महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-15, verse-21

नकुलो मूषकानत्ति बिडालो नकुलं तथा ।
बिडालमत्ति श्वा राजञ्श्वानं व्यालमृगस्तथा ॥२१॥

21. nakulo mūṣakānatti biḍālo nakulaṁ tathā ,
biḍālamatti śvā rājañśvānaṁ vyālamṛgastathā.

21. nakulaḥ mūṣakān atti biḍālaḥ nakulam tathā
biḍālam atti śvā rājan śvānam vyālamṛgaḥ tathā

21. nakulaḥ mūṣakān atti.
tathā biḍālaḥ nakulam atti.
rājan śvā biḍālam atti.
tathā vyālamṛgaḥ śvānam atti.

21. A mongoose eats mice, and similarly, a cat eats a mongoose. A dog eats a cat, O King, and likewise, a predatory animal eats a dog.

Words meanings summery:

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - mongoose

• मूषकान् (mūṣakān) - mice, rats

• अत्ति (atti) - eats, consumes

• बिडालः (biḍālaḥ) - cat

• नकुलम् (nakulam) - mongoose (accusative)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so also, thus

• बिडालम् (biḍālam) - cat (accusative)

• श्वा (śvā) - dog

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• श्वानम् (śvānam) - dog (accusative)

• व्यालमृगः (vyālamṛgaḥ) - predatory animal, wild beast

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so also, thus

Words meanings and morphology

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - mongoose

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

मूषकान् (mūṣakān) - mice, rats

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mūṣaka

mūṣaka - mouse, rat

अत्ति (atti) - eats, consumes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ad

Root: ad (class 2)

बिडालः (biḍālaḥ) - cat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of biḍāla

biḍāla - cat

नकुलम् (nakulam) - mongoose (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so also, thus

(indeclinable)

बिडालम् (biḍālam) - cat (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of biḍāla

biḍāla - cat

श्वा (śvā) - dog

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

श्वानम् (śvānam) - dog (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

व्यालमृगः (vyālamṛgaḥ) - predatory animal, wild beast

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyālamṛga

vyālamṛga - predatory animal, wild beast, a fierce animal

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vyāla+mṛga)

• vyāla – fierce, vicious, dangerous (often refers to a snake or fierce animal)
  adjective (masculine)
• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so also, thus

(indeclinable)