महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-222, verse-16

पापानुगास्तु पापास्ताः पतीनुपसृजन्त्युत ।
न जातु विप्रियं भर्तुः स्त्रिया कार्यं कथंचन ॥१६॥

16. pāpānugāstu pāpāstāḥ patīnupasṛjantyuta ,
na jātu vipriyaṁ bhartuḥ striyā kāryaṁ kathaṁcana.

16. pāpānugāḥ tu pāpāḥ tāḥ patīn upasṛjanti uta na
jātu vipriyam bhartuḥ striyā kāryam kathaṃcana

16. Indeed, those sinful women who follow evil afflict their husbands. A wife should never, in any way whatsoever, do what is disagreeable to her husband.

Words meanings summery:

• पापानुगाः (pāpānugāḥ) - following evil, devoted to sin, wicked

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinful, wicked

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• पतीन् (patīn) - husbands, masters

• उपसृजन्ति (upasṛjanti) - they afflict, they torment, they cause

• उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

• न (na) - not, no

• जातु (jātu) - never (when combined with 'na') (ever, at any time, by any means)

• विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - what is disagreeable (disagreeable, unpleasant, hostile, hateful)

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband, of the maintainer

• स्त्रिया (striyā) - by a wife (in relation to her husband) (by a woman, by a wife)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - should be done (as an action) (what should be done, duty, action; to be done)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way whatsoever, by any means

Words meanings and morphology

पापानुगाः (pāpānugāḥ) - following evil, devoted to sin, wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pāpānugā

pāpānugā - following evil, devoted to sin, wicked, sinful

Compound

Compound of 'pāpa' (evil, sin) and 'anugā' (following).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāpa+anugā)

• pāpa – evil, sin, wickedness; sinful, wicked
  noun (neuter)
• anugā – following, accompanied by, conforming to
  adjective (feminine)
  Agent noun/adjective from anu-√gam
  Feminine form of 'anuga' (from anu-√gam, to follow).
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tāḥ pāpāḥ'.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

पापाः (pāpāḥ) - sinful, wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pāpā

pāpa - sinful, wicked, evil

Note: Modifies 'tāḥ'.

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the women mentioned in the previous verse or implied context.

पतीन् (patīn) - husbands, masters

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pati

pati - master, lord, owner, husband

उपसृजन्ति (upasṛjanti) - they afflict, they torment, they cause

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of upasṛj

Present Active

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice.

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛj (class 6)

उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

जातु (jātu) - never (when combined with 'na') (ever, at any time, by any means)

(indeclinable)

विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - what is disagreeable (disagreeable, unpleasant, hostile, hateful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipriya

vipriya - disagreeable, unpleasant, hateful, hostile; injury, offense

Compound of 'vi-' (negation/opposite) and 'priya' (dear, beloved, pleasant).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (vi+priya)

• vi – apart, asunder, away; negation, opposite
  prefix
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasant, agreeable
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Object of 'kāryam'.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of the husband, of the maintainer

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, lord, master, husband

Agent noun

From √bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain).

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

स्त्रिया (striyā) - by a wife (in relation to her husband) (by a woman, by a wife)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female, wife

Note: Agent of the gerundive 'kāryam'.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - should be done (as an action) (what should be done, duty, action; to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made, proper to be done; duty, action, work

Gerundive

From √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - in any way whatsoever, by any means

(indeclinable)

Compound of 'katham' (how) and 'cana' (an emphatic particle).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (katham+cana)

• katham – how? in what manner?
  indeclinable
• cana – an emphatic particle, usually rendering indefinite pronouns indefinite (e.g., 'any')
  indeclinable