महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-46, verse-9

स्त्रीप्रत्ययो हि वो धर्मो रतिभोगाश्च केवलाः ।
परिचर्यान्नसंस्कारास्तदायत्ता भवन्तु वः ॥९॥

9. strīpratyayo hi vo dharmo ratibhogāśca kevalāḥ ,
paricaryānnasaṁskārāstadāyattā bhavantu vaḥ.

9. strīpratyayaḥ hi vaḥ dharmaḥ ratibhogāḥ ca kevalāḥ
paricaryānnasaṃskārāḥ tat āyattāḥ bhavantu vaḥ

9. Indeed, your social constitution (dharma) is founded upon women, and they are also the exclusive source of loving enjoyments. Therefore, for you, let the rites of service and food preparation be dependent on them.

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्रीप्रत्ययः (strīpratyayaḥ) - faith in women; women as a basis/principle

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• वः (vaḥ) - your, to you (plural)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - constitution (dharma), natural law (dharma), righteousness

• रतिभोगाः (ratibhogāḥ) - enjoyments of love, sexual pleasures

• च (ca) - and

• केवलाः (kevalāḥ) - exclusive, only, mere

• परिचर्यान्नसंस्काराः (paricaryānnasaṁskārāḥ) - rites/preparations of service and food

• तत् (tat) - that, those (referring to women)

• आयत्ताः (āyattāḥ) - dependent, subject to

• भवन्तु (bhavantu) - let them be, may they be

• वः (vaḥ) - your, for you (plural)

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रीप्रत्ययः (strīpratyayaḥ) - faith in women; women as a basis/principle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of strīpratyaya

strīpratyaya - trust in women; women as the foundation

Compound type : tatpurusha (strī+pratyaya)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• pratyaya – conviction, trust, belief, basis
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: i (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - your, to you (plural)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be dative plural.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - constitution (dharma), natural law (dharma), righteousness

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - (dharma), righteousness, duty, law, nature, virtue, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

रतिभोगाः (ratibhogāḥ) - enjoyments of love, sexual pleasures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ratibhoga

ratibhoga - enjoyment of love, sexual pleasure

Compound type : tatpurusha (rati+bhoga)

• rati – love, affection, pleasure, sexual pleasure
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• bhoga – enjoyment, pleasure, experience
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

केवलाः (kevalāḥ) - exclusive, only, mere

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kevala

kevala - sole, exclusive, entire, only

Note: Agrees with 'ratibhogāḥ'.

परिचर्यान्नसंस्काराः (paricaryānnasaṁskārāḥ) - rites/preparations of service and food

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paricaryānnasaṃskāra

paricaryānnasaṁskāra - rites of service and food preparation

Compound type : dvandva (paricaryā+anna+saṃskāra)

• paricaryā – service, attendance, worship
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: car (class 1)
• anna – food, rice
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• saṃskāra – purificatory rite, ceremony, preparation, refinement
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that, those (referring to women)

(pronoun)

feminine, plural of tad

tad - that

Note: Used as the first part of a compound tadāyattāḥ referring to women.

आयत्ताः (āyattāḥ) - dependent, subject to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āyatta

āyatta - dependent, subject to, controlled by

Prefix: ā

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'paricaryānnasaṃskārāḥ' implicitly and is part of the compound 'tadāyattāḥ'.

भवन्तु (bhavantu) - let them be, may they be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (Loṭ) of bhū

Imperative mood, active voice, 3rd person plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

वः (vaḥ) - your, for you (plural)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Can also be genitive plural.