महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-68, verse-13

यथाफलाः षण्ढतिला यथा चर्ममया मृगाः ।
तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे यथा काकयवा अपि ॥१३॥

13. yathāphalāḥ ṣaṇḍhatilā yathā carmamayā mṛgāḥ ,
tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve yathā kākayavā api.

13. yathāphalāḥ ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ yathā carmamayāḥ mṛgāḥ
tathā eva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve yathā kākayavāḥ api

13. Just as barren sesame seeds are fruitless, and just as deer made of hide are worthless, so too are all the Pāṇḍavas, even like crow's barley.

Words meanings summery:

• यथाफलाः (yathāphalāḥ) - fruitless, without fruit

• षण्ढतिलाः (ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ) - barren sesame seeds

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• चर्ममयाः (carmamayāḥ) - made of skin/leather

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, animals

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• काकयवाः (kākayavāḥ) - crow's barley (a useless type of barley)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

Words meanings and morphology

यथाफलाः (yathāphalāḥ) - fruitless, without fruit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yathāphala

yathāphala - according to fruit; (adj.) fruitless, unproductive (as a simile)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yathā+phala)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner
  indeclinable
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

षण्ढतिलाः (ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ) - barren sesame seeds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṣaṇḍhatila

ṣaṇḍhatila - barren or infertile sesame seed

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ṣaṇḍha+tila)

• ṣaṇḍha – eunuch, barren, infertile
  adjective (masculine)
• tila – sesame seed
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

चर्ममयाः (carmamayāḥ) - made of skin/leather

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of carmamaya

carmamaya - made of skin, leathern

Derived from 'carman' (skin) with suffix '-maya'

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, animal, beast

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

काकयवाः (kākayavāḥ) - crow's barley (a useless type of barley)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kākayava

kākayava - crow's barley (a wild, useless kind of barley)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kāka+yava)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• yava – barley, grain
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)