महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-47, verse-47

भीष्म उवाच ।
क्षत्रियस्यापि भार्ये द्वे विहिते कुरुनन्दन ।
तृतीया च भवेच्छूद्रा न तु दृष्टान्ततः स्मृता ॥४७॥

47. bhīṣma uvāca ,
kṣatriyasyāpi bhārye dve vihite kurunandana ,
tṛtīyā ca bhavecchūdrā na tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ smṛtā.

47. bhīṣma uvāca kṣatriyasya api bhārye dve vihite
kurunandana tṛtīyā ca bhavet śūdrā na tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ smṛtā

47. bhīṣma uvāca kurunandana,
kṣatriyasya api dve bhārye vihite tṛtīyā ca śūdrā bhavet,
tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ na smṛtā

47. Bhīṣma said: "O delight of the Kurus, for a Kṣatriya also, two wives are prescribed. A third wife might be a Śūdra woman, but this is not mentioned as a precedent."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a Kṣatriya

• अपि (api) - also, even

• भार्ये (bhārye) - two wives

• द्वे (dve) - two

• विहिते (vihite) - prescribed, ordained, enjoined

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (as a descendant of Kuru) (O delight of the Kurus)

• तृतीया (tṛtīyā) - a third

• च (ca) - and, also

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

• शूद्रा (śūdrā) - a Śūdra woman

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• दृष्टान्ततः (dṛṣṭāntataḥ) - by way of example, as a precedent

• स्मृता (smṛtā) - remembered, prescribed by tradition

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

क्षत्रियस्य (kṣatriyasya) - of a Kṣatriya

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a Kṣatriya (member of the warrior or ruling class)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

भार्ये (bhārye) - two wives

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, married woman

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

विहिते (vihite) - prescribed, ordained, enjoined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of vihita

vihita - prescribed, arranged, performed, placed

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (as a descendant of Kuru) (O delight of the Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - son of Kuru, delight of the Kurus (an epithet for Yudhiṣṭhira)

Compound of Kuru (dynasty name) and nandana (son, delight)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient royal dynasty, a member of the Kuru dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child, one who rejoices, delight
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

तृतीया (tṛtīyā) - a third

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third

Ordinal numeral from tri (three)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

शूद्रा (śūdrā) - a Śūdra woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūdrā

śūdrā - a Śūdra woman (member of the lowest social class)

Feminine form of śūdra

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

दृष्टान्ततः (dṛṣṭāntataḥ) - by way of example, as a precedent

(indeclinable)

From dṛṣṭānta (example, illustration) with suffix -tas

स्मृता (smṛtā) - remembered, prescribed by tradition

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, mentioned in sacred texts

Past Passive Participle

From root smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)