महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-93, verse-21

अपि कीटपतंगानां मृगाणां चैव शोभने ।
स्त्रियो रक्ष्याश्च पोष्याश्च नैवं त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥२१॥

21. api kīṭapataṁgānāṁ mṛgāṇāṁ caiva śobhane ,
striyo rakṣyāśca poṣyāśca naivaṁ tvaṁ vaktumarhasi.

21. api kīṭa-pataṅgānām mṛgāṇām ca eva śobhane striyaḥ
rakṣyāḥ ca poṣyāḥ ca na evam tvam vaktum arhasi

21. śobhane api kīṭa-pataṅgānām mṛgāṇām ca eva striyaḥ
rakṣyāḥ ca poṣyāḥ ca tvam evam na vaktum arhasi

21. O beautiful one (śobhane), even the females of insects, birds, and animals (mṛgāṇām) are to be protected and nurtured. You should not speak in this manner.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• कीट-पतङ्गानाम् (kīṭa-pataṅgānām) - of insects and birds

• मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of animals, of deer

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one, O lovely one

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women, females

• रक्ष्याः (rakṣyāḥ) - to be protected, protectable

• च (ca) - and

• पोष्याः (poṣyāḥ) - to be nourished, nourishable

• च (ca) - and

• न (na) - not

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

कीट-पतङ्गानाम् (kīṭa-pataṅgānām) - of insects and birds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kīṭa-pataṅga

kīṭa-pataṅga - insects and birds

Dvanda compound of kīṭa (insect) and pataṅga (bird/flying insect).

Compound type : dvandva (kīṭa+pataṅga)

• kīṭa – insect, worm
  noun (masculine)
• pataṅga – bird, flying insect, butterfly
  noun (masculine)

मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of animals, of deer

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, beast

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one, O lovely one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śobhanā

śobhanā - beautiful, splendid, excellent (feminine form); a beautiful woman

From root śubh (to shine, be beautiful).

Root: śubh (class 1)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women, females

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

रक्ष्याः (rakṣyāḥ) - to be protected, protectable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rakṣya

rakṣya - to be protected, guardable, protectable

Gerundive

From root rakṣ (to protect, guard).

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पोष्याः (poṣyāḥ) - to be nourished, nourishable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of poṣya

poṣya - to be nourished, to be cherished, nourishable

Gerundive

From root puṣ (to nourish, thrive).

Root: puṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to speak, to say

(verb)

Infinitive

Infinitive form from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)