महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-141, verse-17

मयूराः पुष्पशकुना हंसाः सारसचातकाः ।
जीवं जीवकसंघाश्चाप्यनुगच्छन्ति पाण्डवान् ॥१७॥

17. mayūrāḥ puṣpaśakunā haṁsāḥ sārasacātakāḥ ,
jīvaṁ jīvakasaṁghāścāpyanugacchanti pāṇḍavān.

17. mayūrāḥ puṣpaśakunāḥ haṃsāḥ sārasacātakāḥ
jīvaṃjīvakasaṃghāḥ ca api anugacchanti pāṇḍavān

17. mayūrāḥ puṣpaśakunāḥ haṃsāḥ sārasacātakāḥ ca
api jīvaṃjīvakasaṃghāḥ pāṇḍavān anugacchanti

17. Peacocks, auspicious songbirds, swans, sārasa cranes, cātaka birds, and flocks of jīvajīvaka birds also follow the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• मयूराः (mayūrāḥ) - peacocks

• पुष्पशकुनाः (puṣpaśakunāḥ) - flower-birds, songbirds, auspicious birds

• हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans, geese

• सारसचातकाः (sārasacātakāḥ) - sārasa cranes and cātaka birds

• जीवंजीवकसंघाः (jīvaṁjīvakasaṁghāḥ) - flocks of jīvaṃjīvaka birds (a type of pheasant or partridge)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अनुगच्छन्ति (anugacchanti) - they follow, they go after, they attend

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

मयूराः (mayūrāḥ) - peacocks

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mayūra

mayūra - peacock

पुष्पशकुनाः (puṣpaśakunāḥ) - flower-birds, songbirds, auspicious birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṣpaśakuna

puṣpaśakuna - flower-bird, a kind of songbird; auspicious bird

Compound of 'puṣpa' (flower) and 'śakuna' (bird, omen bird)

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣpa+śakuna)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• śakuna – bird, omen bird
  noun (masculine)

हंसाः (haṁsāḥ) - swans, geese

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose

सारसचातकाः (sārasacātakāḥ) - sārasa cranes and cātaka birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sārasacātaka

sārasacātaka - sārasa crane and cātaka bird (often listed together as auspicious birds)

Dvanda compound of 'sārasa' (sārasa crane) and 'cātaka' (cātaka bird)

Compound type : dvandva (sārasa+cātaka)

• sārasa – sārasa crane
  noun (masculine)
• cātaka – cātaka bird (Indian cuckoo, believed to drink only rainwater)
  noun (masculine)

जीवंजीवकसंघाः (jīvaṁjīvakasaṁghāḥ) - flocks of jīvaṃjīvaka birds (a type of pheasant or partridge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvaṃjīvakasaṃgha

jīvaṁjīvakasaṁgha - flock of jīvaṃjīvaka birds

Compound of 'jīvaṃjīvaka' (a specific bird species) and 'saṃgha' (flock)

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvaṃjīvaka+saṃgha)

• jīvaṃjīvaka – jīvaṃjīvaka bird (a kind of pheasant or partridge, often mentioned in pairs)
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgha – flock, multitude, group, assembly
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अनुगच्छन्ति (anugacchanti) - they follow, they go after, they attend

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of anugacch

From prefix 'anu' and root 'gam' (to go). Form of 'anugam' in present tense 3rd plural.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu