महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-200, verse-3

प्राणात्यये विवाहे च वक्तव्यमनृतं भवेत् ।
अनृतं च भवेत्सत्यं सत्यं चैवानृतं भवेत् ॥३॥

3. prāṇātyaye vivāhe ca vaktavyamanṛtaṁ bhavet ,
anṛtaṁ ca bhavetsatyaṁ satyaṁ caivānṛtaṁ bhavet.

3. prāṇātyaye vivāhe ca vaktavyam anṛtam bhavet |
anṛtam ca bhavet satyam satyam ca eva anṛtam bhavet

3. An untruth may be spoken when life is in danger or during a marriage ceremony. Indeed, untruth can become truth, and truth, conversely, can become untruth.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राणात्यये (prāṇātyaye) - when life is in danger, in case of danger to life

• विवाहे (vivāhe) - in marriage, at a wedding

• च (ca) - and, also

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - should be spoken, ought to be said

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - Refers to a statement that is not factually true. (untruth, falsehood)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - Expresses possibility or injunction. (may be, should be, happens)

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

• च (ca) - and, also

• भवेत् (bhavet) - Expresses possibility or injunction. (may be, should be, happens)

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes the statement. (indeed, only, just)

• अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

• भवेत् (bhavet) - Expresses possibility or injunction. (may be, should be, happens)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राणात्यये (prāṇātyaye) - when life is in danger, in case of danger to life

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāṇātyaya

prāṇātyaya - danger to life, death, perishing of life

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+atyaya)

• prāṇa – life-breath, vital air, life, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• atyaya – danger, calamity, passing away, expiration
  noun (masculine)
  from ati + √i
  Prefix: ati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Indicates 'when' or 'in the event of'.

विवाहे (vivāhe) - in marriage, at a wedding

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vivāha

vivāha - marriage, wedding

from vi + √vah

Prefix: vi

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Indicates 'when' or 'in the event of'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - should be spoken, ought to be said

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, to be said, what should be said

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from root √vac + tavya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used impersonally here.

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - Refers to a statement that is not factually true. (untruth, falsehood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false; untruth, falsehood

from an- (neg.) + ṛta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  from root √ṛ
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

भवेत् (bhavet) - Expresses possibility or injunction. (may be, should be, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

root √bhū, 3rd person singular, Optative active

Root: bhū (class 1)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false; untruth, falsehood

from an- (neg.) + ṛta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  from root √ṛ
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - Expresses possibility or injunction. (may be, should be, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

root √bhū, 3rd person singular, Optative active

Root: bhū (class 1)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real; truth, reality

from sat (present participle of √as)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, reality

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - true, real; truth, reality

from sat (present participle of √as)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - Emphasizes the statement. (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

अनृतम् (anṛtam) - untruth, falsehood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛta

anṛta - untrue, false; untruth, falsehood

from an- (neg.) + ṛta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (an+ṛta)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• ṛta – truth, cosmic order, right
  noun (neuter)
  from root √ṛ
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: Can also be accusative neuter singular.

भवेत् (bhavet) - Expresses possibility or injunction. (may be, should be, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

root √bhū, 3rd person singular, Optative active

Root: bhū (class 1)