महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-18

न पश्यथ सुतस्नेहं यादृशः पशुपक्षिणाम् ।
न येषां धारयित्वा तान्कश्चिदस्ति फलागमः ॥१८॥

18. na paśyatha sutasnehaṁ yādṛśaḥ paśupakṣiṇām ,
na yeṣāṁ dhārayitvā tānkaścidasti phalāgamaḥ.

18. na paśyatha sutasneham yādṛśaḥ paśupakṣiṇām na
yeṣām dhārayitvā tān kaścit asti phalāgamaḥ

18. paśupakṣiṇām yādṛśaḥ sutasneham na paśyatha
yeṣām tān dhārayitvā kaścit phalāgamaḥ na asti

18. Do you not observe the kind of filial affection shown by animals and birds? For them, there is no benefit (phalāgama) whatsoever from having raised their offspring.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यथ (paśyatha) - you (plural) see, you observe

• सुतस्नेहम् (sutasneham) - affection for children, love for offspring

• यादृशः (yādṛśaḥ) - such as, of what kind

• पशुपक्षिणाम् (paśupakṣiṇām) - of animals and birds

• न (na) - not, no

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - for whom, of whom

• धारयित्वा (dhārayitvā) - having maintained, having reared, having supported

• तान् (tān) - them

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone, any

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• फलागमः (phalāgamaḥ) - acquisition of fruit, result, benefit

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यथ (paśyatha) - you (plural) see, you observe

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of paś

root dṛś, 1st conjugation, present stem paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सुतस्नेहम् (sutasneham) - affection for children, love for offspring

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sutasneha

sutasneha - affection for a son, love for offspring

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (suta+sneha)

• suta – son, child, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root su (to give birth)
  Root: su (class 2)
• sneha – affection, love, tenderness, oiliness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: snih (class 4)

यादृशः (yādṛśaḥ) - such as, of what kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - such, of what kind, like whom/what

पशुपक्षिणाम् (paśupakṣiṇām) - of animals and birds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśupakṣin

paśupakṣin - animals and birds (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (paśu+pakṣin)

• paśu – animal, cattle, beast
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣin – bird (one having wings)
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - for whom, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

धारयित्वा (dhārayitvā) - having maintained, having reared, having supported

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

from causative of root dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone, any

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, some, any

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

फलागमः (phalāgamaḥ) - acquisition of fruit, result, benefit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalāgama

phalāgama - arrival of fruit, gain, advantage, benefit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phala+āgama)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence, benefit
  noun (neuter)
• āgama – coming, arrival, acquisition, tradition
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)