महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-222, verse-9

असत्स्त्रीणां समाचारं सत्ये मामनुपृच्छसि ।
असदाचरिते मार्गे कथं स्यादनुकीर्तनम् ॥९॥

9. asatstrīṇāṁ samācāraṁ satye māmanupṛcchasi ,
asadācarite mārge kathaṁ syādanukīrtanam.

9. asatstrīṇām samācāram satye mām anupṛcchasi
asadācarite mārge katham syāt anukīrtanam

9. You truly ask me about the conduct of unchaste women. How can there be any remembrance or glorification on a path that is improperly trodden?

Words meanings summery:

• असत्स्त्रीणाम् (asatstrīṇām) - of unchaste women, of wicked women

• समाचारम् (samācāram) - conduct, behavior

• सत्ये (satye) - truly, verily; in truth

• माम् (mām) - me

• अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

• असदाचरिते (asadācarite) - improperly trodden, badly behaved, ill-conducted

• मार्गे (mārge) - on the path, in the way

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

• अनुकीर्तनम् (anukīrtanam) - remembrance, glorification, praise

Words meanings and morphology

असत्स्त्रीणाम् (asatstrīṇām) - of unchaste women, of wicked women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of asatstrī

asatstrī - unchaste woman, wicked woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (asat+strī)

• asat – not good, unreal, wicked
  adjective
• strī – woman
  noun (feminine)

समाचारम् (samācāram) - conduct, behavior

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samācāra

samācāra - conduct, behavior, practice, custom

Derived from √car (to move) with upasargas sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: car (class 1)

सत्ये (satye) - truly, verily; in truth

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'truly'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अनुपृच्छसि (anupṛcchasi) - you ask, you inquire

(verb)

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

Present stem of anu-√prach (class 6).

Prefix: anu

Root: prach (class 6)

असदाचरिते (asadācarite) - improperly trodden, badly behaved, ill-conducted

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of asadācarita

asadācarita - improperly behaved, ill-conducted, badly trodden

Past Passive Participle

Formed from negative prefix 'a-' and 'sadācarita' (well-behaved, properly trodden), which is from sam-ā-√car + kta.

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sadācarita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sadācarita – well-behaved, properly trodden
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from sam-ā-√car + kta
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mārge'.

मार्गे (mārge) - on the path, in the way

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, way, road, course

Root: mṛg

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

अनुकीर्तनम् (anukīrtanam) - remembrance, glorification, praise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anukīrtana

anukīrtana - remembrance, glorification, praise, recounting

Action noun

Formed from anu-√kīrt + ana (suffix for action nouns).

Prefix: anu

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.