महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-236

श्रुत्वा त्विदमुपाख्यानं श्राव्यमन्यन्न रोचते ।
पुंस्कोकिलरुतं श्रुत्वा रूक्षा ध्वाङ्क्षस्य वागिव ॥२३६॥

236. śrutvā tvidamupākhyānaṁ śrāvyamanyanna rocate ,
puṁskokilarutaṁ śrutvā rūkṣā dhvāṅkṣasya vāgiva.

236. śrutvā tu idam upākhyānam śrāvyam anyat na rocate
| puṃskokilarutam śrutvā rūkṣā dhvāṅkṣasya vāk iva

236. After hearing this narrative, no other story is appealing, just as after hearing the call of a male cuckoo, the rough caw of a crow is not appealing.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing (having heard, after hearing)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• इदम् (idam) - this

• उपाख्यानम् (upākhyānam) - narrative (subordinate narrative, episode, story)

• श्राव्यम् (śrāvyam) - appealing (to hear) (audible, to be heard, worth hearing, pleasing to the ear)

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other (story) (other, another)

• न (na) - not

• रोचते (rocate) - is appealing (is pleasing, shines, tastes good)

• पुंस्कोकिलरुतम् (puṁskokilarutam) - the call of a male cuckoo (the sound/call of a male cuckoo)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing (having heard, after hearing)

• रूक्षा (rūkṣā) - rough (harsh, rough, dry)

• ध्वाङ्क्षस्य (dhvāṅkṣasya) - of a crow (of the crow)

• वाक् (vāk) - caw (voice) (voice, speech, word)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

उपाख्यानम् (upākhyānam) - narrative (subordinate narrative, episode, story)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of upākhyāna

upākhyāna - subordinate narrative, episode, tale, story

action noun

Derived from root khyā with prefixes upa and ā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

श्राव्यम् (śrāvyam) - appealing (to hear) (audible, to be heard, worth hearing, pleasing to the ear)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrāvya

śrāvya - to be heard, audible, worth hearing, pleasing to the ear

gerundive (kṛtya)

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other (story) (other, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

रोचते (rocate) - is appealing (is pleasing, shines, tastes good)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rocate

Root: ruc (class 1)

पुंस्कोकिलरुतम् (puṁskokilarutam) - the call of a male cuckoo (the sound/call of a male cuckoo)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṃskokilaruta

puṁskokilaruta - the sound of a male cuckoo

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṃs+kokila+ruta)

• puṃs – male, man
  noun (masculine)
• kokila – cuckoo
  noun (masculine)
• ruta – sound, cry, roar
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle (used as noun)
  Derived from root ru (to cry, make a sound)
  Root: ru (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

रूक्षा (rūkṣā) - rough (harsh, rough, dry)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūkṣa

rūkṣa - harsh, rough, dry, coarse

ध्वाङ्क्षस्य (dhvāṅkṣasya) - of a crow (of the crow)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhvāṅkṣa

dhvāṅkṣa - crow, raven

वाक् (vāk) - caw (voice) (voice, speech, word)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - voice, speech, word, sound

Root: vac (class 2)

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)