महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-222, verse-11

यदैव भर्ता जानीयान्मन्त्रमूलपरां स्त्रियम् ।
उद्विजेत तदैवास्याः सर्पाद्वेश्मगतादिव ॥११॥

11. yadaiva bhartā jānīyānmantramūlaparāṁ striyam ,
udvijeta tadaivāsyāḥ sarpādveśmagatādiva.

11. yadā eva bhartā jānīyāt mantramūlaparām striyam
udvijeta tadā eva asyāḥ sarpāt veśmagatāt iva

11. As soon as a husband recognizes a woman who relies primarily on charms and spells, he would recoil from her, just as one recoils from a snake that has entered the house.

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, master

• जानीयात् (jānīyāt) - should know, would know, would recognize

• मन्त्रमूलपराम् (mantramūlaparām) - relying primarily on charms and spells

• स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman

• उद्विजेत (udvijeta) - would be alarmed, would recoil

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - from her, of her

• सर्पात् (sarpāt) - from a snake

• वेश्मगतात् (veśmagatāt) - from one entered into the house

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb of time.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, master

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, lord, master

Agent noun

From √bhṛ (to bear, support) + tṛc.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'jānīyāt'.

जानीयात् (jānīyāt) - should know, would know, would recognize

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 9th class verb.

Root: jñā (class 9)

मन्त्रमूलपराम् (mantramūlaparām) - relying primarily on charms and spells

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mantramūlaparā

mantramūlaparā - devoted to roots of magic spells, relying on magic spells, having charms as the primary basis

Feminine form of 'mantramūlapara'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mantra+mūla+parā)

• mantra – spell, sacred utterance, counsel
  noun (masculine)
  From √man + tra.
  Root: man (class 4)
• mūla – root, origin, basis, foundation
  noun (neuter)
• para – supreme, highest, chief, devoted to
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'striyam'.

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

Note: Object of 'jānīyāt'.

उद्विजेत (udvijeta) - would be alarmed, would recoil

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of udvij

Optative mood, middle voice, 6th class verb.

Prefix: ud

Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Subject is 'bhartā' (implied).

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb of time.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - from her, of her

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she (feminine)

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Ablative with 'udvijeta' (to shrink from).

सर्पात् (sarpāt) - from a snake

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

From √sṛp (to creep) + a.

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Used in a comparative sense.

वेश्मगतात् (veśmagatāt) - from one entered into the house

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of veśmagata

veśmagata - entered into the house, dwelling in the house

Past Passive Participle

From 'veśman' (house) + √gam (to go) + kta.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veśman+gata)

• veśman – house, dwelling, abode
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, entered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √gam + kta.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sarpāt' (implied).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.