should obtain, should reach

Words meanings and morphology

त्रिंशद्वर्षः (triṁśadvarṣaḥ) - a thirty-year-old man
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of triṃśadvarṣa
triṁśadvarṣa - thirty years old
Compound type : bahuvrihi (triṃśat+varṣa)
  • triṃśat – thirty
    numeral
  • varṣa – year
    noun (neuter)
Note: Refers to a man who is thirty years old.
दशवर्षाम् (daśavarṣām) - a ten-year-old
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of daśavarṣā
daśavarṣā - ten years old
Feminine form of daśavarṣa (bahuvrihi compound).
Compound type : bahuvrihi (daśan+varṣa)
  • daśan – ten
    numeral
  • varṣa – year
    noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with bhāryām.
भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā
bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported/nourished
gerundive
Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, support) with suffix -ya.
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
विन्देत (vindeta) - should find, should obtain, should marry
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vid
Root vid, 7th class, often atmanepada.
Root: vid (class 7)
Note: Atmanepada form of optative.
नग्निकाम् (nagnikām) - a girl who has not reached puberty, a pre-pubescent girl
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of nagnikā
nagnikā - a naked girl, a girl before puberty, a girl who has not yet menstruated
Diminutive of nagnā (naked).
Note: An adjective here, agreeing with bhāryām.
एकविंशतिवर्षः (ekaviṁśativarṣaḥ) - a man of twenty-one years
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaviṃśativarṣa
ekaviṁśativarṣa - twenty-one years old
Compound type : bahuvrihi (eka+viṃśati+varṣa)
  • eka – one
    numeral
  • viṃśati – twenty
    numeral (feminine)
  • varṣa – year
    noun (neuter)
Note: Refers to a man who is twenty-one years old.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
सप्तवर्षाम् (saptavarṣām) - a seven-year-old
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of saptavarṣā
saptavarṣā - seven years old
Feminine form of saptavarṣa (bahuvrihi compound).
Compound type : bahuvrihi (saptan+varṣa)
  • saptan – seven
    numeral
  • varṣa – year
    noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with an implied bhāryām or kanyām.
अवाप्नुयात् (avāpnuyāt) - should obtain, should reach
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of āp
Root āp, 5th class.
Prefix: ava
Root: āp (class 5)
Note: Combined with upasarga ava.