महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-4, verse-19

कल्याणवाचः शकुना राजहंसाः शुकाः क्रौञ्चाः शतपत्राश्च यत्र ।
प्रदक्षिणाश्चैव भवन्ति संख्ये ध्रुवं जयं तत्र वदन्ति विप्राः ॥१९॥

19. kalyāṇavācaḥ śakunā rājahaṁsāḥ; śukāḥ krauñcāḥ śatapatrāśca yatra ,
pradakṣiṇāścaiva bhavanti saṁkhye; dhruvaṁ jayaṁ tatra vadanti viprāḥ.

19. kalyāṇavācaḥ śakunāḥ rājahamsāḥ
śukāḥ krauñcāḥ śatapatrāḥ ca yatra
pradakṣiṇāḥ ca eva bhavanti saṃkhye
dhruvam jayam tatra vadanti viprāḥ

19. yatra kalyāṇavācaḥ śakunāḥ rājahamsāḥ
śukāḥ krauñcāḥ ca śatapatrāḥ ca
saṃkhye pradakṣiṇāḥ ca eva bhavanti
tatra viprāḥ dhruvam jayam vadanti

19. Where auspicious-voiced birds like royal swans, parrots, cranes, and cuckoos fly in an auspicious clockwise direction in battle, there the wise Brahmins (viprāḥ) declare certain victory.

Words meanings summery:

• कल्याणवाचः (kalyāṇavācaḥ) - auspicious-voiced (having auspicious voices, auspicious-sounding)

• शकुनाः (śakunāḥ) - birds (birds, omens)

• राजहम्साः (rājahamsāḥ) - royal swans

• शुकाः (śukāḥ) - parrots

• क्रौञ्चाः (krauñcāḥ) - cranes

• शतपत्राः (śatapatrāḥ) - cuckoos (cuckoos, woodpeckers, birds with patterned wings/feathers)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

• प्रदक्षिणाः (pradakṣiṇāḥ) - flying in an auspicious clockwise direction (clockwise, auspicious, circumambulating to the right)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed, emphatically (indeed, just, only, truly)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are (they are, they become)

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in enumeration, in calculation)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certain, sure (certain, firm, constant, surely)

• जयम् (jayam) - victory (victory, triumph)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they declare (they say, they speak, they declare)

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - wise Brahmins (Brahmins, wise men, sages)

Words meanings and morphology

कल्याणवाचः (kalyāṇavācaḥ) - auspicious-voiced (having auspicious voices, auspicious-sounding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kalyāṇavāc

kalyāṇavāc - having an auspicious voice or sound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kalyāṇa+vāc)

• kalyāṇa – auspicious, fortunate, good, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)
• vāc – voice, speech, word, sound
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śakunāḥ.

शकुनाः (śakunāḥ) - birds (birds, omens)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakuna

śakuna - bird, omen, auspicious sign

Root: śak (class 5)

राजहम्साः (rājahamsāḥ) - royal swans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājahamsa

rājahamsa - royal swan, flamingo (mythological bird)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+haṃsa)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)

शुकाः (śukāḥ) - parrots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śuka

śuka - parrot

क्रौञ्चाः (krauñcāḥ) - cranes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krauñca

krauñca - crane (bird)

Root: kruñc (class 1)

शतपत्राः (śatapatrāḥ) - cuckoos (cuckoos, woodpeckers, birds with patterned wings/feathers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śatapatra

śatapatra - cuckoo, woodpecker (lit. 'hundred-winged/petaled')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+patra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• patra – wing, feather, leaf
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

प्रदक्षिणाः (pradakṣiṇāḥ) - flying in an auspicious clockwise direction (clockwise, auspicious, circumambulating to the right)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pradakṣiṇa

pradakṣiṇa - right-hand, clockwise, auspicious, propitious

Prefix: pra

Root: dakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the birds.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, emphatically (indeed, just, only, truly)

(indeclinable)

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they become, they are (they are, they become)

(verb)

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

present active indicative, third person plural

Root: bhū (class 1)

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle (in battle, in enumeration, in calculation)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃkhya

saṁkhya - battle, fight, enumeration, calculation

From sam-khyā (to count, reckon). Can mean battle due to "counting (lives)" or "coming together (in conflict)".

Root: khyā (class 2)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certain, sure (certain, firm, constant, surely)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhruva

dhruva - fixed, firm, constant, certain

Root: dhru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jayam.

जयम् (jayam) - victory (victory, triumph)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Root: ji (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they declare (they say, they speak, they declare)

(verb)

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

present active indicative, third person plural

Root: vad (class 1)

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - wise Brahmins (Brahmins, wise men, sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, wise man, sage

From vip (to tremble, to be inspired).

Root: vip (class 1)