महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-117, verse-21

यथा मृगपतिर्नित्यं प्रकाङ्क्षति वनौकसः ।
तथैव स महाराज व्याघ्रः समभवत्तदा ॥२१॥

21. yathā mṛgapatirnityaṁ prakāṅkṣati vanaukasaḥ ,
tathaiva sa mahārāja vyāghraḥ samabhavattadā.

21. yathā mṛgapatiḥ nityam prakāṅkṣati vanaukasaḥ
tathā eva saḥ mahārāja vyāghraḥ samabhavat tadā

21. mahārāja yathā mṛgapatiḥ nityam vanaukasaḥ prakāṅkṣati,
tathā eva saḥ vyāghraḥ tadā samabhavat

21. Just as the lord of beasts (lion) constantly desires forest-dwelling animals, so indeed, O great king, that tiger then became exactly like that.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• मृगपतिः (mṛgapatiḥ) - lord of beasts, lion

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• प्रकाङ्क्षति (prakāṅkṣati) - desires, longs for, yearns for

• वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - forest dwellers, animals

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

• समभवत् (samabhavat) - he became, he was

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

मृगपतिः (mṛgapatiḥ) - lord of beasts, lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgapati

mṛgapati - lord of beasts, lion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgāṇām patiḥ) (mṛga+pati)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

प्रकाङ्क्षति (prakāṅkṣati) - desires, longs for, yearns for

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - forest dwellers, animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest-dweller, wild animal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vane okasām) (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, home
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

समभवत् (samabhavat) - he became, he was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)