महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-43, verse-15

उमां देवीं विजानीत नारीणामुत्तमां शुभाम् ।
रतीनां वसुमत्यस्तु स्त्रीणामप्सरसस्तथा ॥१५॥

15. umāṁ devīṁ vijānīta nārīṇāmuttamāṁ śubhām ,
ratīnāṁ vasumatyastu strīṇāmapsarasastathā.

15. umām devīm vijānīta nārīṇām uttamām śubhām
ratīnām vasumatiḥ tu strīṇām apsarasaḥ tathā

15. vijānīta umām devīm nārīṇām uttamām śubhām
tathā tu ratīnām vasumatiḥ strīṇām apsarasaḥ

15. Understand the goddess Umā to be the supreme and auspicious among women. Similarly, among the Ratis, (know) Vasumatī, and among (other) women, the Apsarases.

Words meanings summery:

• उमाम् (umām) - Umā

• देवीम् (devīm) - goddess

• विजानीत (vijānīta) - (you all) know, understand (know, understand, recognize)

• नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - among women (of women)

• उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - best, supreme, excellent

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful, radiant

• रतीनाम् (ratīnām) - among the Ratis (goddesses of love and desire) (of Ratis)

• वसुमतिः (vasumatiḥ) - Vasumatī

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - among women (of women)

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - celestial nymphs (apsaras) (Apsarases)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

Words meanings and morphology

उमाम् (umām) - Umā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of umā

umā - Umā (a name of the goddess Pārvatī)

देवीम् (devīm) - goddess

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, female deity, a respected lady

विजानीत (vijānīta) - (you all) know, understand (know, understand, recognize)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of jñā

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - among women (of women)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

उत्तमाम् (uttamām) - best, supreme, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, supreme, excellent, chief

शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful, radiant

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - auspicious, beautiful, charming, brilliant, pure

रतीनाम् (ratīnām) - among the Ratis (goddesses of love and desire) (of Ratis)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of rati

rati - love, affection, pleasure, delight; Rati (the goddess of love, consort of Kāmadeva)

वसुमतिः (vasumatiḥ) - Vasumatī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasumati

vasumati - Vasumatī (a proper name, often of a queen or goddess, e.g., an Apsaras)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - among women (of women)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - celestial nymphs (apsaras) (Apsarases)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - Apsaras (a celestial nymph, a beautiful female spirit of the clouds and waters)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

(indeclinable)