योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-21

लिक्षामणुकणक्षामां क्षुधा खादति मक्षिका ।
तां कोशकारः क्षुधितो दंशस्तमपि चञ्चलम् ॥ २१ ॥

likṣāmaṇukaṇakṣāmāṃ kṣudhā khādati makṣikā ,
tāṃ kośakāraḥ kṣudhito daṃśastamapi cañcalam 21

21. likṣām aṇukaṇakṣāmām kṣudhā khādati makṣikā | tām
kośakāraḥ kṣudhitaḥ daṃśaḥ tam api cañcalam ||

21. makṣikā kṣudhā aṇukaṇakṣāmām likṣām
khādati kṣudhitaḥ kośakāraḥ tām
(makṣikām) (khādati) daṃśaḥ api
cañcalam tam (kośakāram) (khādati)

21. A hungry fly eats a nit that is as tiny as a speck of grain. A hungry silkworm (kośakāra) then eats that restless fly. And even that (silkworm) is eaten by a gnat (daṃśa).

Words meanings summery:

• लिक्षाम् (likṣām) - nit, louse egg

• अणुकणक्षामाम् (aṇukaṇakṣāmām) - tiny as a speck of grain, extremely minute

• क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger, due to hunger

• खादति (khādati) - eats, devours

• मक्षिका (makṣikā) - fly

• ताम् (tām) - that fly (her, that (referring to the fly))

• कोशकारः (kośakāraḥ) - silkworm, cocoon-maker

• क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry, famished

• दंशः (daṁśaḥ) - gnat, biting insect

• तम् (tam) - that silkworm (him, that (referring to the silkworm))

• अपि (api) - also, even

• चञ्चलम् (cañcalam) - restless, quick-moving, wavering

Words meanings and morphology

लिक्षाम् (likṣām) - nit, louse egg

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of likṣā

likṣā - a nit, louse egg

अणुकणक्षामाम् (aṇukaṇakṣāmām) - tiny as a speck of grain, extremely minute

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṇukaṇakṣāma

aṇukaṇakṣāma - as minute or slender as an atom or a grain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aṇukaṇa+kṣāma)

• aṇukaṇa – a minute particle, atom; a speck of grain
  noun (masculine)
• kṣāma – thin, slender, wasted, minute, delicate
  adjective
  Root: kṣai (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'likṣām'.

क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger, due to hunger

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kṣudh

kṣudh - hunger, appetite

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

खादति (khādati) - eats, devours

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of khād

Root: khād (class 1)

मक्षिका (makṣikā) - fly

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of makṣikā

makṣikā - a fly, a bee

ताम् (tām) - that fly (her, that (referring to the fly))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

कोशकारः (kośakāraḥ) - silkworm, cocoon-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kośakāra

kośakāra - cocoon-maker, silkworm; any maker of a sheath or case

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (kośa+kāra)

• kośa – sheath, cover, cocoon; treasury, vocabulary
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer, causing, producing
  agent noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ with suffix -a.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्षुधितः (kṣudhitaḥ) - hungry, famished

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣudhita

kṣudhita - hungry, famished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṣudh.

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'kośakāraḥ'.

दंशः (daṁśaḥ) - gnat, biting insect

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṃśa

daṁśa - a bite; a biting insect, gnat, mosquito

Root: daṃś (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that silkworm (him, that (referring to the silkworm))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

चञ्चलम् (cañcalam) - restless, quick-moving, wavering

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cañcala

cañcala - moving, restless, agitated, fickle, wavering

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tam' (referring to the silkworm).