अन्वयः

पुरुषः man, अश्वानृते tells a lie about a horse, शतम् hundred, हन्ति kills, गवानृते tells a lie about a cow, सहस्रम् thousand, पुरुषानृते a lie about a man, आत्मानम् himself, स्वजनम् his own people, हन्ति kills.

M N Dutt

He that speaks a falsehood with reference to a horse, becomes guilty of the deaths of an hundred horses: he committing himself to a falsehood relative to a cow, reapeth the demerit of slaying a thousand kine; while he that uttereth an untruth touching a person, destroys self as well as his kindred.

Summary

'If a man tells a lie about a horse, he commits the sin of killing a hundred horses. If one tells a lie about a cow, he shares the sin of killing a thousand cows. If one tells a lie about a man, it is equal to the sin of killing oneself and his own people.

पदच्छेदः

शतम्	शत (२.१)
अश्वानृते	अश्व–अनृत (७.१)
हन्ति	हन्ति (√हन् लट् प्र.पु. एक.)
सहस्रं	सहस्र (२.१)
तु	तु (अव्ययः)
गवानृते	गवानृत (७.१)
आत्मानं	आत्मन् (२.१)
स्वजनं	स्व–जन (२.१)
हन्ति	हन्ति (√हन् लट् प्र.पु. एक.)
पुरुषः	पुरुष (१.१)
पुरुषानृते	पुरुष–अनृत (७.१)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
श	त	म	श्वा	नृ	ते	ह	न्ति
स	ह	स्रं	तु	ग	वा	नृ	ते
आ	त्मा	नं	स्व	ज	नं	ह	न्ति
पु	रु	षः	पु	रु	षा	नृ	ते