महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-138, verse-25

बकवच्चिन्तयेदर्थान्सिंहवच्च पराक्रमेत् ।
वृकवच्चावलुम्पेत शशवच्च विनिष्पतेत् ॥२५॥

25. bakavaccintayedarthānsiṁhavacca parākramet ,
vṛkavaccāvalumpeta śaśavacca viniṣpatet.

25. bakavat ca cintayet arthān siṃhavat ca parākramet
vṛkavat ca avalumpeta śaśavat ca viniṣpatet

25. bakavat arthān cintayet siṃhavat ca parākramet
vṛkavat ca avalumpeta śaśavat ca viniṣpatet

25. One should contemplate objectives like a heron, act valiantly like a lion, seize opportunities like a wolf, and escape like a rabbit.

Words meanings summery:

• बकवत् (bakavat) - like a heron, like a crane

• च (ca) - and

• चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - one should contemplate, one should think

• अर्थान् (arthān) - objectives, purposes, matters

• सिंहवत् (siṁhavat) - like a lion

• च (ca) - and

• पराक्रमेत् (parākramet) - one should act valiantly, one should show prowess

• वृकवत् (vṛkavat) - like a wolf

• च (ca) - and

• अवलुम्पेत (avalumpeta) - one should plunder, one should seize

• शशवत् (śaśavat) - like a rabbit, like a hare

• च (ca) - and

• विनिष्पतेत् (viniṣpatet) - one should flee, one should escape

Words meanings and morphology

बकवत् (bakavat) - like a heron, like a crane

(indeclinable)

formed from baka (heron) + vat (like)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - one should contemplate, one should think

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of cint

Root: cit (class 10)

अर्थान् (arthān) - objectives, purposes, matters

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - purpose, object, meaning, wealth, matter

सिंहवत् (siṁhavat) - like a lion

(indeclinable)

formed from siṃha (lion) + vat (like)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पराक्रमेत् (parākramet) - one should act valiantly, one should show prowess

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of parākram

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

वृकवत् (vṛkavat) - like a wolf

(indeclinable)

formed from vṛka (wolf) + vat (like)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अवलुम्पेत (avalumpeta) - one should plunder, one should seize

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of avalump

Prefix: ava

Root: lup (class 6)

शशवत् (śaśavat) - like a rabbit, like a hare

(indeclinable)

formed from śaśa (rabbit) + vat (like)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

विनिष्पतेत् (viniṣpatet) - one should flee, one should escape

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of viniṣpat

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: pat (class 1)