महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-5, verse-16

ग्राम्याणां पुरुषः श्रेष्ठः सिंहश्चारण्यवासिनाम् ।
सर्वेषामेव भूतानामन्योन्येनाभिजीवनम् ॥१६॥

16. grāmyāṇāṁ puruṣaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ siṁhaścāraṇyavāsinām ,
sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāmanyonyenābhijīvanam.

16. grāmyāṇām puruṣaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ siṃhaḥ ca araṇya-vāsinām
sarveṣām eva bhūtānām anyonyena abhijīvanam

16. grāmyāṇām puruṣaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ,
ca araṇya-vāsinām siṃhaḥ (śreṣṭhaḥ).
sarveṣām eva bhūtānām anyonyena abhijīvanam (bhavati).

16. Among domestic creatures, the human (puruṣa) is supreme, and among forest-dwellers, the lion is supreme. Indeed, the subsistence of all beings is based on mutual dependence.

Words meanings summery:

• ग्राम्याणाम् (grāmyāṇām) - among domestic creatures (of domestic animals, among domestic ones)

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - human (puruṣa) (man, human being, person (puruṣa))

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - supreme (best, excellent, supreme)

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अरण्य-वासिनाम् (araṇya-vāsinām) - among forest-dwellers (wild animals) (of forest-dwellers, among wild animals)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of all, for all)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

• अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by mutual (dependence) (by each other, mutually)

• अभिजीवनम् (abhijīvanam) - subsistence (livelihood, subsistence, living)

Words meanings and morphology

ग्राम्याणाम् (grāmyāṇām) - among domestic creatures (of domestic animals, among domestic ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of grāmya

grāmya - domestic, rustic, belonging to a village

Note: Elliptical, understood as 'grāmyāṇām paśūnām' (among domestic animals).

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - human (puruṣa) (man, human being, person (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, male, person (puruṣa), spiritual principle

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - supreme (best, excellent, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, excellent, supreme, chief

Superlative form of praśasya (good)

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अरण्य-वासिनाम् (araṇya-vāsinām) - among forest-dwellers (wild animals) (of forest-dwellers, among wild animals)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of araṇya-vāsin

araṇya-vāsin - forest-dweller, wild animal

Compound type : tatpurusha (araṇya+vāsin)

• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  From root vas 'to dwell'
  Root: vas (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all (of all, for all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures, of elements)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, past

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū 'to be'

Root: bhū (class 1)

अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by mutual (dependence) (by each other, mutually)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - mutual, one another

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'mutually'.

अभिजीवनम् (abhijīvanam) - subsistence (livelihood, subsistence, living)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhijīvana

abhijīvana - livelihood, subsistence, living upon

From prefix abhi- and root jīv 'to live'

Prefix: abhi

Root: jīv (class 1)