महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-196, verse-12

मृगैर्मृगाणां ग्रहणं पक्षिणां पक्षिभिर्यथा ।
गजानां च गजैरेवं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानेन गृह्यते ॥१२॥

12. mṛgairmṛgāṇāṁ grahaṇaṁ pakṣiṇāṁ pakṣibhiryathā ,
gajānāṁ ca gajairevaṁ jñeyaṁ jñānena gṛhyate.

12. mṛgaiḥ mṛgāṇām grahaṇam pakṣiṇām pakṣibhiḥ yathā
| gajānām ca gajaiḥ evam jñeyam jñānena gṛhyate

12. yathā mṛgāṇām grahaṇam mṛgaiḥ pakṣiṇām pakṣibhiḥ ca gajānām gajaiḥ [bhavati],
evam jñeyam jñānena gṛhyate

12. Just as deer are caught by deer, and birds by birds, and similarly elephants are caught by elephants; in the same way, what is to be known (jñeya) is apprehended by knowledge (jñāna).

Words meanings summery:

• मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by deer (by deer, by animals)

• मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer (of deer, of animals)

• ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture (capture, seizing, taking, understanding)

• पक्षिणाम् (pakṣiṇām) - of birds

• पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

• गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• गजैः (gajaiḥ) - by elephants

• एवम् (evam) - in the same way (thus, in this manner, similarly)

• ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - what is to be known (jñeya) (what is to be known, the knowable)

• ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by knowledge (jñāna) (by knowledge, by understanding)

• गृह्यते (gṛhyate) - is apprehended (is grasped, is apprehended, is taken)

Words meanings and morphology

मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - by deer (by deer, by animals)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, gazelle

मृगाणाम् (mṛgāṇām) - of deer (of deer, of animals)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, gazelle

ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture (capture, seizing, taking, understanding)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of grahaṇa

grahaṇa - taking, seizing, grasping, apprehending, capture, understanding

kṛt suffix -aṇa

from `√grah`

Root: grah (class 9)

पक्षिणाम् (pakṣiṇām) - of birds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)

गजानाम् (gajānām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

गजैः (gajaiḥ) - by elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

एवम् (evam) - in the same way (thus, in this manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - what is to be known (jñeya) (what is to be known, the knowable)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, perceptible

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

from `√jñā` with suffix `-ya`

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used as a noun referring to "that which is to be known".

ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - by knowledge (jñāna) (by knowledge, by understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jñāna

jñāna - knowledge (jñāna), wisdom, understanding

from `√jñā`

Root: jñā (class 9)

गृह्यते (gṛhyate) - is apprehended (is grasped, is apprehended, is taken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of grah

present passive

from `√grah` (9th class, `gṛhṇāti` active, `gṛhyate` passive)

Root: grah (class 9)