महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-194, verse-3

इहैव वर्तमानास्ते समीपे तव पार्थिव ।
अजातपक्षाः शिशवः शकिता नैव बाधितुम् ॥३॥

3. ihaiva vartamānāste samīpe tava pārthiva ,
ajātapakṣāḥ śiśavaḥ śakitā naiva bādhitum.

3. iha eva vartamānāḥ te samīpe tava pārthiva
ajātapakṣāḥ śiśavaḥ śakitāḥ na eva bādhitum

3. O king, even when they were present right here, near you, like unfledged chicks, you were utterly unable to harm them.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - right here (spatially near Duryodhana) (here, in this world, in this place)

• एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

• वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - being present (present, existing, being)

• ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they, those)

• समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity, close by

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - Addressed to Duryodhana. (O king, O ruler of the earth)

• अजातपक्षाः (ajātapakṣāḥ) - like young, helpless birds (unfledged, without grown wings)

• शिशवः (śiśavaḥ) - young, helpless creatures (like birds) (children, young ones, young birds)

• शकिताः (śakitāḥ) - (they were) capable (of harming them) - used negatively (able, capable)

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

• बाधितुम् (bādhitum) - to obstruct, to harm, to torment

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - right here (spatially near Duryodhana) (here, in this world, in this place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - being present (present, existing, being)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vartamāna

vartamāna - present, existing, being, living

Present Active Participle

root vṛt (to be, exist) + śānac (present participle suffix)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity, close by

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - Addressed to Duryodhana. (O king, O ruler of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, ruler, prince; earthly

From pṛthivī (earth)

अजातपक्षाः (ajātapakṣāḥ) - like young, helpless birds (unfledged, without grown wings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ajātapakṣa

ajātapakṣa - unfledged, without developed wings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+jāta+pakṣa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, grown, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root jan (to be born) + kta (past participle suffix)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• pakṣa – wing, side, party
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Pāṇḍavas, metaphorically describing them as helpless.

शिशवः (śiśavaḥ) - young, helpless creatures (like birds) (children, young ones, young birds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiśu

śiśu - child, infant, young animal/bird

शकिताः (śakitāḥ) - (they were) capable (of harming them) - used negatively (able, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakita

śakita - capable, able, empowered

Past Passive Participle

root śak (to be able) + kta (past participle suffix)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Here in a construction "were not able to (harm)". It's "they were not able to be harmed by you", where "they" are Pāṇḍavas. So śakitāḥ agrees with te (Pāṇḍavas).

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - even, only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

बाधितुम् (bādhitum) - to obstruct, to harm, to torment

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

root bādh (to torment) + tumun (infinitive suffix)

Root: bādh (class 1)