महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-16, verse-27

तान्सुपर्णाश्च गृध्राश्च निष्कर्षन्त्यसृगुक्षितान् ।
निगृह्य कवचेषूग्रा भक्षयन्ति सहस्रशः ॥२७॥

27. tānsuparṇāśca gṛdhrāśca niṣkarṣantyasṛgukṣitān ,
nigṛhya kavaceṣūgrā bhakṣayanti sahasraśaḥ.

27. tān suparṇāḥ ca gṛdhrāḥ ca nikarṣanti asṛk-ukṣitān
nigṛhya kavaceṣu ugrāḥ bhakṣayanti sahasraśaḥ

27. suparṇāḥ ca gṛdhrāḥ ca ugrāḥ asṛk-ukṣitān tān
kavaceṣu nigṛhya nikarṣanti sahasraśaḥ bhakṣayanti

27. Eagles and vultures drag those warriors, drenched in blood, from the battlefield. Fierce predators grasp them even in their armor and devour them by the thousands.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those slain warriors (them)

• सुपर्णाः (suparṇāḥ) - eagles, vultures

• च (ca) - and

• गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

• च (ca) - and

• निकर्षन्ति (nikarṣanti) - they drag out, they pull out

• असृक्-उक्षितान् (asṛk-ukṣitān) - drenched in blood

• निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized, having grasped

• कवचेषु (kavaceṣu) - in armors

• उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - fierce (predators) (fierce, terrible)

• भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they devour

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those slain warriors (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुपर्णाः (suparṇāḥ) - eagles, vultures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suparṇa

suparṇa - having beautiful wings, an eagle, a vulture, a mythical bird

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+parṇa)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• parṇa – feather, wing, leaf
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निकर्षन्ति (nikarṣanti) - they drag out, they pull out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nikarṣ

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

असृक्-उक्षितान् (asṛk-ukṣitān) - drenched in blood

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asṛk-ukṣita

asṛk-ukṣita - sprinkled/drenched with blood

Compound type : tatpurusha (asṛj+ukṣita)

• asṛj – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, moistened, drenched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From the root √ukṣ (to sprinkle)
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

कवचेषु (kavaceṣu) - in armors

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of kavaca

kavaca - armor, cuirass

उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - fierce (predators) (fierce, terrible)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, powerful, formidable

भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they devour

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands

(indeclinable)