महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-16, verse-12

क्रव्यादैर्भक्ष्यमाणान्वै गोमायुबडवायसैः ।
भूतैः पिशाचै रक्षोभिर्विविधैश्च निशाचरैः ॥१२॥

12. kravyādairbhakṣyamāṇānvai gomāyubaḍavāyasaiḥ ,
bhūtaiḥ piśācai rakṣobhirvividhaiśca niśācaraiḥ.

12. kravyādaiḥ bhakṣyamāṇān vai gomāyubaḍavāyasaiḥ
bhūtaiḥ piśācaiḥ rakṣobhiḥ vividhaiḥ ca niśācaraiḥ

12. vai kravyādaiḥ gomāyubaḍavāyasaiḥ ca vividhaiḥ
bhūtaiḥ piśācaiḥ rakṣobhiḥ niśācaraiḥ bhakṣyamāṇān

12. Indeed, they were being devoured by carrion-eating creatures, by jackals and vultures, as well as by various ghosts, goblins, rākṣasas, and night-stalkers.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by carrion-eaters, by flesh-eaters

• भक्ष्यमाणान् (bhakṣyamāṇān) - being devoured, being eaten

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• गोमायुबडवायसैः (gomāyubaḍavāyasaiḥ) - by jackals and vultures

• भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by ghosts, evil spirits (by ghosts, by living beings, by elements)

• पिशाचैः (piśācaiḥ) - by goblins, by demons

• रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - by Rākṣasas (demons)

• विविहैः (vivihaiḥ) - by various, by manifold

• च (ca) - and, also

• निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by night-demons, by rākṣasas (by night-stalkers, by those who move at night)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by carrion-eaters, by flesh-eaters

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kravyāda

kravyāda - carrion-eater, flesh-eater (e.g., a jackal, a vulture, a wolf)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kravya+ada)

• kravya – flesh, raw meat, carrion
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eating, eater (derived from root ad)
  adjective
  agent noun
  Derived from root ad (to eat).
  Root: ad (class 2)

भक्ष्यमाणान् (bhakṣyamāṇān) - being devoured, being eaten

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhakṣyamāṇa

bhakṣyamāṇa - being eaten, being devoured

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the desiderative root of bhaj (to divide, partake) or bhakṣ (to eat) with the middle voice participle suffix -māna.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'putrān, bhrātṝn, pitṝn, patīn' from the previous verse, which are the objects being devoured.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

गोमायुबडवायसैः (gomāyubaḍavāyasaiḥ) - by jackals and vultures

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gomāyubaḍavāyasa

gomāyubaḍavāyasa - jackals and vultures

Compound type : dvandva (gomāyu+baḍavāyasa)

• gomāyu – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• baḍavāyasa – vulture, water-crow
  noun (masculine)

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by ghosts, evil spirits (by ghosts, by living beings, by elements)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, ghost, element, past

Past Passive Participle (from bhū 'to be')

Past passive participle from root bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

पिशाचैः (piśācaiḥ) - by goblins, by demons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of piśāca

piśāca - goblin, demon, flesh-eating demon

रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - by Rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa, demon, evil being

Note: The base is rakṣas (neuter s-stem), but the plural instrumental form is rakṣobhiḥ, which is common for both neuter and masculine nouns ending in s. Often treated as masculine.

विविहैः (vivihaiḥ) - by various, by manifold

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

Note: Agrees with bhūtaiḥ, piśācaiḥ, rakṣobhiḥ, niśācaraiḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by night-demons, by rākṣasas (by night-stalkers, by those who move at night)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-stalker, night-walker (e.g., demon, goblin, thief)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, a mover
  adjective
  agent noun
  Derived from root car (to move, go).
  Root: car (class 1)