महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-108, verse-8

कङ्का गृध्रा बलाकाश्च व्याहरन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः ।
शिवाश्चाशिवनिर्घोषा वेदयन्त्यो महद्भयम् ॥८॥

8. kaṅkā gṛdhrā balākāśca vyāharanti muhurmuhuḥ ,
śivāścāśivanirghoṣā vedayantyo mahadbhayam.

8. kaṅkāḥ gṛdhrāḥ balākāḥ ca vyāharanti muhuḥ muhuḥ
śivāḥ ca aśivanirghoṣāḥ vedayantyaḥ mahat bhayam

8. kaṅkāḥ gṛdhrāḥ balākāḥ ca muhuḥ muhuḥ vyāharanti
śivāḥ ca aśivanirghoṣāḥ mahat bhayam vedayantyaḥ

8. Herons, vultures, and cranes cry out again and again. And jackals, with their ominous howls, forebode great terror.

Words meanings summery:

• कङ्काः (kaṅkāḥ) - herons (herons, vultures (a type of bird of prey))

• गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

• बलाकाः (balākāḥ) - cranes (cranes, female cranes)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• व्याहरन्ति (vyāharanti) - cry out (cry out, speak, utter)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again (repeatedly, again and again, often)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again (repeatedly, again and again, often)

• शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (jackals (often associated with inauspiciousness))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अशिवनिर्घोषाः (aśivanirghoṣāḥ) - with their ominous howls (having inauspicious sounds/cries)

• वेदयन्त्यः (vedayantyaḥ) - forebode (making known, indicating, portending)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, immense)

• भयम् (bhayam) - terror (fear, terror, dread)

Words meanings and morphology

कङ्काः (kaṅkāḥ) - herons (herons, vultures (a type of bird of prey))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaṅka

kaṅka - heron, a kind of vulture, a bird of prey

Note: One of the subjects.

गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy person

Note: Another subject.

बलाकाः (balākāḥ) - cranes (cranes, female cranes)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of balākā

balākā - crane, female crane

Note: Another subject.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the list of birds.

व्याहरन्ति (vyāharanti) - cry out (cry out, speak, utter)

(verb)

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

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Verb for the birds.

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again (repeatedly, again and again, often)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying "vyāharanti".

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again and again (repeatedly, again and again, often)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying "vyāharanti".

शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (jackals (often associated with inauspiciousness))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śivā

śivā - jackal (literally 'auspicious', used euphemistically for inauspicious animals like jackals)

Note: Subject of the second sentence.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two sentences/clauses.

अशिवनिर्घोषाः (aśivanirghoṣāḥ) - with their ominous howls (having inauspicious sounds/cries)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aśivanirghoṣa

aśivanirghoṣa - having inauspicious sounds/cries

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aśiva+nirghoṣa)

• aśiva – inauspicious, unlucky
  adjective (masculine)
  Negation of "śiva" (auspicious).
  Prefix: a
• nirghoṣa – sound, roar, cry, noise
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √ghuṣ (to sound) with prefix "nis".
  Prefix: nis
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies "śivāḥ".

वेदयन्त्यः (vedayantyaḥ) - forebode (making known, indicating, portending)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vedayant

vedayant - making known, indicating, portending

Present Active Participle (causative)

From causative of √vid (to know, find), "veday-", then present participle suffix "-ant". Feminine plural.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Present active participle, functioning as an adjective modifying "śivāḥ".

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, immense)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, immense

Participle of √mah (to be great)

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with "bhayam".

भयम् (bhayam) - terror (fear, terror, dread)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, dread, danger

Derived from √bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Direct object.