महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-107, verse-28

वाक्यस्यैतस्य निधने दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत ।
क्रव्यादाः प्राणदन्घोराः शिवाश्चाशिवशंसिनः ॥२८॥

28. vākyasyaitasya nidhane dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata ,
kravyādāḥ prāṇadanghorāḥ śivāścāśivaśaṁsinaḥ.

28. vākyasya etasya nidhane dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata
kravyādāḥ prāṇadan ghorāḥ śivāḥ ca aśivaśaṃsinaḥ

28. O Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), at the conclusion of this statement, terrifying flesh-eating creatures roared in all directions, and jackals howled with inauspicious cries.

28. הו בְּהָארַטַה, כשסיים את דבריו האלה, ייללו מכל הכיוונים חיות טרף אכזריות ושועלות המבשרות רעות.

Words meanings summery:

• वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the statement, of the speech

• एतस्य (etasya) - of this

• निधने (nidhane) - at the conclusion (at the end, at the destruction, in the death)

• दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions

• सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata)

• क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, predators, carnivores

• प्राणदन् (prāṇadan) - they roared (they roared, they breathed)

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fearful

• शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (as an inauspicious omen) (jackals; auspicious ones)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अशिवशंसिनः (aśivaśaṁsinaḥ) - proclaiming inauspiciousness, foreboding evil

Words meanings and morphology

वाक्यस्य (vākyasya) - of the statement, of the speech

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - statement, speech, sentence, utterance

एतस्य (etasya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

निधने (nidhane) - at the conclusion (at the end, at the destruction, in the death)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - end, conclusion, destruction, death, demise

दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of the compass

सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'dikṣu'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, Indian

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, predators, carnivores

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyād

kravyād - flesh-eater, carnivore, predator

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kravya+ad)

• kravya – raw flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• ad – eating, eater
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'ad' (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)

प्राणदन् (prāṇadan) - they roared (they roared, they breathed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pra-an

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, fearful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable

Note: Agrees with 'kravyādāḥ'.

शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (as an inauspicious omen) (jackals; auspicious ones)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śivā

śivā - jackal, female jackal; the auspicious one (epithet for Durgā); the goddess Śiva

Note: In this context, often refers to jackals as an inauspicious sign.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अशिवशंसिनः (aśivaśaṁsinaḥ) - proclaiming inauspiciousness, foreboding evil

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aśivaśaṃsin

aśivaśaṁsin - proclaiming evil, foreboding ill, predicting misfortune

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśiva+śaṃsin)

• aśiva – inauspicious, unpropitious, evil
  adjective (neuter)
• śaṃsin – proclaiming, declaring, telling, praising
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root 'śaṃs' (to praise, declare)
  Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śivāḥ'.

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