महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-146, verse-51

तं शब्दं सहसा श्रुत्वा मृगपक्षिसमीरितम् ।
जलार्द्रपक्षा विहगाः समुत्पेतुः सहस्रशः ॥५१॥

51. taṁ śabdaṁ sahasā śrutvā mṛgapakṣisamīritam ,
jalārdrapakṣā vihagāḥ samutpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ.

51. tam śabdam sahasā śrutvā mṛgapakṣisamīritam
jalārdrapakṣāḥ vihagāḥ samutpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ

51. Having suddenly heard that sound, which was caused by the deer and birds, thousands of birds with wet wings flew up.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (sound) (that, him, it)

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - the sound (sound, word, noise)

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, forcibly)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, listening)

• मृगपक्षिसमीरितम् (mṛgapakṣisamīritam) - caused by the deer and birds (caused by deer and birds, agitated by deer and birds)

• जलार्द्रपक्षाः (jalārdrapakṣāḥ) - (the birds) with wet wings (having wet wings)

• विहगाः (vihagāḥ) - the birds (birds, those who go in the sky)

• समुत्पेतुः (samutpetuḥ) - they flew up (they flew up, they leaped up)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands (by thousands, in thousands)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (sound) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun

शब्दम् (śabdam) - the sound (sound, word, noise)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, noise, voice

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, forcibly)

(indeclinable)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, listening)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form of root √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (gerund)

मृगपक्षिसमीरितम् (mṛgapakṣisamīritam) - caused by the deer and birds (caused by deer and birds, agitated by deer and birds)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛgapakṣisamīrita

mṛgapakṣisamīrita - agitated/caused/uttered by deer and birds

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛgapakṣin+samīrita)

• mṛgapakṣin – deer and birds, wild animals and birds
  noun (masculine)
• samīrita – agitated, caused, uttered, impelled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √īr (to move, to stir) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śabdam

जलार्द्रपक्षाः (jalārdrapakṣāḥ) - (the birds) with wet wings (having wet wings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jalārdrapakṣa

jalārdrapakṣa - having wet wings

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jala+ārdra+pakṣa)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ārdra – wet, moist
  adjective (masculine)
• pakṣa – wing, side
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with vihagāḥ

विहगाः (vihagāḥ) - the birds (birds, those who go in the sky)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird, one who moves in the sky

Compound type : tatpurusha (vi+haga)

• vi – in the sky, widely
  indeclinable
• haga – going, moving, goer
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √gam (to go) in suffix form -ga
  Root: gam (class 1)

समुत्पेतुः (samutpetuḥ) - they flew up (they flew up, they leaped up)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: pat (class 1)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands (by thousands, in thousands)

(indeclinable)

Formed with the suffix -śaḥ indicating 'by groups of'