महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-262, verse-38

कथं हि पीत्वा माध्वीकं पीत्वा च मधुमाधवीम् ।
लोभं सौवीरके कुर्यान्नारी काचिदिति स्मरे ॥३८॥

38. kathaṁ hi pītvā mādhvīkaṁ pītvā ca madhumādhavīm ,
lobhaṁ sauvīrake kuryānnārī kāciditi smare.

38. katham hi pītvā mādhvīkam pītvā ca madhumādhavīm
lobham sauvīrake kuryāt nārī kācit iti smaret

38. How indeed could any woman, having drunk sweet wine (mādhvīka) and also honey wine (madhumādhavī), desire sour gruel (sauvīraka)? One should remember this.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how (expressing impossibility) (how, in what way, why)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphasizing the impossibility) (indeed, surely, because, for)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• माध्वीकम् (mādhvīkam) - sweet wine (sweet wine, mead)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• मधुमाधवीम् (madhumādhavīm) - honey wine (honey wine, a kind of intoxicating liquor)

• लोभम् (lobham) - desire, longing (desire, greed, longing)

• सौवीरके (sauvīrake) - for sour gruel (in sour gruel; for sour gruel)

• कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would develop, would feel (a desire) (might do, should do, would do, might make)

• नारी (nārī) - woman (any woman) (woman, wife)

• काचित् (kācit) - any (woman) (some, any (feminine))

• इति (iti) - thus, to this effect (thus, so, in this manner (marks quoted speech or thought))

• स्मरेत् (smaret) - one should remember (this principle) (one should remember, one should think of)

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how (expressing impossibility) (how, in what way, why)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphasizing the impossibility) (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root PĀ with suffix -tvā.

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/gerund.

माध्वीकम् (mādhvīkam) - sweet wine (sweet wine, mead)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mādhvīka

mādhvīka - sweet wine, mead, liquor distilled from honey

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root PĀ with suffix -tvā.

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive/gerund.

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मधुमाधवीम् (madhumādhavīm) - honey wine (honey wine, a kind of intoxicating liquor)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of madhumādhavī

madhumādhavī - honey wine, a kind of intoxicating liquor, spring creeper, jasmine

लोभम् (lobham) - desire, longing (desire, greed, longing)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - desire, greed, covetousness, longing

From root LUBH 'to desire'.

Root: lubh (class 4)

सौवीरके (sauvīrake) - for sour gruel (in sour gruel; for sour gruel)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sauvīraka

sauvīraka - sour gruel, vinegar, a kind of intoxicating liquor

Note: Locative case here indicates the object of desire.

कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - would develop, would feel (a desire) (might do, should do, would do, might make)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ

optative mood

Root KṚ, 8th conjugation, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नारी (nārī) - woman (any woman) (woman, wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

काचित् (kācit) - any (woman) (some, any (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kācit

ka - who, what

Indefinite pronoun formed from 'ka' (interrogative pronoun) + 'cit' (particle).

इति (iti) - thus, to this effect (thus, so, in this manner (marks quoted speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

स्मरेत् (smaret) - one should remember (this principle) (one should remember, one should think of)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of smṛ

optative mood

Root SMṚ, 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular.

Root: smṛ (class 1)