महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-12, verse-26

भ्रातॄणां नास्ति सौभ्रात्रं येऽप्येकस्य पितुः सुताः ।
राज्यहेतोर्विवदिताः कश्यपस्य सुरासुराः ॥२६॥

26. bhrātṝṇāṁ nāsti saubhrātraṁ ye'pyekasya pituḥ sutāḥ ,
rājyahetorvivaditāḥ kaśyapasya surāsurāḥ.

26. bhrātṝṇām na asti saubhrātram ye api ekasya pituḥ
sutāḥ rājyahetoḥ vivaditāḥ kaśyapasya surāsurāḥ

26. There is no true brotherhood among siblings, even among those who are sons of the same father. For the sake of a kingdom, the gods and demons, children of Kaśyapa, famously quarreled.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of brothers, among brothers

• न (na) - not

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• सौभ्रात्रम् (saubhrātram) - brotherhood, good fraternity

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, of a single

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

• राज्यहेतोः (rājyahetoḥ) - for the sake of the kingdom, due to the kingdom

• विवदिताः (vivaditāḥ) - they disputed, quarreled, contended

• कश्यपस्य (kaśyapasya) - of Kaśyapa

• सुरासुराः (surāsurāḥ) - gods and demons

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातॄणाम् (bhrātṝṇām) - of brothers, among brothers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Indicates possession or relation.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates asti.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present, 3rd person singular

Root √as (2nd class, atti).

Root: as (class 2)

सौभ्रात्रम् (saubhrātram) - brotherhood, good fraternity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saubhrātra

saubhrātra - brotherhood, good fraternity

From su-bhrātṛ (good brother) + aṇ (suffix) -> saubhrātra.

Note: Subject of asti.

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the brothers.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the following clause.

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one, of a single

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique

Note: Agrees with pituḥ.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Possessive of sutāḥ.

सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

From root √sū (to beget) + kta suffix.

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of implied 'are'.

राज्यहेतोः (rājyahetoḥ) - for the sake of the kingdom, due to the kingdom

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājya+hetu)

• rājya – kingdom, sovereignty, rule
  noun (neuter)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)

Note: Formally a genitive/ablative of a noun, but functions as an indeclinable 'for the sake of'.

विवदिताः (vivaditāḥ) - they disputed, quarreled, contended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vivadita

vivadita - disputed, contended

Past Passive Participle (used as finite verb in classical Sanskrit)

From prefix vi- + root √vad (to speak) + kta suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Used like a finite verb 'they quarreled' for surāsurāḥ.

कश्यपस्य (kaśyapasya) - of Kaśyapa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - Kaśyapa (a celebrated Vedic sage, progenitor of gods, demons, etc.)

Note: Possessive of surāsurāḥ (as his children).

सुरासुराः (surāsurāḥ) - gods and demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of surāsura

surāsura - gods and demons

Compound type : dvandva (sura+asura)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of vivaditāḥ.