महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-43, verse-2

अविः पशूनां सर्वेषामाखुश्च बिलवासिनाम् ।
गवां गोवृषभश्चैव स्त्रीणां पुरुष एव च ॥२॥

2. aviḥ paśūnāṁ sarveṣāmākhuśca bilavāsinām ,
gavāṁ govṛṣabhaścaiva strīṇāṁ puruṣa eva ca.

2. aviḥ paśūnām sarveṣām ākhuḥ ca bilavāsinām
gavām govṛṣabhaḥ ca eva strīṇām puruṣaḥ eva ca

2. sarveṣām paśūnām aviḥ bilavāsinām ca ākhuḥ
gavām govṛṣabhaḥ ca eva strīṇām ca puruṣaḥ eva

2. A ram among all animals, and a mouse among those living in holes; a bull among cattle, and a man among women.

Words meanings summery:

• अविः (aviḥ) - a ram, sheep

• पशूनाम् (paśūnām) - of animals, among animals

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• आखुः (ākhuḥ) - a mouse, rat

• च (ca) - and

• बिलवासिनाम् (bilavāsinām) - of hole-dwellers, among those living in holes

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows/cattle, among cows/cattle

• गोवृषभः (govṛṣabhaḥ) - a bull

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women, among women

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man, male

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

अविः (aviḥ) - a ram, sheep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avi

avi - a ram, sheep

पशूनाम् (paśūnām) - of animals, among animals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - an animal, cattle

Note: Used with a sense of 'among'.

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with paśūnām.

आखुः (ākhuḥ) - a mouse, rat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākhu

ākhu - a mouse, rat

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बिलवासिनाम् (bilavāsinām) - of hole-dwellers, among those living in holes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bilavāsin

bilavāsin - a dweller in holes or caves

Note: Used with a sense of 'among'.

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows/cattle, among cows/cattle

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - a cow, cattle

Note: Used with a sense of 'among'.

गोवृषभः (govṛṣabhaḥ) - a bull

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of govṛṣabha

govṛṣabha - a bull

Compound type : tatpurusha (go+vṛṣabha)

• go – cow, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• vṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women, among women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - a woman, female

Note: Used with a sense of 'among'.

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man, male

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - a man, male, person, spirit, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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