महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-53

मातापितरमाक्रुश्य सारिकः संप्रजायते ।
ताडयित्वा तु तावेव जायते कच्छपो नृप ॥५३॥

53. mātāpitaramākruśya sārikaḥ saṁprajāyate ,
tāḍayitvā tu tāveva jāyate kacchapo nṛpa.

53. mātāpitaram ākruśya sārikaḥ saṃprajāyate
tāḍayitvā tu tau eva jāyate kacchapaḥ nṛpa

53. nṛpa mātāpitaram ākruśya sārikaḥ saṃprajāyate
tu tau eva tāḍayitvā kacchapaḥ jāyate

53. O King, after reviling one's father and mother, that person is born as a myna bird. But having actually struck them, one is born as a tortoise.

Words meanings summery:

• मातापितरम् (mātāpitaram) - father and mother

• आक्रुश्य (ākruśya) - having reviled, having abused

• सारिकः (sārikaḥ) - myna bird

• संप्रजायते (saṁprajāyate) - is born, arises

• ताडयित्वा (tāḍayitvā) - having struck, having beaten

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तौ (tau) - father and mother (those very two) (those two)

• एव (eva) - even, indeed, very

• जायते (jāyate) - is born

• कच्छपः (kacchapaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

मातापितरम् (mātāpitaram) - father and mother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātāpitṛ

mātāpitṛ - mother and father (as a pair)

Compound type : dvandva (mātṛ+pitṛ)

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

आक्रुश्य (ākruśya) - having reviled, having abused

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'kruś' with upasarga 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: kruś (class 1)

सारिकः (sārikaḥ) - myna bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sārika

sārika - a kind of bird, myna bird

संप्रजायते (saṁprajāyate) - is born, arises

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃ-pra-jan

present thematic verb

Root 'jan' in 4th class (jāyate). Combined with upasargas 'sam' and 'pra'.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: jan (class 4)

ताडयित्वा (tāḍayitvā) - having struck, having beaten

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) of causative stem

Derived from causative stem 'tāḍay' (from root 'taḍ' + suffix 'aya').

Root: taḍ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - father and mother (those very two) (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - even, indeed, very

(indeclinable)

जायते (jāyate) - is born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of jan

present thematic verb

Root 'jan' in 4th class, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: jan (class 4)

कच्छपः (kacchapaḥ) - tortoise, turtle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kacchapa

kacchapa - tortoise, turtle

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (lit. protector of men)