महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-45

सृगालोऽपि वने कर्ण शशैः परिवृतो वसन् ।
मन्यते सिंहमात्मानं यावत्सिंहं न पश्यति ॥४५॥

45. sṛgālo'pi vane karṇa śaśaiḥ parivṛto vasan ,
manyate siṁhamātmānaṁ yāvatsiṁhaṁ na paśyati.

45. sṛgālaḥ api vane karṇa śaśaiḥ parivṛtaḥ vasan
manyate siṃham ātmānam yāvat siṃham na paśyati

45. karṇa,
api vane śaśaiḥ parivṛtaḥ vasan sṛgālaḥ ātmānam siṃham manyate yāvat siṃham na paśyati

45. O Karna, even a jackal living in the forest, surrounded by rabbits, considers its own self (ātman) to be a lion, as long as it does not see a (real) lion.

Words meanings summery:

• सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) - jackal

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

• कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

• शशैः (śaśaiḥ) - by hares, by rabbits

• परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed

• वसन् (vasan) - living (in the forest) (dwelling, living, residing)

• मन्यते (manyate) - considers, thinks, believes

• सिंहम् (siṁham) - lion

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself (referring to the jackal) (oneself, the self, the soul, the essence)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, while

• सिंहम् (siṁham) - a real lion (as opposed to its self-perception) (lion)

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds, observes

Words meanings and morphology

सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) - jackal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛgāla

sṛgāla - jackal

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

कर्ण (karṇa) - O Karna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (a character in the Mahabharata)

शशैः (śaśaiḥ) - by hares, by rabbits

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaśa

śaśa - hare, rabbit

परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded, encompassed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivṛta

parivṛta - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛ (to cover) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

वसन् (vasan) - living (in the forest) (dwelling, living, residing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasat

vasat - dwelling, living, residing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

मन्यते (manyate) - considers, thinks, believes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)

सिंहम् (siṁham) - lion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself (referring to the jackal) (oneself, the self, the soul, the essence)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, while

(indeclinable)

सिंहम् (siṁham) - a real lion (as opposed to its self-perception) (lion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds, observes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present stem is paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)