महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-79, verse-41

यथा दारुमयो हस्ती यथा चर्ममयो मृगः ।
यथा ह्यनेत्रः शकटः पथि क्षेत्रं यथोषरम् ॥४१॥

41. yathā dārumayo hastī yathā carmamayo mṛgaḥ ,
yathā hyanetraḥ śakaṭaḥ pathi kṣetraṁ yathoṣaram.

41. yathā dārumayaḥ hastī yathā carmamayaḥ mṛgaḥ yathā
hi anetraḥ śakaṭaḥ pathi kṣetram yathā ūṣaram

41. yathā dārumayaḥ hastī yathā carmamayaḥ mṛgaḥ yathā
hi anetraḥ śakaṭaḥ pathi yathā ūṣaram kṣetram

41. Just as a wooden elephant [is useless], and just as a deer made of hide [is useless]. Similarly, a cart without its oxen (or 'eyes') on the road, and a barren field [are useless].

Words meanings summery:

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

• दारुमयः (dārumayaḥ) - made of wood

• हस्ती (hastī) - an elephant

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

• चर्ममयः (carmamayaḥ) - made of hide/skin

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer, an animal

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

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• अनेत्रः (anetraḥ) - eyeless, without a guide/driver

• शकटः (śakaṭaḥ) - a cart, waggon

• पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the road

• क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - a field

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

• ऊषरम् (ūṣaram) - barren, unproductive

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

दारुमयः (dārumayaḥ) - made of wood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dārumaya

dārumaya - made of wood, wooden

derived from dāru (wood) + -maya (made of) suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāru+maya)

• dāru – wood, timber
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix (masculine)

Note: modifies `hastī`

हस्ती (hastī) - an elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hastin

hastin - elephant

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

(indeclinable)

चर्ममयः (carmamayaḥ) - made of hide/skin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carmamaya

carmamaya - made of hide, leathern

derived from carman (hide) + -maya (made of) suffix

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (carman+maya)

• carman – skin, hide, leather
  noun (neuter)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix (masculine)

Note: modifies `mṛgaḥ`

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a deer, an animal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

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

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

अनेत्रः (anetraḥ) - eyeless, without a guide/driver

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anetra

anetra - eyeless, blind, without a leader/guide (for a cart)

negated noun netra (eye/leader)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+netra)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• netra – eye, leader, guide
  noun (neuter)
  from root nī (to lead)
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: modifies `śakaṭaḥ`

शकटः (śakaṭaḥ) - a cart, waggon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakaṭa

śakaṭa - cart, waggon

पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the road

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

क्षेत्रम् (kṣetram) - a field

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣetra

kṣetra - field, land, territory, place

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

(indeclinable)

ऊषरम् (ūṣaram) - barren, unproductive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ūṣara

ūṣara - barren, sterile, unproductive (land)

Note: modifies `kṣetram`