महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-59, verse-6

आत्मजेषु परं स्नेहं सर्वभूतानि कुर्वते ।
प्रियाणि चैषां कुर्वन्ति यथाशक्ति हितानि च ॥६॥

6. ātmajeṣu paraṁ snehaṁ sarvabhūtāni kurvate ,
priyāṇi caiṣāṁ kurvanti yathāśakti hitāni ca.

6. ātmajeṣu param sneham sarvabhūtāni kurvate |
priyāṇi ca eṣām kurvanti yathāśakti hitāni ca

6. All beings show great affection towards their offspring. And they do what is dear and beneficial to them, according to their capacity (śakti).

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मजेषु (ātmajeṣu) - in/among their offspring, towards their children

• परम् (param) - great (affection) (supreme, highest, greatest)

• स्नेहम् (sneham) - affection (affection, love, tenderness, oil)

• सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings, all creatures

• कुर्वते (kurvate) - they show (affection) (they do, they make)

• प्रियाणि (priyāṇi) - dear things, pleasant things

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषाम् (eṣām) - to them (the offspring) (of these, to these, for these)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do (for them) (they do, they make)

• यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to power/capacity, to the best of one's ability

• हितानि (hitāni) - beneficial things, welfare

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मजेषु (ātmajeṣu) - in/among their offspring, towards their children

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of ātmaja

ātmaja - offspring, child, son, daughter (lit. born from oneself)

Compound of ātman (self) + √jan (to be born).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √jan.
  Root: jan (class 4)

परम् (param) - great (affection) (supreme, highest, greatest)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, greatest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Agrees with sneham. Often used adverbially too.

स्नेहम् (sneham) - affection (affection, love, tenderness, oil)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, tenderness, attachment, oil, fat

From root √snih (to be sticky, to be affectionate).

Root: snih (class 4)

सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings, all creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound of sarva (all) + bhūta (being).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhūta – being, creature, element; past (participle of √bhū)
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कुर्वते (kurvate) - they show (affection) (they do, they make)

(verb)

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

Present middle indicative

From root √kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रियाणि (priyāṇi) - dear things, pleasant things

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasant, agreeable; dear one, pleasant thing

Note: Used as a noun referring to 'dear things'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - to them (the offspring) (of these, to these, for these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to 'ātmajeṣu'.

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they do (for them) (they do, they make)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present active indicative

From root √kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यथाशक्ति (yathāśakti) - according to power/capacity, to the best of one's ability

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound: yathā + śakti.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+śakti)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• śakti – power, strength, capacity, energy, divine feminine power (śakti)
  noun (feminine)
  From root √śak (to be able).
  Root: śak (class 5)

हितानि (hitāni) - beneficial things, welfare

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of hita

hita - beneficial, salutary, suitable; welfare, benefit

Past Passive Participle

From root √dhā (to place, put, do), with irregular formation.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'beneficial things'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)