महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-54

अण्डानि बिभ्रति स्वानि न भिन्दन्ति पिपीलिकाः ।
न भरेथाः कथं नु त्वं धर्मज्ञः सन्स्वमात्मजम् ॥५४॥

54. aṇḍāni bibhrati svāni na bhindanti pipīlikāḥ ,
na bharethāḥ kathaṁ nu tvaṁ dharmajñaḥ sansvamātmajam.

54. aṇḍāni bibhrati svāni na bhindanti pipīlikāḥ na
bharethāḥ kathaṃ nu tvaṃ dharmajñaḥ san svam ātmajam

54. Ants carry their own eggs and do not break them. How then can you, who know dharma, not support your own son?

Words meanings summery:

• अण्डानि (aṇḍāni) - eggs

• बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they carry, they bear, they support

• स्वानि (svāni) - one's own

• न (na) - not, no

• भिन्दन्ति (bhindanti) - they break, they cleave

• पिपीलिकाः (pipīlikāḥ) - ants

• न (na) - not, no

• भरेथाः (bharethāḥ) - you should support, you should maintain

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma

• सन् (san) - being, existing as

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son

Words meanings and morphology

अण्डानि (aṇḍāni) - eggs

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aṇḍa

aṇḍa - egg

बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - they carry, they bear, they support

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bibhrati

Present Active

reduplicated root, 3rd conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

स्वानि (svāni) - one's own

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भिन्दन्ति (bhindanti) - they break, they cleave

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bhindanti

Present Active

7th conjugation, Parasmaipada

Root: bhid (class 7)

पिपीलिकाः (pipīlikāḥ) - ants

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pipīlikā

pipīlikā - ant

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भरेथाः (bharethāḥ) - you should support, you should maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of bharethāḥ

Optative Middle

2nd singular, 3rd conjugation, Ātmanepada

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

कथं (kathaṁ) - how, why

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, righteous

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – dharma, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, knower
  adjective
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सन् (san) - being, existing as

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of san

as - to be, to exist

Present Participle

Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here as an adjective in agreement with tvaṃ

स्वम् (svam) - one's own

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - self-born, son, daughter

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)