महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-71, verse-27

प्रव्याहरन्ति क्रव्यादा गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः ।
देवायतनचैत्येषु प्राकाराट्टालकेषु च ॥२७॥

27. pravyāharanti kravyādā gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ ,
devāyatanacaityeṣu prākārāṭṭālakeṣu ca.

27. pravyāharanti kravyādāḥ gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ
devāyatanacaityeṣu prākārāṭṭālakeṣu ca

27. Flesh-eating vultures, jackals, and crows shriek loudly in temples, sacred enclosures, ramparts, and watchtowers.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रव्याहरन्ति (pravyāharanti) - they shriek loudly, they cry out, they speak forth

• क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, carnivores

• गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः (gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ) - vultures, jackals, and crows

• देवायतनचैत्येषु (devāyatanacaityeṣu) - in temples and sacred enclosures/shrines

• प्राकाराट्टालकेषु (prākārāṭṭālakeṣu) - in ramparts and watchtowers

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

प्रव्याहरन्ति (pravyāharanti) - they shriek loudly, they cry out, they speak forth

(verb)

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

Root hṛ with prefixes pra, vi, ā becomes 'to speak loudly' or 'shriek'.

Prefixes: pra+vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, carnivores

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyāda

kravyāda - flesh-eater, carnivore

Compound of kravya (raw flesh) and ada (eater).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kravya+ada)

• kravya – raw flesh, carrion
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eating, eater (agent noun)
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the verbal root 'ad' (to eat).
  Root: ad (class 1)

गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः (gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ) - vultures, jackals, and crows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛdhragomāyuvāyasa

gṛdhragomāyuvāyasa - vultures, jackals, and crows (as a group)

Compound type : dvandva (gṛdhra+gomāyu+vāyasa)

• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• gomāyu – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• vāyasa – crow
  noun (masculine)

देवायतनचैत्येषु (devāyatanacaityeṣu) - in temples and sacred enclosures/shrines

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of devāyatanacaitya

devāyatanacaitya - temples and sacred enclosures

Compound type : dvandva (devāyatana+caitya)

• devāyatana – temple, abode of gods
  noun (neuter)
• caitya – sacred enclosure, shrine, memorial mound
  noun (neuter)

प्राकाराट्टालकेषु (prākārāṭṭālakeṣu) - in ramparts and watchtowers

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of prākārāṭṭālaka

prākārāṭṭālaka - ramparts and watchtowers (as a group)

Compound type : dvandva (prākāra+aṭṭālaka)

• prākāra – rampart, enclosing wall
  noun (masculine)
• aṭṭālaka – watchtower, turret
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)