यदन्तरं काञ्चनसीसलोहयोर्यदन्तरं चन्दनवारिपङ्कयोः।
यदन्तरं हस्तिबिडालयोर्वने तदन्तरं दाशरथेस्तवैव च॥
yad antaraṁ kāñcana-sīsa-lohayor
yad antaraṁ candana-vāri-paṅkayoḥ
yad antaraṁ hasti-biḍālayor vane
tad antaraṁ dāśarathes tavaiva ca
yat antaram = there is a difference; kāñcana-sīsa-lohayoḥ = between the metals gold and lead; yat antaram = there is a difference; candana-vāri-paṅkayoḥ = between sandalwood pulp and mud; yat antaram = there is a difference; hasti-biḍālayoḥ = between an elephant and and a cat; vane = in the forest; tat = that; antaram = is the difference; dāśaratheḥ = between the son of King Daśaratha; tava eva = you; ca = and.
There is a difference between the metals gold and lead.1 There is a difference between sandalwood pulp and mud. There is a difference between an elephant and and a cat in the forest. That is the difference between the son of King Daśaratha and you.
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: kāñcana-sīsa-lohayor ity atra loha-śabdaḥ pratyekam abhisambadhyate. kāñcanasyāpi nava-loheṣu parigaṇanāt.