महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-23, verse-5

एषा चामीकराभस्य तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभा ।
आस्याद्विनिःसृता जिह्वा भक्ष्यते कृष्ण पक्षिभिः ॥५॥

5. eṣā cāmīkarābhasya taptakāñcanasaprabhā ,
āsyādviniḥsṛtā jihvā bhakṣyate kṛṣṇa pakṣibhiḥ.

5. eṣā cāmīkarābhasya taptakāñcanasaprabhā āsyāt
viniḥsṛtā jihvā bhakṣyate kṛṣṇa pakṣibhiḥ

5. kṛṣṇa eṣā cāmīkarābhasya taptakāñcanasaprabhā
āsyāt viniḥsṛtā jihvā pakṣibhiḥ bhakṣyate

5. O Kṛṣṇa, this tongue, which once shone like refined gold with the brilliance of molten gold, having emerged from his mouth, is now being devoured by birds.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• चामीकराभस्य (cāmīkarābhasya) - of Shalya, whose tongue is being described (of one splendid like gold, of a golden hue)

• तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभा (taptakāñcanasaprabhā) - having the brilliance of molten gold

• आस्यात् (āsyāt) - from the mouth

• विनिःसृता (viniḥsṛtā) - emerged, come forth, issued

• जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

• भक्ष्यते (bhakṣyate) - is eaten, is being devoured

• कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa!

• पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'jihvā'

चामीकराभस्य (cāmīkarābhasya) - of Shalya, whose tongue is being described (of one splendid like gold, of a golden hue)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cāmīkarābha

cāmīkarābha - splendid like gold, of golden hue

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cāmīkara+ābha)

• cāmīkara – refined gold
  noun (neuter)
• ābha – splendour, lustre, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Shalya

तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभा (taptakāñcanasaprabhā) - having the brilliance of molten gold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taptakāñcanasaprabhā

taptakāñcanasaprabhā - having the brilliance of molten gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapta+kāñcana+sa-prabhā)

• tapta – heated, molten, burnt
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root tap (to heat, burn), past passive participle.
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kāñcana – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• sa-prabhā – with brilliance, radiant
  adjective (feminine)
  Prefix: sa

Note: Agrees with 'jihvā'

आस्यात् (āsyāt) - from the mouth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face

विनिःसृता (viniḥsṛtā) - emerged, come forth, issued

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viniḥsṛta

viniḥsṛta - emerged, come forth, issued, gone out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛ (to go, move) with upasargas vi and nis.

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jihvā'

जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, speech

भक्ष्यते (bhakṣyate) - is eaten, is being devoured

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of bhakṣ

Present Passive

Root bhakṣ (causative of bhaj), class 1, present tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice, middle ending.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (proper noun); black, dark

पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature