महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-138, verse-8

कानीनश्च सहोढश्च कन्यायां यश्च जायते ।
वोढारं पितरं तस्य प्राहुः शास्त्रविदो जनाः ॥८॥

8. kānīnaśca sahoḍhaśca kanyāyāṁ yaśca jāyate ,
voḍhāraṁ pitaraṁ tasya prāhuḥ śāstravido janāḥ.

8. kānīnaḥ ca sahoḍhaḥ ca kanyāyām yaḥ ca jāyate
voḍhāram pitaram tasya prāhuḥ śāstravidaḥ janāḥ

8. śāstravidaḥ janāḥ prāhuḥ yaḥ kānīnaḥ ca sahoḍhaḥ
ca kanyāyām jāyate tasya pitaram voḍhāram

8. And whoever is born to a maiden—whether a kānīna (son born before her marriage) or a sahoḍha (son born with the bride)—those who know the treatises (śāstra) declare his father to be the man who marries the girl.

Words meanings summery:

• कानीनः (kānīnaḥ) - a son born to an unmarried girl

• च (ca) - and

• सहोढः (sahoḍhaḥ) - a son born with the bride

• च (ca) - and

• कन्यायाम् (kanyāyām) - in a maiden, regarding an unmarried girl

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever, which (masculine singular nominative)

• च (ca) - and

• जायते (jāyate) - is born

• वोढारम् (voḍhāram) - the husband, the one who marries/carries

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare

• शास्त्रविदः (śāstravidaḥ) - those who know the treatises (śāstra), scholars of treatises

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

Words meanings and morphology

कानीनः (kānīnaḥ) - a son born to an unmarried girl

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kānīna

kānīna - son of an unmarried girl, son born to a maiden

Taddhita derivation from kanyā (kanyā + aṇ) meaning 'son of a kanyā'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सहोढः (sahoḍhaḥ) - a son born with the bride

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahoḍha

sahoḍha - son born with the bride (at the time of marriage), son of a woman pregnant when married

Derived from saha + ūḍhā (past passive participle of vah 'to carry/marry').

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कन्यायाम् (kanyāyām) - in a maiden, regarding an unmarried girl

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, unmarried girl, virgin

यः (yaḥ) - whoever, which (masculine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

4th class root, middle voice form

Root: jan (class 4)

वोढारम् (voḍhāram) - the husband, the one who marries/carries

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of voḍhṛ

voḍhṛ - carrier, husband, one who marries

Agent Noun

Derived from root vah ('to carry, marry').

Root: vah (class 1)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (pronoun)

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they say, they declare

(verb)

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

root of 2nd class, here with prefix pra, 3rd person plural present active indicative

Prefix: pra

Root: bru (class 2)

शास्त्रविदः (śāstravidaḥ) - those who know the treatises (śāstra), scholars of treatises

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāstravid

śāstravid - knower of treatises, expert in scriptures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāstra+vid)

• śāstra – treatise, scripture, science, rule
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root śās
  Root: śās (class 2)
• vid – knowing, one who knows, expert
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root vid 'to know'.
  Root: vid (class 2)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man