महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-15

आदित्योऽयं स्थितो मूढाः स्नेहं कुरुत मा भयम् ।
बहुरूपो मुहूर्तश्च जीवेतापि कदाचन ॥१५॥

15. ādityo'yaṁ sthito mūḍhāḥ snehaṁ kuruta mā bhayam ,
bahurūpo muhūrtaśca jīvetāpi kadācana.

15. ādityaḥ ayam sthitaḥ mūḍhāḥ sneham kuruta mā
bhayam bahurūpaḥ muhūrtaḥ ca jīveta api kadācana

15. mūḍhāḥ ayam ādityaḥ sthitaḥ mā bhayam kuruta
sneham ca bahurūpaḥ muhūrtaḥ api kadācana jīveta

15. This sun is still (in the sky), O foolish ones! Show your affection and do not fear. For a moment (of life) has many forms, and (the child) might even live someday.

Words meanings summery:

• आदित्यः (ādityaḥ) - the sun (the sun, son of Aditi)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to the sun) (this, this one (masculine))

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - still present (in the sky) (standing, situated, present, firm)

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - O foolish ones (O foolish ones, ignorant ones)

• स्नेहम् (sneham) - affection, love (affection, love, attachment, oil)

• कुरुत (kuruta) - show (affection), do (do, make, perform (imperative plural))

• मा (mā) - do not (do not, not)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, danger)

• बहुरूपः (bahurūpaḥ) - having many forms (referring to a moment/fate) (having many forms, manifold)

• मुहूर्तः (muhūrtaḥ) - a moment (of life/fate) (a moment, a short period of time, an auspicious moment)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• जीवेत (jīveta) - might live (may live, should live)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• कदाचन (kadācana) - someday, sometime (sometime, ever, at any time)

Words meanings and morphology

आदित्यः (ādityaḥ) - the sun (the sun, son of Aditi)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - the sun, son of Aditi, a god

अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to the sun) (this, this one (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - still present (in the sky) (standing, situated, present, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Here used as an adjective modifying 'ādityaḥ'.

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - O foolish ones (O foolish ones, ignorant ones)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, ignorant, bewildered, stupid

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'muh' (to be bewildered, to faint).

Root: muh (class 4)

स्नेहम् (sneham) - affection, love (affection, love, attachment, oil)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, attachment, tenderness, oil, fat

From root snih "to be sticky, to cling to, to love".

Root: snih (class 4)

Note: Object of 'kuruta'.

कुरुत (kuruta) - show (affection), do (do, make, perform (imperative plural))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (lot) of kṛ

Imperative

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Addressed to 'mūḍhāḥ'.

मा (mā) - do not (do not, not)

(indeclinable)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear (fear, danger)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, danger, apprehension

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

बहुरूपः (bahurūpaḥ) - having many forms (referring to a moment/fate) (having many forms, manifold)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bahurūpa

bahurūpa - having many forms, manifold, protean

Compound of 'bahu' (many) and 'rūpa' (form).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+rūpa)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'muhūrtaḥ'.

मुहूर्तः (muhūrtaḥ) - a moment (of life/fate) (a moment, a short period of time, an auspicious moment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, an instant, a period of 48 minutes, an auspicious time

Note: Subject of 'jīveta'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

जीवेत (jīveta) - might live (may live, should live)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of jīv

Optative

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied (the child or the moment itself).

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

कदाचन (kadācana) - someday, sometime (sometime, ever, at any time)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'kadā' (when) with suffix 'cana'.