महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-53

कूजंश्चपलनेत्रोऽयं कौशिको मां निरीक्षते ।
नगशाखाग्रहस्तिष्ठंस्तस्याहं भृशमुद्विजे ॥५३॥

53. kūjaṁścapalanetro'yaṁ kauśiko māṁ nirīkṣate ,
nagaśākhāgrahastiṣṭhaṁstasyāhaṁ bhṛśamudvije.

53. kūjan capalanetraḥ ayam kauśikaḥ mām nirīkṣate
nagaśākhāgraḥ tiṣṭhan tasya aham bhṛśam udvije

53. ayam kauśikaḥ kūjan capalanetraḥ nagaśākhāgraḥ
tiṣṭhan mām nirīkṣate aham tasya bhṛśam udvije

53. This owl, hooting and with darting eyes, watches me. I am greatly disturbed by it as it sits on the top of a tree branch.

Words meanings summery:

• कूजन् (kūjan) - making a sound (like an owl) (hooting, cooing, making a sound)

• चपलनेत्रः (capalanetraḥ) - having darting eyes (describing the owl) (having restless eyes, with darting eyes)

• अयम् (ayam) - this one (referring to the owl) (this, this one)

• कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - owl (owl, cuckoo, descendant of Kuśika)

• माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me)

• निरीक्षते (nirīkṣate) - observes, watches (observes, watches, looks at)

• नगशाखाग्रः (nagaśākhāgraḥ) - (the owl) situated on the top of a tree branch (top of a tree branch, situated on the top of a tree branch)

• तिष्ठन् (tiṣṭhan) - sitting (describing the owl) (standing, sitting, being)

• तस्य (tasya) - by it (the owl) - implying 'because of it' (of him, from him, by him)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, very much, exceedingly)

• उद्विजे (udvije) - I am greatly disturbed (I am agitated, I am disturbed, I fear)

Words meanings and morphology

कूजन् (kūjan) - making a sound (like an owl) (hooting, cooing, making a sound)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kūjat

kūjat - making a sound, cooing, hooting

Present Active Participle

derived from root kūj (1st class, P) with śatṛ suffix

Root: kūj (class 1)

चपलनेत्रः (capalanetraḥ) - having darting eyes (describing the owl) (having restless eyes, with darting eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of capalanetra

capalanetra - having restless/darting eyes

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (capala+netra)

• capala – restless, unsteady, darting
  adjective (masculine)
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)

अयम् (ayam) - this one (referring to the owl) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - owl (owl, cuckoo, descendant of Kuśika)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kauśika

kauśika - owl, cuckoo, descendant of Kuśika

माम् (mām) - me (the speaker) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

निरीक्षते (nirīkṣate) - observes, watches (observes, watches, looks at)

(verb)

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

present middle voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: nir

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

नगशाखाग्रः (nagaśākhāgraḥ) - (the owl) situated on the top of a tree branch (top of a tree branch, situated on the top of a tree branch)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nagaśākhāgra

nagaśākhāgra - top of a tree branch

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (naga+śākhā+agra)

• naga – mountain, tree
  noun (masculine)
• śākhā – branch
  noun (feminine)
• agra – top, tip, front
  noun (neuter)

तिष्ठन् (tiṣṭhan) - sitting (describing the owl) (standing, sitting, being)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, sitting, being

Present Active Participle

derived from root sthā (1st class, P) with śatṛ suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - by it (the owl) - implying 'because of it' (of him, from him, by him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, very much, exceedingly)

(indeclinable)

उद्विजे (udvije) - I am greatly disturbed (I am agitated, I am disturbed, I fear)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of udvij

present middle voice, 1st person singular

Prefix: ud

Root: svij (class 6)