महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-311, verse-20

हंसाश्च शतपत्राश्च सारसाश्च सहस्रशः ।
प्रदक्षिणमवर्तन्त शुकाश्चाषाश्च भारत ॥२०॥

20. haṁsāśca śatapatrāśca sārasāśca sahasraśaḥ ,
pradakṣiṇamavartanta śukāścāṣāśca bhārata.

20. haṃsāḥ ca śatapatrāḥ ca sārasāḥ ca sahasraśaḥ
pradakṣiṇam avartanta śukāḥ ca āṣāḥ ca bhārata

20. bhārata haṃsāḥ ca śatapatrāḥ ca sārasāḥ ca
sahasraśaḥ pradakṣiṇam avartanta śukāḥ ca āṣāḥ ca

20. O Bhārata, swans, ducks, and cranes, in thousands, circumambulated him clockwise, as did parrots and blue jays.

Words meanings summery:

• हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans, geese

• च (ca) - and

• शतपत्राः (śatapatrāḥ) - ducks (lit. 'thousand-winged')

• च (ca) - and

• सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes

• च (ca) - and

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise, performing circumambulation

• अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they revolved, they turned, they circumambulated

• शुकाः (śukāḥ) - parrots

• च (ca) - and

• आषाः (āṣāḥ) - blue jays, kingfishers

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans, geese

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शतपत्राः (śatapatrāḥ) - ducks (lit. 'thousand-winged')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śatapatra

śatapatra - duck, woodpecker, a kind of bird, (lit. 'thousand-winged')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+patra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral
• patra – wing, leaf, feather
  noun (neuter)

Note: The meaning 'duck' fits the context of aquatic birds.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सारसाः (sārasāḥ) - cranes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sārasa

sārasa - crane, Indian crane

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

suffix -śas indicates 'by each', 'in parts' or 'by groups'

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise, performing circumambulation

(indeclinable)

from pra (forth) + dakṣiṇa (right)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pra+dakṣiṇa)

• pra – forth, forward
  upasarga
• dakṣiṇa – right, southern
  adjective

Note: Used adverbially.

अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they revolved, they turned, they circumambulated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Imperfect tense, middle voice, 3rd person plural.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: This is an imperfect middle voice, 3rd person plural form.

शुकाः (śukāḥ) - parrots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuka

śuka - parrot

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आषाः (āṣāḥ) - blue jays, kingfishers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āṣā

āṣā - blue jay, kingfisher (often `cāṣa`)

Note: Refers to certain type of bird, likely blue jays or rollers (cāṣa).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - O descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata