महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-17, verse-4

ववाशिरे च दीप्तायां दिशि गोमायुवायसाः ।
लिप्समानाः शरीराणि मांसशोणितभोजनाः ॥४॥

4. vavāśire ca dīptāyāṁ diśi gomāyuvāyasāḥ ,
lipsamānāḥ śarīrāṇi māṁsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ.

4. vavāśire ca dīptāyāṃ diśi gomāyuvāyasāḥ
lipsamānāḥ śarīrāṇi māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ

4. gomāyuvāyasāḥ māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ lipsamānāḥ
śarīrāṇi ca dīptāyāṃ diśi vavāśire

4. In the blazing direction, jackals and crows cried out, eager for bodies, as they subsisted on flesh and blood.

Words meanings summery:

• ववाशिरे (vavāśire) - they cried out, they howled

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• दीप्तायां (dīptāyāṁ) - in the blazing, illuminated, bright

• दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, quarter, point of the compass

• गोमायुवायसाः (gomāyuvāyasāḥ) - jackals and crows

• लिप्समानाः (lipsamānāḥ) - desiring, wishing to obtain, eager for

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• मांसशोणितभोजनाः (māṁsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ) - feeding on flesh and blood, subsisting on flesh and blood

Words meanings and morphology

ववाशिरे (vavāśire) - they cried out, they howled

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of vaś

Perfect

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, Ātmanepada

Root: vaś (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

दीप्तायां (dīptāyāṁ) - in the blazing, illuminated, bright

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of dīptā

dīpta - blazing, shining, illuminated, bright

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'dīp' (to shine, blaze)

Root: dīp (class 4)

दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, quarter, point of the compass

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, point of the compass

गोमायुवायसाः (gomāyuvāyasāḥ) - jackals and crows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gomāyuvāyasa

gomāyuvāyasa - jackals and crows

Compound type : dvandva (gomāyu+vāyasa)

• gomāyu – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• vāyasa – crow
  noun (masculine)

लिप्समानाः (lipsamānāḥ) - desiring, wishing to obtain, eager for

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lipsamāna

lipsamāna - desiring to obtain, wishing to seize

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada, Desiderative)

From the desiderative stem 'lipsa' of root 'labh' (to obtain)

Root: labh (class 1)

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, corpse, physical form

मांसशोणितभोजनाः (māṁsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ) - feeding on flesh and blood, subsisting on flesh and blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māṃsaśoṇitabhojana

māṁsaśoṇitabhojana - eating flesh and blood, feeding on flesh and blood

Compound of 'māṃsa' (flesh), 'śoṇita' (blood), and 'bhojana' (eating, food; one who eats)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (māṃsa+śoṇita+bhojana)

• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• bhojana – eating, food, one who eats
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root 'bhuj' (to eat, enjoy)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)