महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-46, verse-2

अर्हणं तत्कुमारीणामानृशंस्यतमं च तत् ।
सर्वं च प्रतिदेयं स्यात्कन्यायै तदशेषतः ॥२॥

2. arhaṇaṁ tatkumārīṇāmānṛśaṁsyatamaṁ ca tat ,
sarvaṁ ca pratideyaṁ syātkanyāyai tadaśeṣataḥ.

2. arhaṇam tat kumārīṇām ānṛśaṃsyatamam ca tat
sarvam ca pratideyam syāt kanyāyai tat aśeṣataḥ

2. tat kumārīṇām arhaṇam ca tat ānṛśaṃsyatamam.
ca sarvam tat aśeṣataḥ kanyāyai pratideyam syāt.

2. That (which is given for the bride, rather than her kinsmen) is an offering of honor to maidens and is the most benevolent act. Moreover, all of it should be returned completely to the maiden (kanyā) herself.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्हणम् (arhaṇam) - an offering of honor (honor, veneration, offering, gift, worthy payment)

• तत् (tat) - that (act or gift) (that, it)

• कुमारीणाम् (kumārīṇām) - of maidens

• आनृशंस्यतमम् (ānṛśaṁsyatamam) - most benevolent, most humane, most merciful

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत् (tat) - that (act or gift) (that, it)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of it (all, everything)

• च (ca) - moreover (and, also)

• प्रतिदेयम् (pratideyam) - to be returned, to be given back

• स्यात् (syāt) - it should be, it would be

• कन्यायै (kanyāyai) - to the maiden (kanyā) herself (to the maiden, for the maiden)

• तत् (tat) - all of it (that, it)

• अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely, entirely, without remainder

Words meanings and morphology

अर्हणम् (arhaṇam) - an offering of honor (honor, veneration, offering, gift, worthy payment)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of arhaṇa

arhaṇa - honoring, veneration, worship, offering, gift, worthy of

Derived from root √arh (to deserve, be worthy)

Root: arh (class 10)

तत् (tat) - that (act or gift) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

कुमारीणाम् (kumārīṇām) - of maidens

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of kumārī

kumārī - a maiden, a young girl, virgin; a daughter

आनृशंस्यतमम् (ānṛśaṁsyatamam) - most benevolent, most humane, most merciful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsyatama

ānṛśaṁsyatama - most benevolent, most humane, most merciful

Superlative

Superlative of ānṛśaṃsya (benevolence, humanity)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (act or gift) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of it (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

च (ca) - moreover (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिदेयम् (pratideyam) - to be returned, to be given back

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratideya

pratideya - to be returned, to be given back

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root √dā (to give) with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: dā (class 3)

स्यात् (syāt) - it should be, it would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative mood, Parasmaipada

From root √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

कन्यायै (kanyāyai) - to the maiden (kanyā) herself (to the maiden, for the maiden)

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, virgin, daughter

तत् (tat) - all of it (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely, entirely, without remainder

(indeclinable)

Derived from aśeṣa (without remainder) with suffix -tas