महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-44

यथा च स्वगृहस्थः श्वा व्याघ्रं वनगतं भषेत् ।
तथा त्वं भषसे कर्ण नरव्याघ्रं धनंजयम् ॥४४॥

44. yathā ca svagṛhasthaḥ śvā vyāghraṁ vanagataṁ bhaṣet ,
tathā tvaṁ bhaṣase karṇa naravyāghraṁ dhanaṁjayam.

44. yathā ca svagṛhasthaḥ śvā vyāghram vanagatam bhaṣet
tathā tvam bhaṣase karṇa naravyāghram dhanañjayam

44. yathā ca svagṛhasthaḥ śvā vanagatam vyāghram bhaṣet
tathā karṇa tvam naravyāghram dhanañjayam bhaṣase

44. Just as a dog, confined to its own house, might bark at a tiger located in the forest, so too, O Karna, do you bark at Dhananjaya (Arjuna), who is a tiger among men.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• स्वगृहस्थः (svagṛhasthaḥ) - a dog confined to its own house (situated in one's own house, homeowner)

• श्वा (śvā) - dog

• व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

• वनगतम् (vanagatam) - a tiger that has gone to or resides in the forest (gone to the forest, situated in the forest)

• भषेत् (bhaṣet) - would bark, should bark

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, similarly

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• भषसे (bhaṣase) - you bark, you howl

• कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

• नरव्याघ्रम् (naravyāghram) - Arjuna, a heroic and powerful man like a tiger (man-tiger, a tiger among men)

• धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhananjaya (Arjuna)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

स्वगृहस्थः (svagṛhasthaḥ) - a dog confined to its own house (situated in one's own house, homeowner)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svagṛhastha

svagṛhastha - one who stays in his own house

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+gṛha+stha)

• sva – one's own
  adjective
• gṛha – house, home
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective
  root sthā + a
  Root: sthā (class 1)

श्वा (śvā) - dog

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

वनगतम् (vanagatam) - a tiger that has gone to or resides in the forest (gone to the forest, situated in the forest)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vanagata

vanagata - gone to the forest, residing in the forest

Past Passive Participle

from vana + gam (gata)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gata)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, past, arrived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

भषेत् (bhaṣet) - would bark, should bark

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhaṣ

Root: bhaṣ (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, similarly

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

भषसे (bhaṣase) - you bark, you howl

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of bhaṣ

Root: bhaṣ (class 1)

कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (a character in the Mahabharata)

नरव्याघ्रम् (naravyāghram) - Arjuna, a heroic and powerful man like a tiger (man-tiger, a tiger among men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - a tiger among men, a pre-eminent man

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhananjaya (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - conqueror of wealth (an epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, conquest, conqueror
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ji (class 1)