महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-133, verse-26

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
मत्स्यः सुप्तो न निमिषत्यण्डं जातं न चोपति ।
अश्मनो हृदयं नास्ति नदी वेगेन वर्धते ॥२६॥

26. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
matsyaḥ supto na nimiṣatyaṇḍaṁ jātaṁ na copati ,
aśmano hṛdayaṁ nāsti nadī vegena vardhate.

26. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca matsyaḥ suptaḥ na nimiṣati aṇḍam jātam
na ca upati aśmanaḥ hṛdayam na asti nadī vegena vardhate

26. Aṣṭāvakra said: A fish sleeps but does not wink. An egg is born but does not move. A stone has no heart. A river grows rapidly.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

• सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - sleeping, asleep

• न (na) - not, no

• निमिषति (nimiṣati) - winks, blinks

• अण्डम् (aṇḍam) - egg

• जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, that which is born

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• उपति (upati) - goes, moves, stirs, attains

• अश्मनः (aśmanaḥ) - of a stone, stone's

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• नदी (nadī) - river

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - having eight crooked places, Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṣṭā+vakra)

• aṣṭā – eight
  adjective
• vakra – crooked, bent
  adjective

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

Root: mad

सुप्तः (suptaḥ) - sleeping, asleep

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of supta

supta - sleeping, asleep

Past Passive Participle

From root √svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

निमिषति (nimiṣati) - winks, blinks

(verb)

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

Present 3rd person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: miṣ (class 1)

अण्डम् (aṇḍam) - egg

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aṇḍa

aṇḍa - egg

जातम् (jātam) - born, produced, that which is born

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced

Past Passive Participle

From root √jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उपति (upati) - goes, moves, stirs, attains

(verb)

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

Present 3rd person singular

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

अश्मनः (aśmanaḥ) - of a stone, stone's

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśman

aśman - stone, rock

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Root: nad

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force

Root: vij

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows, increases

(verb)

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

Present 3rd person singular, middle voice

Root: vṛdh (class 1)