महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-287, verse-26

दौष्कुलेया विशेषेण कथंचित्प्रग्रहं गताः ।
बालभावाद्विकुर्वन्ति प्रायशः प्रमदाः शुभे ॥२६॥

26. dauṣkuleyā viśeṣeṇa kathaṁcitpragrahaṁ gatāḥ ,
bālabhāvādvikurvanti prāyaśaḥ pramadāḥ śubhe.

26. dauṣkuleyāḥ viśeṣeṇa kathaṃcit pragraham gatāḥ
bālabhāvāt vikurvanti prāyaśaḥ pramadāḥ śubhe

26. O auspicious one, women, particularly those from low families who have somehow gained freedom, usually misbehave due to their inherent immaturity.

26. הו יפה, נשים ממשפחות גרועות, במיוחד, אפילו כשהן מרוסנות איכשהו, מתנהגות לרוב שלא כשורה מתוך ילדותיות.

Words meanings summery:

• दौष्कुलेयाः (dauṣkuleyāḥ) - low-born women, women of bad family

• विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially, particularly, specifically

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by any means, with difficulty

• प्रग्रहम् (pragraham) - freedom (control, restraint, freedom, indulgence)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - obtained (gone, attained, obtained, reached)

• बालभावात् (bālabhāvāt) - due to their inherent immaturity (from childishness, due to immaturity, on account of youth)

• विकुर्वन्ति (vikurvanti) - they misbehave (they misbehave, they act wrongly, they change their nature, they transform)

• प्रायशः (prāyaśaḥ) - usually (mostly, usually, generally)

• प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women (women, intoxicated women, beautiful women)

• शुभे (śubhe) - O auspicious one (O auspicious one, O beautiful one)

Words meanings and morphology

दौष्कुलेयाः (dauṣkuleyāḥ) - low-born women, women of bad family

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dauṣkuleya

dauṣkuleya - born in a bad family, low-born, ignoble

Derived from duṣkula (bad family) with the suffix -eya.

Note: Refers to women (pramadāḥ).

विशेषेण (viśeṣeṇa) - especially, particularly, specifically

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of viśeṣa

viśeṣa - distinction, particularity, specialty, difference

Note: Used adverbially.

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by any means, with difficulty

(indeclinable)

प्रग्रहम् (pragraham) - freedom (control, restraint, freedom, indulgence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pragraha

pragraha - rein, bridle, control, restraint, favor, indulgence, freedom

Formed with prefix pra- and root grah- (to seize).

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

गताः (gatāḥ) - obtained (gone, attained, obtained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gata

gata - gone, arrived, obtained, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe pramadāḥ.

बालभावात् (bālabhāvāt) - due to their inherent immaturity (from childishness, due to immaturity, on account of youth)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bālabhāva

bālabhāva - childishness, youth, immaturity, state of being a child

Compound of bāla (child) and bhāva (state/condition).

Note: Indicates cause or reason.

विकुर्वन्ति (vikurvanti) - they misbehave (they misbehave, they act wrongly, they change their nature, they transform)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present active

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रायशः (prāyaśaḥ) - usually (mostly, usually, generally)

(indeclinable)

प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women (women, intoxicated women, beautiful women)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pramadā

pramadā - a woman (especially a young or beautiful one), an intoxicated woman

From pra- √mad (to be exhilarated/intoxicated).

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Subject of vikurvanti.

शुभे (śubhe) - O auspicious one (O auspicious one, O beautiful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - auspicious, beautiful, bright, pure

Note: An address to a female.

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