महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-21

अपश्यतां प्रियान्पुत्रान्नैषां शोकोऽनुतिष्ठति ।
न च पुष्णन्ति संवृद्धास्ते मातापितरौ क्वचित् ॥२१॥

21. apaśyatāṁ priyānputrānnaiṣāṁ śoko'nutiṣṭhati ,
na ca puṣṇanti saṁvṛddhāste mātāpitarau kvacit.

21. apaśyatām priyān putrān na eṣām śokaḥ anutiṣṭhati
na ca puṣṇanti saṃvṛddhāḥ te mātāpitarau kvacit

21. priyān putrān apaśyatām eṣām śokaḥ na anutiṣṭhati
ca saṃvṛddhāḥ te mātāpitarau kvacit na puṣṇanti

21. For these (creatures), if they do not see their beloved offspring, no sorrow arises. Nor do those grown-up (offspring) ever nourish their mother and father.

Words meanings summery:

• अपश्यताम् (apaśyatām) - for those not seeing, not finding, for the unseeing

• प्रियान् (priyān) - beloved, dear

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons, children, offspring

• न (na) - not, no

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for these

• शोकः (śokaḥ) - sorrow, grief

• अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - remains, arises, occurs, stands after

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and

• पुष्णन्ति (puṣṇanti) - they nourish, they support, they cherish

• संवृद्धाः (saṁvṛddhāḥ) - grown up, fully developed, mature

• ते (te) - they

• मातापितरौ (mātāpitarau) - mother and father, parents (dual)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time, anywhere

Words meanings and morphology

अपश्यताम् (apaśyatām) - for those not seeing, not finding, for the unseeing

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of apaśyat

apaśyat - not seeing, unobserving

present active participle (negated)

from root dṛś with negative prefix a-

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+paśyat)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• paśyat – seeing, observing
  adjective (masculine)
  present active participle
  from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

प्रियान् (priyān) - beloved, dear

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons, children, offspring

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these, for these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

शोकः (śokaḥ) - sorrow, grief

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation, anguish

Root: śuc (class 1)

अनुतिष्ठति (anutiṣṭhati) - remains, arises, occurs, stands after

(verb)

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

from root sthā (to stand) with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुष्णन्ति (puṣṇanti) - they nourish, they support, they cherish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of puṣ

Root: puṣ (class 9)

संवृद्धाः (saṁvṛddhāḥ) - grown up, fully developed, mature

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃvṛddha

saṁvṛddha - grown, grown up, full-grown, increased, prospered

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛdh (to grow) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मातापितरौ (mātāpitarau) - mother and father, parents (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mātāpitar

mātāpitar - mother and father (dual)

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)

क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever, at any time, anywhere

(indeclinable)