महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-57, verse-9

भिनत्ति शिरसा शैलमहिं भोजयते च यः ।
स एव तस्य कुरुते कार्याणामनुशासनम् ॥९॥

9. bhinatti śirasā śailamahiṁ bhojayate ca yaḥ ,
sa eva tasya kurute kāryāṇāmanuśāsanam.

9. bhinatti śirasā śailam ahim bhojayate ca
yaḥ saḥ eva tasya kurute kāryāṇām anuśāsanam

9. Indeed, he who shatters a mountain with his head and feeds a snake is the very one who imposes his will on his own affairs.

Words meanings summery:

• भिनत्ति (bhinatti) - breaks, splits, pierces

• शिरसा (śirasā) - by the head, with the head

• शैलम् (śailam) - mountain, rock

• अहिम् (ahim) - snake

• भोजयते (bhojayate) - causes to eat, feeds

• च (ca) - and, also

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of that

• कुरुते (kurute) - does, performs, makes

• कार्याणाम् (kāryāṇām) - of actions, of tasks, of duties

• अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, command, control, governance, discipline

Words meanings and morphology

भिनत्ति (bhinatti) - breaks, splits, pierces

(verb)

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

Root: bhid (class 7)

शिरसा (śirasā) - by the head, with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

शैलम् (śailam) - mountain, rock

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock

अहिम् (ahim) - snake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahi

ahi - snake

भोजयते (bhojayate) - causes to eat, feeds

(verb)

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

causative

causative of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कुरुते (kurute) - does, performs, makes

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कार्याणाम् (kāryāṇām) - of actions, of tasks, of duties

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, task, action

gerundive

from kṛ + ṇyaT

Root: kṛ

अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - instruction, command, control, governance, discipline

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuśāsana

anuśāsana - instruction, command, rule, control, governance

Prefix: anu

Root: śās