महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-178, verse-21

को जातु परभावां हि नारीं व्यालीमिव स्थिताम् ।
वासयेत गृहे जानन्स्त्रीणां दोषान्महात्ययान् ॥२१॥

21. ko jātu parabhāvāṁ hi nārīṁ vyālīmiva sthitām ,
vāsayeta gṛhe jānanstrīṇāṁ doṣānmahātyayān.

21. kaḥ jātu parabhāvām hi nārīm vyālīm iva sthitām
vāsayeta gṛhe jānan strīṇām doṣān mahātyayān

21. kaḥ jātu jānan strīṇām mahātyayān doṣān parabhāvām
vyālīm iva sthitām nārīm gṛhe vāsayeta hi

21. Who, indeed, knowing the terrible faults of women, would house in his home a woman who has been with another, standing like a venomous female serpent?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• जातु (jātu) - indeed, ever, by any means

• परभावाम् (parabhāvām) - a woman who has been with another man (one whose being is with another, having another's nature/state)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• नारीम् (nārīm) - woman, female

• व्यालीम् (vyālīm) - female serpent, venomous snake

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्थिताम् (sthitām) - standing, situated, being

• वासयेत (vāsayeta) - would cause to live, would settle

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

• जानन् (jānan) - knowing

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, evils

• महात्ययान् (mahātyayān) - terrible (faults) (great dangers, great disasters, leading to great destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

जातु (jātu) - indeed, ever, by any means

(indeclinable)

परभावाम् (parabhāvām) - a woman who has been with another man (one whose being is with another, having another's nature/state)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parabhāva

parabhāva - another's state/nature, dependence on another, one whose being is with another

Compound type : bahuvrihi (para+bhāva)

• para – other, supreme, enemy
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāva – being, state, condition, existence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √bhū (1P), 'to be, become'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'nārīm'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

नारीम् (nārīm) - woman, female

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

व्यालीम् (vyālīm) - female serpent, venomous snake

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyālī

vyālī - female serpent, female snake, venomous snake

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्थिताम् (sthitām) - standing, situated, being

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, established, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √sthā (1P), 'to stand'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'nārīm'.

वासयेत (vāsayeta) - would cause to live, would settle

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of vāsay

Causal form of √vas

Derived from root √vas (1P), 'to dwell, live', in its causal form.

Root: vas (class 1)

गृहे (gṛhe) - in the house, at home

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

जानन् (jānan) - knowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jānat

jānat - knowing, aware

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √jñā (9P), 'to know'.

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to the implied subject 'kaḥ' (who).

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, evils

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, error, evil

महात्ययान् (mahātyayān) - terrible (faults) (great dangers, great disasters, leading to great destruction)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahātyaya

mahātyaya - great disaster, terrible danger, leading to great destruction

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+atyaya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• atyaya – passing away, expiration, danger, misfortune, transgression
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ati

Note: Modifies 'doṣān'.