महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-169, verse-19

देवव्रतत्वं विख्याप्य पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु ।
नैव हन्यां स्त्रियं जातु न स्त्रीपूर्वं कथंचन ॥१९॥

19. devavratatvaṁ vikhyāpya pṛthivyāṁ sarvarājasu ,
naiva hanyāṁ striyaṁ jātu na strīpūrvaṁ kathaṁcana.

19. devavratatvam vikhyāpya pṛthivyām sarvarājasu na
eva hanyām striyam jātu na strīpūrvam kathaṃcana

19. sarvarājasu pṛthivyām devavratatvam vikhyāpya aham jātu
striyam na eva hanyām na ca strīpūrvam kathaṃcana hanyām

19. Having proclaimed my vow (devavrata) across the earth to all kings, I shall certainly never kill a woman, nor anyone who was formerly a woman, by any means.

Words meanings summery:

• देवव्रतत्वम् (devavratatvam) - the state of having a divine vow, the status of Devavrata

• विख्याप्य (vikhyāpya) - having proclaimed, having made known, having announced

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

• सर्वराजसु (sarvarājasu) - among all kings

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• हन्याम् (hanyām) - I would kill, I should kill

• स्त्रियम् (striyam) - a woman

• जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

• न (na) - not, no

• स्त्रीपूर्वम् (strīpūrvam) - one who was formerly a woman

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way

Words meanings and morphology

देवव्रतत्वम् (devavratatvam) - the state of having a divine vow, the status of Devavrata

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of devavratatva

devavratatva - the state or condition of being a Devavrata (having a divine vow)

taddhita suffix -tva added to devavrata

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+vrata)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred rule, resolution
  noun (neuter)

विख्याप्य (vikhyāpya) - having proclaimed, having made known, having announced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

absolutive from vi-√khyā causative stem

Prefix: vi

Root: khyā (class 2)

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the earth goddess, ground

सर्वराजसु (sarvarājasu) - among all kings

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarvarāja

sarvarāja - all kings, every king

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sarva+rājan)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

हन्याम् (hanyām) - I would kill, I should kill

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - a woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्त्रीपूर्वम् (strīpūrvam) - one who was formerly a woman

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of strīpūrva

strīpūrva - preceded by a woman, having a woman as former state, formerly a woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (strī+pūrva)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• pūrva – former, previous, earlier
  adjective (masculine)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - by any means, in any way

(indeclinable)