महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-26

माता पिता बान्धवानां वरिष्ठौ भार्या जरा बीजमात्रं तु पुत्रः ।
भ्राता शत्रुः क्लिन्नपाणिर्वयस्य आत्मा ह्येकः सुखदुःखस्य वेत्ता ॥२६॥

26. mātā pitā bāndhavānāṁ variṣṭhau; bhāryā jarā bījamātraṁ tu putraḥ ,
bhrātā śatruḥ klinnapāṇirvayasya; ātmā hyekaḥ sukhaduḥkhasya vettā.

26. mātā pitā bāndhavānām variṣṭhau
bhāryā jarā bījamātram tu putraḥ
bhrātā śatruḥ klinnapāṇiḥ vayasy
ātmā hi ekaḥ sukhaduḥkhasya vettā

26. mātā pitā bāndhavānām variṣṭhau
bhāryā jarā putraḥ tu bījamātram
bhrātā śatruḥ vayasy klinnapāṇiḥ
ātmā hi ekaḥ sukhaduḥkhasya vettā

26. Mother and father are the most esteemed among relatives. A wife can become a source of weariness, and a son is merely a seed (for progeny). A brother may turn into an enemy, and a friend might be unreliable ('wet-handed'). Indeed, the self (ātman) alone is the experiencer of joy and sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• माता (mātā) - mother

• पिता (pitā) - father

• बान्धवानाम् (bāndhavānām) - of relatives, of kinsmen

• वरिष्ठौ (variṣṭhau) - most excellent, most superior

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decay, weariness

• बीजमात्रम् (bījamātram) - merely a seed for progeny (merely a seed, only a cause)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, rival

• क्लिन्नपाणिः (klinnapāṇiḥ) - unreliable, constantly needing or taking from others (wet-handed)

• वयस्य् (vayasy) - friend, companion

• आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), soul

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• एकः (ekaḥ) - alone, one, single

• सुखदुःखस्य (sukhaduḥkhasya) - of joy and sorrow, of pleasure and pain

• वेत्ता (vettā) - knower, experiencer

Words meanings and morphology

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

बान्धवानाम् (bāndhavānām) - of relatives, of kinsmen

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - kinsman, relative

वरिष्ठौ (variṣṭhau) - most excellent, most superior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, greatest

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife (one to be supported)

जरा (jarā) - old age, decay, weariness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decay, decline, infirmity

बीजमात्रम् (bījamātram) - merely a seed for progeny (merely a seed, only a cause)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bījamātra

bījamātra - merely a seed, only an origin

Compound type : tatpurusha (bīja+mātra)

• bīja – seed, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – mere, only, simply
  adjective

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

भ्राता (bhrātā) - brother

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, rival

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, rival, foe

क्लिन्नपाणिः (klinnapāṇiḥ) - unreliable, constantly needing or taking from others (wet-handed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of klinnapāṇi

klinnapāṇi - wet-handed; one whose hand is wet

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (klinna+pāṇi)

• klinna – wet, moist, soaked
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: klid
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

वयस्य् (vayasy) - friend, companion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vayasya

vayasya - friend, companion

आत्मा (ātmā) - the self (ātman), soul

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - alone, one, single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, alone, single, sole

सुखदुःखस्य (sukhaduḥkhasya) - of joy and sorrow, of pleasure and pain

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sukhaduḥkha

sukhaduḥkha - joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain

Compound type : dvandva (sukha+duḥkha)

• sukha – joy, happiness, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)

वेत्ता (vettā) - knower, experiencer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vettṛ

vettṛ - knower, understander, experiencer

agent noun

Derived from root vid with agent suffix -tṛ.

Root: vid (class 2)