महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-89

नार्यो बृहत्यो निर्ह्रीका मद्रकाः कम्बलावृताः ।
घस्मरा नष्टशौचाश्च प्राय इत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥८९॥

89. nāryo bṛhatyo nirhrīkā madrakāḥ kambalāvṛtāḥ ,
ghasmarā naṣṭaśaucāśca prāya ityanuśuśruma.

89. nāryaḥ bṛhatyaḥ nirhrīkāḥ madrakāḥ kambalāvṛtāḥ
ghasmarāḥ naṣṭaśaucāḥ ca prāya iti anuśuśruma

89. madrakāḥ nāryaḥ bṛhatyaḥ nirhrīkāḥ kambalāvṛtāḥ
ghasmarāḥ ca naṣṭaśaucāḥ prāya iti anuśuśruma

89. It has been said that Madra women are generally tall, immodest, wrapped in blankets, gluttonous, and impure.

Words meanings summery:

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

• बृहत्यः (bṛhatyaḥ) - large, tall, great (feminine plural)

• निर्ह्रीकाः (nirhrīkāḥ) - shameless, immodest, without shyness

• मद्रकाः (madrakāḥ) - Madra women

• कम्बलावृताः (kambalāvṛtāḥ) - covered with blankets, wrapped in coarse cloaks

• घस्मराः (ghasmarāḥ) - gluttonous, voracious, eating much

• नष्टशौचाः (naṣṭaśaucāḥ) - lacking purity, unhygienic, unclean (literally, "lost purity")

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्राय (prāya) - mostly, generally, usually

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech or conclusion

• अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we have heard, it has been heard (by us)

Words meanings and morphology

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, wife

Root: nṛ

Note: Qualifies madrakāḥ.

बृहत्यः (bṛhatyaḥ) - large, tall, great (feminine plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bṛhat

bṛhat - large, great, vast, tall

Feminine nominative plural form.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

निर्ह्रीकाः (nirhrīkāḥ) - shameless, immodest, without shyness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nirhrīka

nirhrīka - shameless, immodest, without shyness

Compound of nir (without) + hrī (shame) + ka (suffix). Feminine nominative plural.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+hrī)

• nir – out, without
  indeclinable
  Prefix for negation or absence.
• hrī – shame, modesty
  noun (feminine)
  Root: hrī (class 1)

मद्रकाः (madrakāḥ) - Madra women

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of madrakā

madrakā - a woman from the Madra country, a Madra woman

Feminine plural form.

कम्बलावृताः (kambalāvṛtāḥ) - covered with blankets, wrapped in coarse cloaks

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kambalāvṛta

kambalāvṛta - covered with blankets, wrapped in a blanket/cloak

Compound of kambala (blanket) + āvṛta (covered). Feminine nominative plural.

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (kambala+āvṛta)

• kambala – blanket, woolen cloth, cloak
  noun (masculine)
• āvṛta – covered, surrounded, enveloped
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

घस्मराः (ghasmarāḥ) - gluttonous, voracious, eating much

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghasmara

ghasmara - gluttonous, voracious, eating much

From root ghas (to eat). Feminine nominative plural.

Root: ghas (class 2)

नष्टशौचाः (naṣṭaśaucāḥ) - lacking purity, unhygienic, unclean (literally, "lost purity")

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of naṣṭaśauca

naṣṭaśauca - lacking purity, unhygienic, unclean

Compound of naṣṭa (lost) + śauca (purity). Feminine nominative plural.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+śauca)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root naś (to perish, be lost).
  Root: naś (class 4)
• śauca – purity, cleanliness
  noun (neuter)
  From śuci (pure).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

प्राय (prāya) - mostly, generally, usually

(indeclinable)

Adverbial usage.

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking direct speech or conclusion

(indeclinable)

Quotative particle or marker of conclusion.

अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we have heard, it has been heard (by us)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of anuśru

perfect active

Root śru (to hear), Class 5, with prefix anu, liṭ-lakāra, parasmaidipi. First person plural.

Prefix: anu

Root: śru (class 5)