महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-108, verse-6

दिक्षु शान्तासु घोराणि व्याहरन्ति मृगद्विजाः ।
नीचैर्गृध्रा निलीयन्ते भारतानां चमूं प्रति ॥६॥

6. dikṣu śāntāsu ghorāṇi vyāharanti mṛgadvijāḥ ,
nīcairgṛdhrā nilīyante bhāratānāṁ camūṁ prati.

6. dikṣu śāntāsu ghorāṇi vyāharanti mṛgadvijāḥ
nīcaiḥ gṛdhrāḥ nilīyante bhāratānām camūm prati

6. śāntāsu dikṣu mṛgadvijāḥ ghorāṇi vyāharanti
gṛdhrāḥ nīcaiḥ bhāratānām camūm prati nilīyante

6. Although the directions (quarters of the sky) are calm, animals and birds are uttering dreadful cries. Vultures are settling low, lurking near the army of the Bhāratas.

Words meanings summery:

• दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the (cardinal) directions (in the directions, in the quarters)

• शान्तासु (śāntāsu) - calm, peaceful (peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet)

• घोराणि (ghorāṇi) - dreadful cries (terrible, frightful, dreadful; terrible sounds/omens)

• व्याहरन्ति (vyāharanti) - are uttering (utter, cry out, speak, announce)

• मृगद्विजाः (mṛgadvijāḥ) - animals and birds (animals and birds (lit. 'twice-born' for birds))

• नीचैः (nīcaiḥ) - low, lurking (implied by nilīyante) (low, downwards, softly, silently)

• गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

• निलीयन्ते (nilīyante) - are settling low, lurking (hide, conceal themselves, settle down, cling to)

• भारतानाम् (bhāratānām) - of the Bhāratas (referring to the Kaurava army) (of the Bharatas, of the descendants of Bharata)

• चमूम् (camūm) - army (army, host, forces)

• प्रति (prati) - near, towards (towards, against, concerning, for)

Words meanings and morphology

दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the (cardinal) directions (in the directions, in the quarters)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the cardinal directions.

शान्तासु (śāntāsu) - calm, peaceful (peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of śānta

śānta - calm, tranquil, quiet, pacified

Past Passive Participle

From root śam (to be calm) + -ta suffix

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Agrees with dikṣu.

घोराणि (ghorāṇi) - dreadful cries (terrible, frightful, dreadful; terrible sounds/omens)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, frightful, dreadful, awful

Note: Refers to the sounds uttered by animals and birds.

व्याहरन्ति (vyāharanti) - are uttering (utter, cry out, speak, announce)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vy-ā-hṛ

Present

3rd person plural active voice

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मृगद्विजाः (mṛgadvijāḥ) - animals and birds (animals and birds (lit. 'twice-born' for birds))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgadvija

mṛgadvija - animals and birds

Compound type : dvandva (mṛga+dvija)

• mṛga – animal, deer, beast
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)
• dvija – twice-born, bird, Brahmin, tooth
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of vyāharanti.

नीचैः (nīcaiḥ) - low, lurking (implied by nilīyante) (low, downwards, softly, silently)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from nīca

Note: Modifies nilīyante.

गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy

Root: gṛdh (class 4)

Note: Subject of nilīyante.

निलीयन्ते (nilīyante) - are settling low, lurking (hide, conceal themselves, settle down, cling to)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of ni-lī

Present

3rd person plural middle voice

Prefix: ni

Root: lī (class 4)

भारतानाम् (bhāratānām) - of the Bhāratas (referring to the Kaurava army) (of the Bharatas, of the descendants of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, Indian

Patronymic or relational adjective from Bharata

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Possessive, refers to camūm.

चमूम् (camūm) - army (army, host, forces)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of camū

camū - army, host, forces

Root: cam (class 1)

Note: Object of preposition prati.

प्रति (prati) - near, towards (towards, against, concerning, for)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/prefix, governs accusative case

Note: Functions as a postposition with camūm.