वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-7, verse-19

शरभेण यथा सिंहाः सिंहेन द्विरदा यथा ।
द्विरदेन यथा व्याघ्रा व्याघ्रेण द्वीपिनो यथा ॥१९॥

19. śarabheṇa yathā siṃhāḥ siṃhena dviradā yathā ,
dviradena yathā vyāghrā vyāghreṇa dvīpino yathā.

19. śarabheṇa yathā siṃhāḥ siṃhena dviradāḥ yathā
dviradena yathā vyāghrāḥ vyāghreṇa dvīpinaḥ yathā

19. yathā siṃhāḥ śarabheṇa yathā dviradāḥ siṃhena
yathā vyāghrāḥ dviradena yathā dvīpinaḥ vyāghreṇa

19. As lions are put to flight by a śarabha, as elephants by a lion, as tigers by an elephant, and as leopards by a tiger.

Words meanings summery:

• शरभेण (śarabheṇa) - by a śarabha

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• सिंहाः (siṁhāḥ) - lions

• सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion

• द्विरदाः (dviradāḥ) - elephants (lit. having two tusks)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• द्विरदेन (dviradena) - by an elephant

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

• व्याघ्रेण (vyāghreṇa) - by a tiger

• द्वीपिनः (dvīpinaḥ) - leopards, panthers

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

Words meanings and morphology

शरभेण (śarabheṇa) - by a śarabha

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śarabha

śarabha - śarabha (a mythical eight-legged beast, said to be stronger than a lion), a type of deer

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

सिंहाः (siṁhāḥ) - lions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siṃha

siṁha - lion, a zodiac sign, a title of honor

सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion, a zodiac sign, a title of honor

द्विरदाः (dviradāḥ) - elephants (lit. having two tusks)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvirada

dvirada - elephant (lit. 'having two tusks')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+rada)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• rada – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

द्विरदेन (dviradena) - by an elephant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dvirada

dvirada - elephant (lit. 'having two tusks')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+rada)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• rada – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

व्याघ्रेण (vyāghreṇa) - by a tiger

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

द्वीपिनः (dvīpinaḥ) - leopards, panthers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvīpin

dvīpin - leopard, panther, tiger (sometimes)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)