महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-3, verse-6

गोवत्सं वडवा सूते श्वा सृगालं महीपते ।
क्रकराञ्शारिकाश्चैव शुकांश्चाशुभवादिनः ॥६॥

6. govatsaṁ vaḍavā sūte śvā sṛgālaṁ mahīpate ,
krakarāñśārikāścaiva śukāṁścāśubhavādinaḥ.

6. govatsam vaḍavā sūte śvā sṛgālam mahīpate
krakarān śārikāḥ ca eva śukān ca aśubhavādinaḥ

6. mahīpate,
vaḍavā govatsam sūte,
śvā sṛgālam (sūte) krakarān śārikāḥ ca eva śukān ca aśubhavādinaḥ (bhavanti)

6. O King (mahīpati), a mare gives birth to a calf, and a dog gives birth to a jackal. Moreover, francolins, mynah birds, and parrots are also uttering inauspicious sounds.

Words meanings summery:

• गोवत्सम् (govatsam) - a calf

• वडवा (vaḍavā) - a mare

• सूते (sūte) - gives birth to, produces

• श्वा (śvā) - a dog

• सृगालम् (sṛgālam) - a jackal

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O King (mahīpati) (O king)

• क्रकरान् (krakarān) - francolins, partridges

• शारिकाः (śārikāḥ) - mynah birds

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, also, even

• शुकान् (śukān) - parrots

• च (ca) - and

• अशुभवादिनः (aśubhavādinaḥ) - uttering inauspicious sounds, speakers of evil

Words meanings and morphology

गोवत्सम् (govatsam) - a calf

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of govatsa

govatsa - a calf, an ox-calf

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+vatsa)

• go – cow, ox
  noun (feminine)
• vatsa – calf, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'sūte'.

वडवा (vaḍavā) - a mare

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaḍavā

vaḍavā - a mare, a female horse

Note: Subject of 'sūte'.

सूते (sūte) - gives birth to, produces

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sū

Present Middle

From root sū (Divādi class 4, Middle voice, ātmanepada)

Root: sū (class 4)

श्वा (śvā) - a dog

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvan

śvan - a dog

Note: Subject of implied 'sūte'.

सृगालम् (sṛgālam) - a jackal

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sṛgāla

sṛgāla - a jackal

Note: Object of implied 'sūte'.

महीपते (mahīpate) - O King (mahīpati) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

compound 'mahī' (earth) + 'pati' (lord)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

क्रकरान् (krakarān) - francolins, partridges

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of krakara

krakara - francolin, a species of partridge

Note: Accusative plural, but functionally acts as a nominative subject here alongside 'śārikāḥ' and 'śukān' in context with 'aśubhavādinaḥ'.

शारिकाः (śārikāḥ) - mynah birds

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śārikā

śārikā - a mynah bird (Turdus salica), a kind of talking bird

Note: Nominative or accusative plural.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also, even

(indeclinable)

शुकान् (śukān) - parrots

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śuka

śuka - a parrot

Note: Accusative plural, but functionally acts as a nominative subject here alongside 'krakarān' and 'śārikāḥ' modified by 'aśubhavādinaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अशुभवादिनः (aśubhavādinaḥ) - uttering inauspicious sounds, speakers of evil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aśubhavādin

aśubhavādin - uttering inauspicious sounds, speaking evil, foretelling misfortune

'aśubha' (inauspicious) + 'vādin' (speaker/utterer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśubha+vādin)

• aśubha – inauspicious, unpropitious
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: a
• vādin – speaker, utterer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix -in
  Derived from root vad 'to speak'.
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject (birds, particularly masculine ones like francolins and parrots).