महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-157, verse-8

यथा वराहस्य शुनश्च युध्यतोस्तयोरभावे श्वपचस्य लाभः ।
मन्ये विद्वन्वासुदेवस्य तद्वद्युद्धे लाभः कर्णहैडिम्बयोर्वै ॥८॥

8. yathā varāhasya śunaśca yudhyato;stayorabhāve śvapacasya lābhaḥ ,
manye vidvanvāsudevasya tadva;dyuddhe lābhaḥ karṇahaiḍimbayorvai.

8. yathā varāhasya śunaḥ ca yudhyatoḥ
tayoḥ abhāve śvapacasya lābhaḥ
manye vidvan vāsudevasya tadvat
yuddhe lābhaḥ karṇahaiḍimbayoḥ vai

8. विद्वन्,
यथा वराहस्य शुनः च युध्यतोः तयोः अभावे श्वपचस्य लाभः,
तद्वत् कर्णहैडिम्बयोः युद्धे वासुदेवस्य लाभः वै मन्ये।

8. O learned one, just as when a boar and a dog are fighting and both disappear, the gain is for the dog-eater; similarly, I believe that in the battle between Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca, the true gain is for Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• वराहस्य (varāhasya) - of a boar

• शुनः (śunaḥ) - of a dog

• च (ca) - and

• युध्यतोः (yudhyatoḥ) - of the two fighting

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two

• अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, upon the disappearance

• श्वपचस्य (śvapacasya) - of the dog-eater, of the Caṇḍāla (an outcast)

• लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain, profit, advantage

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider

• विद्वन् (vidvan) - O learned one, O wise one

• वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, during the fight

• लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain, profit, advantage

• कर्णहैडिम्बयोः (karṇahaiḍimbayoḥ) - of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca (Haiḍimba)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

वराहस्य (varāhasya) - of a boar

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of varāha

varāha - boar, wild hog, a specific avatar of Viṣṇu

Note: Possessive, referring to the boar.

शुनः (śunaḥ) - of a dog

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

Note: Possessive, referring to the dog.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

युध्यतोः (yudhyatoḥ) - of the two fighting

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of yudhyat

yudhyat - fighting, battling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root yudh (class 4) 'to fight'

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'varāhasya śunaś ca'.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: Refers to the boar and the dog.

अभावे (abhāve) - in the absence, upon the disappearance

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of abhāva

abhāva - non-existence, absence, disappearance, negation

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'bhāva' (being, existence)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhāva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• bhāva – being, existence, state, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū 'to be/become'
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates condition or circumstance.

श्वपचस्य (śvapacasya) - of the dog-eater, of the Caṇḍāla (an outcast)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śvapaca

śvapaca - dog-eater, Caṇḍāla (an outcast, one of the lowest classes)

Compound 'śvan' (dog) + 'paca' (cook/eater)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śvan+paca)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• paca – cooker, eater
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root pac 'to cook/ripen'
  Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Possessive.

लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain, profit, advantage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lābha

lābha - gain, acquisition, profit, advantage, obtaining

Derived from root labh 'to obtain'

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Subject.

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Mood, Ātmanepada, 1st Person Singular

Root man (class 4)

Root: man (class 4)

विद्वन् (vidvan) - O learned one, O wise one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vidvat

vidvat - learned, wise, knowing, intelligent

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vid (class 2) 'to know'

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Addressed to a wise person.

वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa (son of Vasudeva)

Note: Possessive, indicating the owner of the gain.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial, comparing the two situations.

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, during the fight

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war, combat

Derived from root yudh 'to fight'

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Locative of time or place.

लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain, profit, advantage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lābha

lābha - gain, acquisition, profit, advantage, obtaining

Derived from root labh 'to obtain'

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Subject.

कर्णहैडिम्बयोः (karṇahaiḍimbayoḥ) - of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca (Haiḍimba)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of karṇahaiḍimba

karṇahaiḍimba - Karṇa and Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca)

Compound type : dvandva (karṇa+haiḍimba)

• karṇa – Karṇa (a Mahabharata hero), ear
  proper noun (masculine)
• haiḍimba – son of Hiḍimbā (Ghaṭotkaca)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from Hiḍimbā, his mother.

Note: Pertaining to the battle between them.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.