महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-86

यास्तिष्ठन्त्यः प्रमेहन्ति यथैवोष्ट्रीदशेरके ।
तासां विभ्रष्टलज्जानां निर्लज्जानां ततस्ततः ।
त्वं पुत्रस्तादृशीनां हि धर्मं वक्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥८६॥

86. yāstiṣṭhantyaḥ pramehanti yathaivoṣṭrīdaśerake ,
tāsāṁ vibhraṣṭalajjānāṁ nirlajjānāṁ tatastataḥ ,
tvaṁ putrastādṛśīnāṁ hi dharmaṁ vaktumihecchasi.

86. yāḥ tiṣṭhantyaḥ pramehanti yathā eva
uṣṭrīdaśerake tāsām vibhraṣṭalajjānām
nirlajjānām tatastataḥ tvam putraḥ
tādṛśīnām hi dharmam vaktum iha icchasi

86. tvam hi tādṛśīnām tāsām yāḥ tiṣṭhantyaḥ yathā eva uṣṭrīdaśerake tatastataḥ pramehanti,
(ca) vibhraṣṭalajjānām nirlajjānām,
(saḥ) putraḥ,
(san) iha dharmam vaktum icchasi.

86. You, the son of those women—who stand and urinate everywhere just like she-camels in the desert, and who are completely devoid of shame and utterly shameless—you indeed wish to declare the natural law (dharma) here?

Words meanings summery:

• याः (yāḥ) - who (who, which)

• तिष्ठन्त्यः (tiṣṭhantyaḥ) - standing (standing, remaining)

• प्रमेहन्ति (pramehanti) - they urinate (they urinate (euphemistically 'excessive urination'))

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just)

• उष्ट्रीदशेरके (uṣṭrīdaśerake) - like she-camels in the desert (in the desert with a she-camel / among desert she-camels)

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

• विभ्रष्टलज्जानाम् (vibhraṣṭalajjānām) - of those whose modesty has vanished (of those whose shame has fallen away, shameless)

• निर्लज्जानाम् (nirlajjānām) - of the utterly shameless (of the shameless, immodest)

• ततस्ततः (tatastataḥ) - everywhere, here and there (hither and thither, everywhere, from one place to another)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• तादृशीनाम् (tādṛśīnām) - of such (women) (of such, of those like that)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, because)

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

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

• इह (iha) - here (in this assembly/discussion) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

Words meanings and morphology

याः (yāḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

तिष्ठन्त्यः (tiṣṭhantyaḥ) - standing (standing, remaining)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, existing, remaining

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रमेहन्ति (pramehanti) - they urinate (they urinate (euphemistically 'excessive urination'))

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Third person plural present indicative of pra-mih (to pass urine).

Prefix: pra

Root: mih (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

उष्ट्रीदशेरके (uṣṭrīdaśerake) - like she-camels in the desert (in the desert with a she-camel / among desert she-camels)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of uṣṭrīdaśeraka

uṣṭrīdaśeraka - desert she-camel

Compound of uṣṭrī (she-camel) and daśeraka (desert/type of camel).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uṣṭrī+daśeraka)

• uṣṭrī – she-camel
  noun (feminine)
• daśeraka – desert, a species of camel
  noun (masculine)

Note: Comparison for the women's behavior.

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Genitive plural feminine of tad.

Note: Modifies putraḥ later in the sentence, indicating lineage.

विभ्रष्टलज्जानाम् (vibhraṣṭalajjānām) - of those whose modesty has vanished (of those whose shame has fallen away, shameless)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of vibhraṣṭalajjā

vibhraṣṭalajjā - one whose shame has fallen away, shameless

Bahuvrīhi compound: vi-bhraṣṭa (fallen away) lajjā (shame).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vibhraṣṭa+lajjā)

• vibhraṣṭa – fallen away, lost, ruined
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi-bhraṃś (to fall away).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhraṃś (class 1)
• lajjā – shame, modesty, bashfulness
  noun (feminine)
  Root: lajj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tāsām.

निर्लज्जानाम् (nirlajjānām) - of the utterly shameless (of the shameless, immodest)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nirlajjā

nirlajjā - shameless, immodest

Compound nir-lajjā (without shame).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+lajjā)

• nis – out, without
  indeclinable
• lajjā – shame, modesty
  noun (feminine)
  Root: lajj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tāsām, reinforces the meaning of the previous word.

ततस्ततः (tatastataḥ) - everywhere, here and there (hither and thither, everywhere, from one place to another)

(indeclinable)

Repetition of tataḥ (from there).

Note: Modifies pramehanti.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Nominative singular of yuṣmad.

Note: Refers to Madraka.

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तादृशीनाम् (tādṛśīnām) - of such (women) (of such, of those like that)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, like that

Derived from tad-dṛś (seeing that).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the women described.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (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.

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

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (in this assembly/discussion) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active Indicative

Second person singular present indicative of root iṣ.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Subject is tvam.