महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-48, verse-12

मत्स्यो यथान्यः स्यादप्सु संप्रयोगस्तथानयोः ।
संबन्धस्तोयबिन्दूनां पर्णे कोकनदस्य च ॥१२॥

12. matsyo yathānyaḥ syādapsu saṁprayogastathānayoḥ ,
saṁbandhastoyabindūnāṁ parṇe kokanadasya ca.

12. matsyaḥ yathā anyaḥ syāt apsu saṃprayogaḥ tathā
anayoḥ saṃbandhaḥ toyabindūnām parṇe kokanadasya ca

12. yathā matsyaḥ apsu anyaḥ syāt tathā anayoḥ saṃprayogaḥ
(asti) ca kokanadasya parṇe toyabindūnām saṃbandhaḥ (asti)

12. Just as a fish, though in water, remains distinct, so too is the close association of these two. And similarly, it is like the connection of water droplets on the leaf of a red lotus.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, different, distinct

• स्यात् (syāt) - should be, would be, may be (from 'as')

• अप्सु (apsu) - in water

• संप्रयोगः (saṁprayogaḥ) - close association, connection, union, contact

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two, between these two

• संबन्धः (saṁbandhaḥ) - relationship, connection, bond

• तोयबिन्दूनाम् (toyabindūnām) - of water drops

• पर्णे (parṇe) - on a leaf

• कोकनदस्य (kokanadasya) - of a red lotus

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of matsya

matsya - fish

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, different, distinct

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, distinct

स्यात् (syāt) - should be, would be, may be (from 'as')

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अप्सु (apsu) - in water

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

संप्रयोगः (saṁprayogaḥ) - close association, connection, union, contact

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃprayoga

saṁprayoga - union, contact, association, application

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: yuj

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

अनयोः (anayoḥ) - of these two, between these two

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of idam

idam - this (pronoun)

संबन्धः (saṁbandhaḥ) - relationship, connection, bond

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbandha

saṁbandha - connection, relationship, bond

Prefix: sam

Root: bandh

तोयबिन्दूनाम् (toyabindūnām) - of water drops

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of toyabindu

toyabindu - water drop

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (toya+bindu)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• bindu – drop, point
  noun (masculine)

पर्णे (parṇe) - on a leaf

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of parṇa

parṇa - leaf, feather

कोकनदस्य (kokanadasya) - of a red lotus

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kokanada

kokanada - red lotus

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)