महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-27, verse-51

यथाखुः स्याद्बिडालश्च श्वा व्याघ्रश्च बलाबले ।
यथा सृगालः सिंहश्च यथा च शशकुञ्जरौ ॥५१॥

51. yathākhuḥ syādbiḍālaśca śvā vyāghraśca balābale ,
yathā sṛgālaḥ siṁhaśca yathā ca śaśakuñjarau.

51. yathā ākhuḥ syāt biḍālaḥ ca śvā vyāghraḥ ca balābale
yathā sṛgālaḥ siṃhaḥ ca yathā ca śaśakuñjarau

51. yathā ākhuḥ biḍālaḥ ca śvā vyāghraḥ ca balābale
syāt yathā sṛgālaḥ siṃhaḥ ca yathā ca śaśakuñjarau

51. Just as a mouse is to a cat, a dog to a tiger in terms of relative strength, and just as a jackal is to a lion, and a rabbit to an elephant.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• आखुः (ākhuḥ) - mouse, rat

• स्यात् (syāt) - might be, should be, would be

• बिडालः (biḍālaḥ) - cat

• च (ca) - and, also

• श्वा (śvā) - dog

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

• च (ca) - and, also

• बलाबले (balābale) - in strength and weakness, in power and powerlessness

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) - jackal

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

• च (ca) - and, also

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• च (ca) - and, also

• शशकुञ्जरौ (śaśakuñjarau) - a rabbit and an elephant

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

आखुः (ākhuḥ) - mouse, rat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākhu

ākhu - mouse, rat, mole

स्यात् (syāt) - might be, should be, would be

(verb)

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

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

बिडालः (biḍālaḥ) - cat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of biḍāla

biḍāla - cat

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

श्वा (śvā) - dog

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger, cheetah

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बलाबले (balābale) - in strength and weakness, in power and powerlessness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, dual of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, power and lack of power

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of power
  noun (neuter)
  Formed by negative prefix 'a-' + 'bala'.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) - jackal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛgāla

sṛgāla - jackal

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शशकुञ्जरौ (śaśakuñjarau) - a rabbit and an elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śaśakuñjara

śaśakuñjara - rabbit and elephant

Compound type : dvandva (śaśa+kuñjara)

• śaśa – rabbit, hare
  noun (masculine)
• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)