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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-149, verse-44

स्त्रिया मूढेन लुब्धेन बालेन लघुना तथा ।
न मन्त्रयेत गुह्यानि येषु चोन्मादलक्षणम् ॥४४॥
44. striyā mūḍhena lubdhena bālena laghunā tathā ,
na mantrayeta guhyāni yeṣu conmādalakṣaṇam.
44. striyā mūḍhena lubdhena bālena laghunā tathā
na mantrayeta guhyāni yeṣu ca unmādalakṣaṇam
44. One should not discuss confidential matters (guhya) with a woman, a fool, a greedy person, a child, a fickle person, or with those who show signs of mental instability.

Words meanings summery:

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  • स्त्रिया (striyā) - with a woman
  • मूढेन (mūḍhena) - with a fool, with an ignorant person
  • लुब्धेन (lubdhena) - with a greedy person
  • बालेन (bālena) - with a child, with an immature person
  • लघुना (laghunā) - with a light-minded person, with a fickle person, with an insignificant person
  • तथा (tathā) - and, similarly, thus
  • (na) - not
  • मन्त्रयेत (mantrayeta) - one should deliberate, one should consult
  • गुह्यानि (guhyāni) - secrets, confidential matters
  • येषु (yeṣu) - among whom, in whom
  • (ca) - and, also
  • उन्मादलक्षणम् (unmādalakṣaṇam) - a symptom of madness, sign of mental instability

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्रिया (striyā) - with a woman
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of strī
strī - woman, female
मूढेन (mūḍhena) - with a fool, with an ignorant person
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of mūḍha
mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, perplexed, bewildered
Past Passive Participle
root muh + kta suffix
Root: muh
Note: used as a noun here
लुब्धेन (lubdhena) - with a greedy person
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of lubdha
lubdha - greedy, covetous, eager, attached
Past Passive Participle
root lubh + kta suffix
Root: lubh
Note: used as a noun here
बालेन (bālena) - with a child, with an immature person
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāla
bāla - child, young, inexperienced, foolish
लघुना (laghunā) - with a light-minded person, with a fickle person, with an insignificant person
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of laghu
laghu - light, small, quick, trivial, fickle, imprudent
Note: used as a noun here
तथा (tathā) - and, similarly, thus
(indeclinable)
(na) - not
(indeclinable)
मन्त्रयेत (mantrayeta) - one should deliberate, one should consult
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of mantr
denominal from mantra (noun)
Root: mantr (class 10)
गुह्यानि (guhyāni) - secrets, confidential matters
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of guhya
guhya - secret, hidden, confidential, to be concealed
Gerundive
root guh + ṇyat
Root: guh
Note: used as a noun here
येषु (yeṣu) - among whom, in whom
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
उन्मादलक्षणम् (unmādalakṣaṇam) - a symptom of madness, sign of mental instability
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of unmādalakṣaṇa
unmādalakṣaṇa - sign of madness, symptom of delusion
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (unmāda+lakṣaṇa)
  • unmāda – madness, insanity, delusion, intoxication
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: ud
    Root: mad
  • lakṣaṇa – characteristic, symptom, sign, mark
    noun (neuter)