महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-44, verse-17

असपिण्डा च या मातुरसगोत्रा च या पितुः ।
इत्येतामनुगच्छेत तं धर्मं मनुरब्रवीत् ॥१७॥

17. asapiṇḍā ca yā māturasagotrā ca yā pituḥ ,
ityetāmanugaccheta taṁ dharmaṁ manurabravīt.

17. asapiṇḍā ca yā mātuḥ asagotrā ca yā pituḥ iti
etām anugaccheta tam dharmam manuḥ abravīt

17. manuḥ tam dharmam abravīt iti yā mātuḥ asapiṇḍā
ca yā pituḥ asagotrā ca etām anugaccheta

17. Manu declared this natural law (dharma): one should marry a woman who is neither a close relative (asapiṇḍā) on the mother's side nor of the same clan (asagotrā) on the father's side.

Words meanings summery:

• असपिण्डा (asapiṇḍā) - a woman not related within the prohibited degrees of sapinda relationship (not sharing a common piṇḍa (ancestral offering); not related within seven generations (paternal) or five generations (maternal))

• च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

• या (yā) - who (who, which (feminine singular nominative))

• मातुः (mātuḥ) - on the mother's side (of the mother)

• असगोत्रा (asagotrā) - a woman not belonging to the same clan or lineage (not of the same gotra (clan, lineage))

• च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

• या (yā) - who (who, which (feminine singular nominative))

• पितुः (pituḥ) - on the father's side (of the father)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this way, so)

• एताम् (etām) - this (woman) (this (feminine singular accusative))

• अनुगच्छेत (anugaccheta) - one should marry (one should follow, one should go after, one should marry)

• तम् (tam) - that (natural law) (that (masculine singular accusative))

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue)

• मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu (Manu (a legendary progenitor of humanity, author of Dharmasastra))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - declared (spoke, said, declared)

Words meanings and morphology

असपिण्डा (asapiṇḍā) - a woman not related within the prohibited degrees of sapinda relationship (not sharing a common piṇḍa (ancestral offering); not related within seven generations (paternal) or five generations (maternal))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asapiṇḍa

asapiṇḍa - not sharing the same piṇḍa (ball of rice offered to ancestors); not within the prohibited degrees of marriage

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'sapiṇḍa' (sharing a piṇḍa).

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+sapiṇḍa)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sapiṇḍa – sharing the same piṇḍa (ancestral offering); related by ancestral offerings
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'sa' (with) and 'piṇḍa' (ancestral offering).

Note: Refers to a woman.

च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

या (yā) - who (who, which (feminine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

मातुः (mātuḥ) - on the mother's side (of the mother)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

r-stem noun.

Note: Can also be ablative singular.

असगोत्रा (asagotrā) - a woman not belonging to the same clan or lineage (not of the same gotra (clan, lineage))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asagotra

asagotra - not of the same clan; not belonging to the same gotra

Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'sagotra' (of the same gotra).

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+sagotra)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sagotra – of the same gotra (clan, lineage); belonging to the same family
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'sa' (with) and 'gotra' (clan).

Note: Refers to a woman.

च (ca) - and (and; also; moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

या (yā) - who (who, which (feminine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun.

पितुः (pituḥ) - on the father's side (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

r-stem noun.

Note: Can also be ablative singular.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating quoted speech or summarized idea.

एताम् (etām) - this (woman) (this (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the woman described.

अनुगच्छेत (anugaccheta) - one should marry (one should follow, one should go after, one should marry)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of anugam

Optative, third person, singular, middle voice.

Root 'gam' with upasarga 'anu'.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Implies 'one should take as wife'.

तम् (tam) - that (natural law) (that (masculine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'dharma'.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom, religion

Derived from root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu (Manu (a legendary progenitor of humanity, author of Dharmasastra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu (proper name); man, human being

u-stem noun.

Root: man (class 4)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - declared (spoke, said, declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect, third person, singular, active voice.

Root 'bru'.

Root: bru (class 2)