महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-74, verse-21

कथं नु नारी भर्तारमनुरक्तमनुव्रतम् ।
उत्सृज्य वरयेदन्यं यथा त्वं भीरु कर्हिचित् ॥२१॥

21. kathaṁ nu nārī bhartāramanuraktamanuvratam ,
utsṛjya varayedanyaṁ yathā tvaṁ bhīru karhicit.

21. katham nu nārī bhartāram anuraktam anuvratam
utsṛjya varayet anyam yathā tvam bhīru karhicit

21. How indeed could a woman, O timid one, ever abandon a loving and faithful husband and choose another, just as you are considering?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, supporter, lord

• अनुरक्तम् (anuraktam) - devoted, attached, loving, fond

• अनुव्रतम् (anuvratam) - faithful, devoted, obedient, conforming to a vow

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having forsaken, having left

• वरयेत् (varayet) - should choose, would choose, might choose

• अन्यम् (anyam) - another, other, different

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like, in what manner

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one, O fearful one

• कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever, at any time, perchance

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

नारी (nārī) - woman, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, wife

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, supporter, lord

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master, lord, nourisher

agent noun

from root bhṛ (to bear, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

अनुरक्तम् (anuraktam) - devoted, attached, loving, fond

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anurakta

anurakta - devoted, attached, loving, fond

Past Passive Participle

derived from root rañj (to color, delight) with prefix anu- + kta suffix

Prefix: anu

Root: rañj (class 1)

अनुव्रतम् (anuvratam) - faithful, devoted, obedient, conforming to a vow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuvrata

anuvrata - faithful, devoted, obedient, conforming to a vow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anu+vrata)

• anu – after, along, according to
  indeclinable
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, duty, rule
  noun (neuter)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having forsaken, having left

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root sṛj with prefix ut-

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

वरयेत् (varayet) - should choose, would choose, might choose

(verb)

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

Root: vṛ (class 9)

अन्यम् (anyam) - another, other, different

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like, in what manner

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one, O fearful one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, shy

Note: Used as a vocative noun

कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever, at any time, perchance

(indeclinable)