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?

21. כיצד אישה תעזוב בעל אוהב ונאמן ותבחר באחר, כפי שאת עושה, הו יראה? האם אי פעם?

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)

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