महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-5

मन्येऽहं गुरुवत्सर्वमेकपत्न्यस्तथा स्त्रियः ।
पतिव्रतानां शुश्रूषा दुष्करा प्रतिभाति मे ॥५॥

5. manye'haṁ guruvatsarvamekapatnyastathā striyaḥ ,
pativratānāṁ śuśrūṣā duṣkarā pratibhāti me.

5. manye aham guruvat sarvam ekapatnyaḥ tathā
striyaḥ pativratānām śuśrūṣā duṣkarā pratibhāti me

5. I consider all women, particularly those devoted to one husband (ekapatnyaḥ), to be like a revered teacher (guru). Serving such devoted wives (pativratānām) appears arduous to me.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• अहम् (aham) - I

• गुरुवत् (guruvat) - like a teacher (guru), like a preceptor

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every

• एकपत्न्यः (ekapatnyaḥ) - wives devoted to one husband

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• पतिव्रतानाम् (pativratānām) - of devoted wives

• शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) - service, attendance, desire to hear

• दुष्करा (duṣkarā) - difficult to perform, arduous

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it shines, it occurs to

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Middle Indicative

1st person singular

Root: man (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

गुरुवत् (guruvat) - like a teacher (guru), like a preceptor

(indeclinable)

formed with suffix -vat

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एकपत्न्यः (ekapatnyaḥ) - wives devoted to one husband

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ekapatnī

ekapatnī - a wife devoted to one husband

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+patnī)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• patnī – wife
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pat (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, and

(indeclinable)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

पतिव्रतानाम् (pativratānām) - of devoted wives

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of pativratā

pativratā - a woman devoted to her husband

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pati+vrata)

• pati – husband, master
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, duty
  noun (neuter)
  verbal adjective from vṛ
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) - service, attendance, desire to hear

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śuśrūṣā

śuśrūṣā - service, attendance, obedience, desire to hear

Desiderative Noun

from desiderative stem of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

दुष्करा (duṣkarā) - difficult to perform, arduous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult, arduous, hard to do

compound of `dus` (bad/difficult) + `kara` (doing)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dus+kara)

• dus – difficult, bad
  indeclinable
• kara – doing, making, hand
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from kṛ
  suffix -a (kṛ + a)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it shines, it occurs to

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

3rd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)