महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-99, verse-16

सृगालगृध्रकाकोलाः सदस्यास्तत्र सत्रिणः ।
आज्यशेषं पिबन्त्येते हविः प्राश्नन्ति चाध्वरे ॥१६॥

16. sṛgālagṛdhrakākolāḥ sadasyāstatra satriṇaḥ ,
ājyaśeṣaṁ pibantyete haviḥ prāśnanti cādhvare.

16. sṛgālagṛdhrakākolāḥ sadasyāḥ tatra satriṇaḥ
ājyaśeṣam pibanti ete haviḥ prāśnanti ca adhvare

16. sṛgālagṛdhrakākolāḥ tatra sadasyāḥ satriṇaḥ (santi).
ete (paśavaḥ) adhvare ājyaśeṣam pibanti ca haviḥ prāśnanti.

16. Jackals, vultures, and owls are the members and participants (sattrin) there. These drink the remnant of the clarified butter (ājya) and eat the oblation (havis) in the sacrifice (adhvara).

Words meanings summery:

• सृगालगृध्रकाकोलाः (sṛgālagṛdhrakākolāḥ) - jackals, vultures, and owls

• सदस्याः (sadasyāḥ) - members, assessors, participants

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• सत्रिणः (satriṇaḥ) - participants in a satra (sacrificial session)

• आज्यशेषम् (ājyaśeṣam) - remnant of clarified butter

• पिबन्ति (pibanti) - they drink

• एते (ete) - these

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering

• प्राश्नन्ति (prāśnanti) - they eat, they partake

• च (ca) - and

• अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the sacrifice

Words meanings and morphology

सृगालगृध्रकाकोलाः (sṛgālagṛdhrakākolāḥ) - jackals, vultures, and owls

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛgālagṛdhrakākola

sṛgālagṛdhrakākola - a group consisting of jackals, vultures, and owls

Compound type : dvandva (sṛgāla+gṛdhra+kākola)

• sṛgāla – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• kākola – owl, raven, a kind of bird
  noun (masculine)

सदस्याः (sadasyāḥ) - members, assessors, participants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sadasya

sadasya - member of an assembly, assessor, participant (in a sacrifice)

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

सत्रिणः (satriṇaḥ) - participants in a satra (sacrificial session)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satrin

satrin - one who performs a satra (a long sacrificial session); a participant in a sacrifice

आज्यशेषम् (ājyaśeṣam) - remnant of clarified butter

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ājyaśeṣa

ājyaśeṣa - the remainder or remnant of clarified butter

Compound type : tatpurusha (ājya+śeṣa)

• ājya – clarified butter, ghee
  noun (neuter)
• śeṣa – remainder, remnant, balance
  noun (masculine)

पिबन्ति (pibanti) - they drink

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 1)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, clarified butter

Root: hu (class 3)

प्राश्नन्ति (prāśnanti) - they eat, they partake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-aś

Prefix: pra

Root: aś (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the sacrifice

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of adhvara

adhvara - sacrifice, sacrificial rite (originally refers to a non-injurious sacrifice)