महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-38, verse-29

प्रसादो निष्फलो यस्य क्रोधश्चापि निरर्थकः ।
न तं भर्तारमिच्छन्ति षण्ढं पतिमिव स्त्रियः ॥२९॥

29. prasādo niṣphalo yasya krodhaścāpi nirarthakaḥ ,
na taṁ bhartāramicchanti ṣaṇḍhaṁ patimiva striyaḥ.

29. prasādaḥ niṣphalaḥ yasya krodhaḥ ca api nirarthakaḥ
na tam bhartāram icchanti ṣaṇḍham patim iva striyaḥ

29. Women do not desire such a master whose favor yields no results and whose anger is pointless, just as they do not desire an impotent husband.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) - favor (shown by a ruler or powerful person) (favor, grace, clemency, kindness)

• निष्फलः (niṣphalaḥ) - without benefit, yielding no results (fruitless, useless, unproductive, ineffective)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom, to whom)

• क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, fury)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• निरर्थकः (nirarthakaḥ) - pointless (meaningless, useless, vain, pointless)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to the master described) (him, that)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - master, lord (husband, master, lord, supporter)

• इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire (they desire, wish for, want)

• षण्ढम् (ṣaṇḍham) - impotent (man) (impotent, eunuch, hermaphrodite, weak)

• पतिम् (patim) - husband (husband, master, lord, owner)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (women, wives)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) - favor (shown by a ruler or powerful person) (favor, grace, clemency, kindness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - favor, grace, clemency, kindness, blessing, serenity

From pra-sad

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

निष्फलः (niṣphalaḥ) - without benefit, yielding no results (fruitless, useless, unproductive, ineffective)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣphala

niṣphala - fruitless, useless, unproductive, ineffective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+phala)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence, benefit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with prasādaḥ

यस्य (yasya) - whose (whose, of whom, to whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, fury)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury, indignation

From root krudh

Root: krudh (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

निरर्थकः (nirarthakaḥ) - pointless (meaningless, useless, vain, pointless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirarthaka

nirarthaka - meaningless, useless, vain, pointless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+arthaka)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• arthaka – meaning, purpose, object
  noun (masculine)
  From artha + ka (suffix)

Note: Agrees with krodhaḥ

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb icchanti

तम् (tam) - him (referring to the master described) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of icchanti

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - master, lord (husband, master, lord, supporter)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, master, lord, supporter, protector

Agent noun from root bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of icchanti

इच्छन्ति (icchanti) - they desire (they desire, wish for, want)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Subject striyaḥ (women)

षण्ढम् (ṣaṇḍham) - impotent (man) (impotent, eunuch, hermaphrodite, weak)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṣaṇḍha

ṣaṇḍha - impotent, eunuch, hermaphrodite, weak, unmanly

Note: Agrees with patim

पतिम् (patim) - husband (husband, master, lord, owner)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, master, lord, owner, protector

Note: Object of icchanti in the simile

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women (women, wives)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

Note: Subject of icchanti