योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-14, verse-23

बभ्रुं हिनस्ति मार्जारो मार्जारं श्वा निकृन्तति ।
ऋक्षः कौलेयकं हन्ति ऋक्षं व्याघ्रो निकृन्तति ॥ २३ ॥

babhruṃ hinasti mārjāro mārjāraṃ śvā nikṛntati ,
ṛkṣaḥ kauleyakaṃ hanti ṛkṣaṃ vyāghro nikṛntati 23

23. babhruṃ hinasti mārjāraḥ mārjāram śvā nikṛntati
ṛkṣaḥ kauleyakam hanti ṛkṣam vyāghraḥ nikṛntati

23. mārjāraḥ babhruṃ hinasti śvā mārjāram nikṛntati
ṛkṣaḥ kauleyakam hanti vyāghraḥ ṛkṣam nikṛntati

23. A cat kills the mongoose. A dog then tears apart the cat. A bear kills that dog, and a tiger, in turn, tears apart the bear.

Words meanings summery:

• बभ्रुं (babhruṁ) - the mongoose (mongoose, brown, tawny)

• हिनस्ति (hinasti) - harms, kills (harms, injures, kills)

• मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - a cat (cat)

• मार्जारम् (mārjāram) - the cat (cat)

• श्वा (śvā) - a dog (dog)

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - tears apart (cuts, tears apart, rends)

• ऋक्षः (ṛkṣaḥ) - a bear (bear)

• कौलेयकम् (kauleyakam) - the dog (domestic dog, house dog)

• हन्ति (hanti) - kills (kills, strikes, destroys)

• ऋक्षम् (ṛkṣam) - the bear (bear)

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - a tiger (tiger)

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - tears apart (cuts, tears apart, rends)

Words meanings and morphology

बभ्रुं (babhruṁ) - the mongoose (mongoose, brown, tawny)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of babhru

babhru - tawny, brown; a mongoose

हिनस्ति (hinasti) - harms, kills (harms, injures, kills)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hiṃs

Present tense

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, present tense

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - a cat (cat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - a cat

From root mṛj (to wipe, clean)

Root: mṛj (class 2)

मार्जारम् (mārjāram) - the cat (cat)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - a cat

From root mṛj (to wipe, clean)

Root: mṛj (class 2)

श्वा (śvā) - a dog (dog)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - dog

Irregular declension (n-stem)

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - tears apart (cuts, tears apart, rends)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛnt

Present tense

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, present tense, with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

ऋक्षः (ṛkṣaḥ) - a bear (bear)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛkṣa

ṛkṣa - a bear; a star, a constellation (Ursa Major)

कौलेयकम् (kauleyakam) - the dog (domestic dog, house dog)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kauleyaka

kauleyaka - a domestic dog, a house dog

From kula (family, household) + ḍhak suffix

हन्ति (hanti) - kills (kills, strikes, destroys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Present tense

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, present tense

Root: han (class 2)

ऋक्षम् (ṛkṣam) - the bear (bear)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛkṣa

ṛkṣa - a bear; a star, a constellation (Ursa Major)

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - a tiger (tiger)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - a tiger (lit. 'smeller' or 'seizer')

From vi + āghrā (to smell at) or vi + ghrā

Root: ghrā (class 1)

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - tears apart (cuts, tears apart, rends)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛnt

Present tense

Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular, present tense, with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)