महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-95, verse-70

अरुन्धत्युवाच ।
नित्यं परिवदेच्छ्वश्रूं भर्तुर्भवतु दुर्मनाः ।
एका स्वादु समश्नातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या ॥७०॥

70. arundhatyuvāca ,
nityaṁ parivadecchvaśrūṁ bharturbhavatu durmanāḥ ,
ekā svādu samaśnātu bisastainyaṁ karoti yā.

70. arundhatī uvāca nityam parivadet śvaśrūm bhartuḥ bhavatu
durmanāḥ ekā svādu samaśnātu bisastainyam karoti yā

70. arundhatī uvāca yā bisastainyam karoti nityam śvaśrūm
parivadet bhartuḥ durmanāḥ bhavatu ekā svādu samaśnātu

70. Arundhati said: 'May the woman who commits the theft of lotus stems always revile her mother-in-law, be ill-disposed towards her husband, and eat delicious food by herself.'

Words meanings summery:

• अरुन्धती (arundhatī) - Arundhati (name of a sage's wife)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• परिवदेत् (parivadet) - may she revile, abuse, blame

• श्वश्रूम् (śvaśrūm) - mother-in-law

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband, lord, maintainer

• भवतु (bhavatu) - may she be, let her be

• दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - ill-minded, dejected, unhappy, disaffected

• एका (ekā) - alone, single, one

• स्वादु (svādu) - delicious food (delicious, sweet (food))

• समश्नातु (samaśnātu) - may she eat completely/alone, may she enjoy

• बिसस्तैन्यम् (bisastainyam) - theft of lotus stems

• करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

• या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

अरुन्धती (arundhatī) - Arundhati (name of a sage's wife)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arundhatī

arundhatī - Arundhati, a mythical star (Alcor) in Ursa Major

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

परिवदेत् (parivadet) - may she revile, abuse, blame

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vad

present optative active

3rd person singular optative active of √vad with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: vad (class 1)

श्वश्रूम् (śvaśrūm) - mother-in-law

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śvaśrū

śvaśrū - mother-in-law

Note: Object of 'parivadet'.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband, lord, maintainer

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, lord, master, supporter

agent noun from √bhṛ

root bhṛ + -tṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

भवतु (bhavatu) - may she be, let her be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

3rd person singular imperative active of √bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - ill-minded, dejected, unhappy, disaffected

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durmanas

durmanas - ill-minded, sad, dejected, disaffected

From dur (bad) + manas (mind)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+manas)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Refers to the woman who steals lotus stems.

एका (ekā) - alone, single, one

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone

Note: Refers to the woman who steals lotus stems.

स्वादु (svādu) - delicious food (delicious, sweet (food))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svādu

svādu - sweet, delicious, pleasant

Root: svad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'samaśnātu'.

समश्नातु (samaśnātu) - may she eat completely/alone, may she enjoy

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of aś

present imperative active

3rd person singular imperative active of √aś with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: aś (class 9)

बिसस्तैन्यम् (bisastainyam) - theft of lotus stems

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bisastainya

bisastainya - theft of lotus stems

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bisa+stainya)

• bisa – lotus stem
  noun (neuter)
• stainya – theft, stealing
  noun (neuter)
  from stena (thief) + ṣyañ (abstract noun suffix)
  Root: sten

Note: object of 'karoti'

करोति (karoti) - does, makes, performs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present indicative active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

feminine nominative singular of yad