महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-176, verse-44

पृष्ठतो वायसः कृष्णो याहि याहीति वाशति ।
मुहुर्मुहुः प्रस्फुरति दक्षिणोऽस्य भुजस्तथा ॥४४॥

44. pṛṣṭhato vāyasaḥ kṛṣṇo yāhi yāhīti vāśati ,
muhurmuhuḥ prasphurati dakṣiṇo'sya bhujastathā.

44. pṛṣṭhataḥ vāyasaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ yāhi yāhi iti vāśati
muhurmuhuḥ prasphurati dakṣiṇaḥ asya bhujaḥ tathā

44. From behind, a black crow cawed 'Go, go!' repeatedly. Similarly, his right arm twitched again and again.

Words meanings summery:

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, from the back

• वायसः (vāyasaḥ) - crow, raven

• कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - black, dark, dark-blue

• याहि (yāhi) - Go! Proceed!

• याहि (yāhi) - Go! Proceed!

• इति (iti) - indicates direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

• वाशति (vāśati) - caws, cries, makes a sound

• मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again, frequently

• प्रस्फुरति (prasphurati) - twitches, throbs, quivers, manifests

• दक्षिणः (dakṣiṇaḥ) - right, southern, skillful

• अस्य (asya) - refers to the person experiencing the omens (Yudhiṣṭhira) (his, of this)

• भुजः (bhujaḥ) - arm, hand, shoulder

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

Words meanings and morphology

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, from the back

(indeclinable)

adverbial formation from pṛṣṭha with -tas suffix

वायसः (vāyasaḥ) - crow, raven

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāyasa

vāyasa - crow, raven

कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - black, dark, dark-blue

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - black, dark, dark-blue, associated with evil or misfortune

याहि (yāhi) - Go! Proceed!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Imperative Mood

imperative 2nd person singular of √yā

Root: yā (class 2)

याहि (yāhi) - Go! Proceed!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of yā

Imperative Mood

imperative 2nd person singular of √yā

Root: yā (class 2)

इति (iti) - indicates direct speech (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

वाशति (vāśati) - caws, cries, makes a sound

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vāś

Present Tense

present 3rd person singular of √vāś

Root: vāś (class 1)

मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again, frequently

(indeclinable)

reduplication of muhuḥ (moment, repeatedly)

प्रस्फुरति (prasphurati) - twitches, throbs, quivers, manifests

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prasphur

Present Tense

present 3rd person singular of √sphur with pra- prefix

Prefix: pra

Root: sphur (class 6)

दक्षिणः (dakṣiṇaḥ) - right, southern, skillful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - right, southern, skillful, dexterous, favorable

अस्य (asya) - refers to the person experiencing the omens (Yudhiṣṭhira) (his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

genitive singular of 'idam'

भुजः (bhujaḥ) - arm, hand, shoulder

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhuja

bhuja - arm, hand, shoulder

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)