महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-85

वासांस्युत्सृज्य नृत्यन्ति स्त्रियो या मद्यमोहिताः ।
मिथुनेऽसंयताश्चापि यथाकामचराश्च ताः ।
तासां पुत्रः कथं धर्मं मद्रको वक्तुमर्हति ॥८५॥

85. vāsāṁsyutsṛjya nṛtyanti striyo yā madyamohitāḥ ,
mithune'saṁyatāścāpi yathākāmacarāśca tāḥ ,
tāsāṁ putraḥ kathaṁ dharmaṁ madrako vaktumarhati.

85. vāsāṃsi utsṛjya nṛtyanti striyaḥ yā
madyamohitāḥ mithune asaṃyatāḥ ca api
yathākāmacarāḥ ca tāḥ tāsām putraḥ
katham dharmam madrakaḥ vaktum arhati

85. yā striyaḥ madyamohitāḥ vāsāṃsi utsṛjya nṛtyanti,
ca api mithune asaṃyatāḥ ca yathākāmacarāḥ,
tāḥ tāsām putraḥ madrakaḥ katham dharmam vaktum arhati?

85. How can Madraka, the son of those women who, intoxicated by wine, dance after casting off their clothes, and who are unrestrained in sexual union and act as they please—how can he be fit to proclaim the natural law (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having cast off (having abandoned, having given up, having thrown off)

• नृत्यन्ति (nṛtyanti) - they dance

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• या (yā) - who (who, which)

• मद्यमोहिताः (madyamohitāḥ) - intoxicated by wine (deluded/bewildered by wine/intoxicants)

• मिथुने (mithune) - in sexual union (in copulation, in sexual union, in a pair)

• असंयताः (asaṁyatāḥ) - unrestrained (unrestrained, uncontrolled, undisciplined)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• यथाकामचराः (yathākāmacarāḥ) - acting as they please (moving as one pleases, acting as one desires, unrestrained)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (women) (those, they)

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (women) (of those (feminine))

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma), righteousness (natural law, righteousness, duty, constitution (dharma))

• मद्रकः (madrakaḥ) - Madraka (Madraka (proper noun))

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to declare, to proclaim (to speak, to say, to declare)

• अर्हति (arhati) - he is fit (he is able, he deserves, he is fit)

Words meanings and morphology

वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vāsas

vāsas - garment, cloth, clothing

Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Object of utsṛjya.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having cast off (having abandoned, having given up, having thrown off)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from ud-sṛj (to let go, abandon).

Prefix: ud

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Modifies nṛtyanti.

नृत्यन्ति (nṛtyanti) - they dance

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Third person plural present indicative of root nṛt.

Root: nṛt (class 4)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: Subject of nṛtyanti.

या (yā) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

मद्यमोहिताः (madyamohitāḥ) - intoxicated by wine (deluded/bewildered by wine/intoxicants)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of madyamohita

madyamohita - deluded by wine, intoxicated

Compound formed from madya (wine) and mohita (deluded, bewildered).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madya+mohita)

• madya – wine, intoxicating liquor
  noun (neuter)
• mohita – deluded, infatuated, bewildered
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root muh (to be bewildered).
  Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with striyaḥ.

मिथुने (mithune) - in sexual union (in copulation, in sexual union, in a pair)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, copulation, sexual union

Note: Indicates the sphere of unrestraint.

असंयताः (asaṁyatāḥ) - unrestrained (unrestrained, uncontrolled, undisciplined)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of asaṃyata

asaṁyata - unrestrained, uncontrolled, undisciplined

Negative compound a- with saṃyata (controlled).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃyata)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• saṃyata – controlled, restrained, self-controlled
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from sam-yam (to restrain).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Describes striyaḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

यथाकामचराः (yathākāmacarāḥ) - acting as they please (moving as one pleases, acting as one desires, unrestrained)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yathākāmacara

yathākāmacara - moving at will, acting as one desires, unrestrained

Compound formed from yathā (as, according to) and kāmacara (moving at will).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yathā+kāmacara)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• kāmacara – moving at will, acting as one desires
  adjective (feminine)
  Compound of kāma (desire) and cara (moving).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with striyaḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (women) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (women) (of those (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Genitive plural feminine of tad.

Note: Possessive of putraḥ.

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma), righteousness (natural law, righteousness, duty, constitution (dharma))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution, essential nature (dharma)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of vaktum.

मद्रकः (madrakaḥ) - Madraka (Madraka (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madraka

madraka - name of a country or its people, a man's name

Note: Appositive to putraḥ.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to declare, to proclaim (to speak, to say, to declare)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्हति (arhati) - he is fit (he is able, he deserves, he is fit)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Active Indicative

Third person singular present indicative of root arh.

Root: arh (class 1)