महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-37, verse-42

न स्याद्वनमृते व्याघ्रान्व्याघ्रा न स्युरृते वनम् ।
वनं हि रक्ष्यते व्याघ्रैर्व्याघ्रान्रक्षति काननम् ॥४२॥

42. na syādvanamṛte vyāghrānvyāghrā na syurṛte vanam ,
vanaṁ hi rakṣyate vyāghrairvyāghrānrakṣati kānanam.

42. na syāt vanam ṛte vyāghrān vyāghrāḥ na syuḥ ṛte vanam
vanam hi rakṣyate vyāghraiḥ vyāghrān rakṣati kānanam

42. The forest would not exist without tigers, and tigers would not exist without the forest. Indeed, the forest is protected by tigers, and the forest protects the tigers.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, let it be, may it be

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

• व्याघ्रान् (vyāghrān) - tigers

• व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

• न (na) - not, no

• स्युः (syuḥ) - would be, let them be, may they be

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• रक्ष्यते (rakṣyate) - is protected, is guarded

• व्याघ्रैः (vyāghraiḥ) - by tigers

• व्याघ्रान् (vyāghrān) - tigers

• रक्षति (rakṣati) - protects, guards

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, let it be, may it be

(verb)

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

Optative Mood

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, optative mood of √as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Subject of 'syāt'.

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

(indeclinable)

व्याघ्रान् (vyāghrān) - tigers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

Note: Object of 'ṛte'.

व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

Note: Subject of 'syuḥ'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्युः (syuḥ) - would be, let them be, may they be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice, optative mood of √as (class 2)

Root: as (class 2)

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, apart from

(indeclinable)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Object of 'ṛte'.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Subject of 'rakṣyate'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

रक्ष्यते (rakṣyate) - is protected, is guarded

(verb)

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

Present Passive

3rd person singular, present tense, passive voice, middle ending of √rakṣ (class 1)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

व्याघ्रैः (vyāghraiḥ) - by tigers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

Note: Agent in passive construction.

व्याघ्रान् (vyāghrān) - tigers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

Note: Object of 'rakṣati'.

रक्षति (rakṣati) - protects, guards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of rakṣ

Present Active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice of √rakṣ (class 1)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove

Note: Subject of 'rakṣati'.