महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-17, verse-13

यं पुरा व्यजनैरग्र्यैरुपवीजन्ति योषितः ।
तमद्य पक्षव्यजनैरुपवीजन्ति पक्षिणः ॥१३॥

13. yaṁ purā vyajanairagryairupavījanti yoṣitaḥ ,
tamadya pakṣavyajanairupavījanti pakṣiṇaḥ.

13. yam purā vyajanaiḥ agryaiḥ upavījanti yoṣitaḥ
| tam adya pakṣavyajanaiḥ upavījanti pakṣiṇaḥ

13. purā yoṣitaḥ yam agryaiḥ vyajanaiḥ upavījanti,
adya paxiṇaḥ tam pakṣavyajanaiḥ upavījanti

13. He whom women formerly fanned with excellent fans, him today birds fan with their wings acting as fans.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom, which

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

• व्यजनैः (vyajanaiḥ) - with fans

• अग्र्यैः (agryaiḥ) - with excellent, with chief, with foremost

• उपवीजन्ति (upavījanti) - they fan

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• पक्षव्यजनैः (pakṣavyajanaiḥ) - with wing-fans, with wings as fans

• उपवीजन्ति (upavījanti) - they fan

• पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

व्यजनैः (vyajanaiḥ) - with fans

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vyajana

vyajana - fan, fanning

अग्र्यैः (agryaiḥ) - with excellent, with chief, with foremost

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of agrya

agrya - chief, excellent, foremost

उपवीजन्ति (upavījanti) - they fan

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: vīj (class 1)

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

पक्षव्यजनैः (pakṣavyajanaiḥ) - with wing-fans, with wings as fans

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of pakṣavyajana

pakṣavyajana - wing-fan, fan made of wings, wings used as fans

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakṣa+vyajana)

• pakṣa – wing, side, party
  noun (masculine)
• vyajana – fan, fanning
  noun (neuter)

उपवीजन्ति (upavījanti) - they fan

(verb)

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

Prefix: upa

Root: vīj (class 1)

पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird (literally 'having wings')