महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-2, verse-19

खटाखटेति वाशन्तो भैरवं भयवेदिनः ।
कह्वाः प्रयान्ति मध्येन दक्षिणामभितो दिशम् ॥१९॥

19. khaṭākhaṭeti vāśanto bhairavaṁ bhayavedinaḥ ,
kahvāḥ prayānti madhyena dakṣiṇāmabhito diśam.

19. khaṭākhaṭa iti vāśantaḥ bhairavam bhayavedinaḥ
kahvāḥ prayānti madhyena dakṣiṇām abhitaḥ diśam

19. bhayavedinaḥ kahvāḥ khaṭākhaṭa iti bhairavam
vāśantaḥ madhyena dakṣiṇām abhitaḥ diśam prayānti

19. Screeching a terrifying "khaṭākhaṭ" sound, the Kahvas, signaling fear, fly through the midst towards the southern direction.

Words meanings summery:

• खटाखट (khaṭākhaṭa) - a 'khaṭākhaṭ' sound (onomatopoeic)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating (speech or sound)

• वाशन्तः (vāśantaḥ) - crying, screeching, howling (masculine plural nominative)

• भैरवम् (bhairavam) - terribly, frightfully, causing terror

• भयवेदिनः (bhayavedinaḥ) - foreboding fear, indicating fear, knowing fear

• कह्वाः (kahvāḥ) - Kahva birds (a type of ominous bird, possibly a kite or raven)

• प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go forth, they move, they fly

• मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle (of the sky or battlefield) (through the middle, in the midst of)

• दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - southern, to the south

• अभितः (abhitaḥ) - towards, near, on all sides of

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter (of the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

खटाखट (khaṭākhaṭa) - a 'khaṭākhaṭ' sound (onomatopoeic)

(indeclinable)

An imitative sound

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating (speech or sound)

(indeclinable)

वाशन्तः (vāśantaḥ) - crying, screeching, howling (masculine plural nominative)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāśant

vāśant - crying, screeching, making a noise (present participle)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vāś (to cry, howl, bellow)

Root: vāś (class 1)

भैरवम् (bhairavam) - terribly, frightfully, causing terror

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhairava

bhairava - terrible, dreadful, formidable, frightful

Derived from bhīru (fearful) or bhaya (fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

भयवेदिनः (bhayavedinaḥ) - foreboding fear, indicating fear, knowing fear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhayavedin

bhayavedin - knowing fear, perceiving fear, causing fear, foreboding

Compound of bhaya (fear) and vedin (knowing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+vedin)

• bhaya – fear, terror, apprehension
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• vedin – knowing, perceiving, telling, indicating
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

कह्वाः (kahvāḥ) - Kahva birds (a type of ominous bird, possibly a kite or raven)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kahva

kahva - a kind of ominous bird, kite, raven

प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go forth, they move, they fly

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pra-yā

Root yā with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle (of the sky or battlefield) (through the middle, in the midst of)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central, midst

दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - southern, to the south

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - south, southern, right (side)

Feminine form of dakṣiṇa

अभितः (abhitaḥ) - towards, near, on all sides of

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva derivative from abhi

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter (of the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

Root: diś (class 6)