महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-6

पतिव्रतानां माहात्म्यं वक्तुमर्हसि नः प्रभो ।
निरुध्य चेन्द्रियग्रामं मनः संरुध्य चानघ ।
पतिं दैवतवच्चापि चिन्तयन्त्यः स्थिता हि याः ॥६॥

6. pativratānāṁ māhātmyaṁ vaktumarhasi naḥ prabho ,
nirudhya cendriyagrāmaṁ manaḥ saṁrudhya cānagha ,
patiṁ daivatavaccāpi cintayantyaḥ sthitā hi yāḥ.

6. pativratānām māhātmyam vaktum arhasi
naḥ prabho nirudhya ca indriyagrāmam
manaḥ saṃrudhya ca anagha patim daivatavat
ca api cintayantyaḥ sthitāḥ hi yāḥ

6. O Lord, O sinless one (anagha), please describe to us the greatness of devoted wives (pativratānām). These are women who steadfastly contemplate their husband as if he were a deity, having completely restrained their senses and disciplined their mind.

Words meanings summery:

• पतिव्रतानाम् (pativratānām) - of chaste wives, of devoted wives

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, magnanimity

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

• नः (naḥ) - to us, our, us

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

• निरुध्य (nirudhya) - having restrained, having stopped

• च (ca) - and

• इन्द्रियग्रामम् (indriyagrāmam) - the group of senses

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• संरुध्य (saṁrudhya) - having thoroughly restrained, having completely controlled

• च (ca) - and

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one

• पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord

• दैवतवत् (daivatavat) - like a deity, like a god

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• चिन्तयन्त्यः (cintayantyaḥ) - contemplating, meditating

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - remaining, being, situated

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• याः (yāḥ) - who, which

Words meanings and morphology

पतिव्रतानाम् (pativratānām) - of chaste wives, of devoted wives

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of pativratā

pativratā - a devoted wife, a chaste woman (wife devoted to her husband)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pati+vratā)

• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)
• vratā – one observing a vow, following a rule
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of vrata (vow)

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, magnanimity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, magnanimity, glory, majesty

derived from mahātman (great-souled)

Note: Also nominative singular. Context implies accusative (object of 'to tell').

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to tell

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed from root vac + suffix tumun

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of arh

present active

Root: arh (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - to us, our, us

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

enclitic form of asmad

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord, O Master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - master, lord, mighty, king

निरुध्य (nirudhya) - having restrained, having stopped

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

prefix ni + root rudh + suffix ya

Prefix: ni

Root: rudh (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रियग्रामम् (indriyagrāmam) - the group of senses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indriyagrāma

indriyagrāma - the collection/group of senses

Compound type : tatpurusha (indriya+grāma)

• indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
  noun (neuter)
• grāma – collection, group, village
  noun (masculine)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, faculty of thought

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Also nominative singular. Context implies accusative (object of 'restraining').

संरुध्य (saṁrudhya) - having thoroughly restrained, having completely controlled

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

prefix sam + root rudh + suffix ya

Prefix: sam

Root: rudh (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+agha)

• a – not, without
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• agha – sin, fault, evil
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used as an address to the interlocutor.

पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, husband, owner

Note: Object of cintayantyaḥ.

दैवतवत् (daivatavat) - like a deity, like a god

(indeclinable)

from devatā (deity) + suffix vat (like)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयन्त्यः (cintayantyaḥ) - contemplating, meditating

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cintayat

cintayat - contemplating, thinking

present active participle

from root cit (think) with causative cint + suffix śatṛ

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Qualifies yāḥ (those women who).

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - remaining, being, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, remaining

past passive participle

from root sthā + suffix kta

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies yāḥ.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

याः (yāḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to pativratānām.