महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-15, verse-45

हविः श्वा प्रपिबेद्धृष्टो दण्डश्चेन्नोद्यतो भवेत् ।
हरेत्काकः पुरोडाशं यदि दण्डो न पालयेत् ॥४५॥

45. haviḥ śvā prapibeddhṛṣṭo daṇḍaścennodyato bhavet ,
haretkākaḥ puroḍāśaṁ yadi daṇḍo na pālayet.

45. haviḥ śvā prapibet dhṛṣṭaḥ daṇḍaḥ cet na udyataḥ
bhavet | haret kākaḥ puroḍāśam yadi daṇḍaḥ na pālayet

45. cet daṇḍaḥ udyataḥ na bhavet (tarhi) dhṛṣṭaḥ śvā haviḥ
prapibet yadi daṇḍaḥ na pālayet (tarhi) kākaḥ puroḍāśam haret

45. A brazen dog would drink the offering (haviṣ) if the rod of justice (daṇḍa) were not raised. A crow would steal the rice-cake (puroḍāśa) if justice (daṇḍa) did not protect.

Words meanings summery:

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering (to gods), sacrificial butter

• श्वा (śvā) - dog

• प्रपिबेत् (prapibet) - would drink

• धृष्टः (dhṛṣṭaḥ) - brazen, bold, impudent, audacious

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - rod, staff, punishment, justice

• चेत् (cet) - if, in case that

• न (na) - not, no

• उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - raised, uplifted, prepared, ready

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

• हरेत् (haret) - would take, would steal

• काकः (kākaḥ) - crow

• पुरोडाशम् (puroḍāśam) - rice-cake (sacrificial offering)

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - rod, staff, punishment, justice

• न (na) - not, no

• पालयेत् (pālayet) - would protect, should protect, would govern

Words meanings and morphology

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering (to gods), sacrificial butter

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, sacrificial butter or ghee

श्वा (śvā) - dog

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

प्रपिबेत् (prapibet) - would drink

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: pā (class 1)

धृष्टः (dhṛṣṭaḥ) - brazen, bold, impudent, audacious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭa

dhṛṣṭa - bold, impudent, brazen, audacious, presumptuous

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhṛṣ

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'śvā'

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - rod, staff, punishment, justice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, staff, punishment, justice, fine, sceptre

चेत् (cet) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उद्यतः (udyataḥ) - raised, uplifted, prepared, ready

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - raised, lifted up, prepared, ready, exerted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yam with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'daṇḍaḥ'

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, might be, should be

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

हरेत् (haret) - would take, would steal

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

काकः (kākaḥ) - crow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

पुरोडाशम् (puroḍāśam) - rice-cake (sacrificial offering)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puroḍāśa

puroḍāśa - a sacrificial cake made of ground rice, an oblation

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - rod, staff, punishment, justice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - rod, staff, punishment, justice, fine, sceptre

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पालयेत् (pālayet) - would protect, should protect, would govern

(verb)

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

Root: pāl (class 10)