महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-124

नराश्वनागास्थिनिकृत्तशर्करा विनाशपातालवती भयावहा ।
तां कङ्कमालावृतगृध्रकह्वैः क्रव्यादसंघैश्च तरक्षुभिश्च ॥१२४॥

124. narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā; vināśapātālavatī bhayāvahā ,
tāṁ kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahvaiḥ; kravyādasaṁghaiśca tarakṣubhiśca.

124. narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā
vināśapātālavatī bhayāvahā tām
kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahvaiḥ
kravyādasaṃghaiḥ ca tarakṣubhiḥ ca

124. narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā
vināśapātālavatī bhayāvahā tām
kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahvaiḥ ca
kravyādasaṃghaiḥ ca tarakṣubhiḥ ca

124. This river had gravel made of fragments of human, horse, and elephant bones, and it possessed a destructive abyss, truly dreadful. Her (the river was surrounded) by hosts of kaṅka-birds and vultures that were covered with rows of kaṅkas, by multitudes of flesh-eating creatures, and by hyenas...

Words meanings summery:

• नराश्वनागास्थिनिकृत्तशर्करा (narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā) - having gravel of fragments of human, horse, and elephant bones

• विनाशपातालवती (vināśapātālavatī) - possessing a netherworld of destruction, leading to ruin, having a destructive abyss

• भयावहा (bhayāvahā) - causing fear, dreadful, terrifying

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (river)

• कङ्कमालावृतगृध्रकह्वैः (kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahvaiḥ) - by vultures and kahva-birds that are covered with rows of kaṅka-birds

• क्रव्यादसंघैः (kravyādasaṁghaiḥ) - by multitudes of flesh-eaters/carrion-eaters

• च (ca) - and

• तरक्षुभिः (tarakṣubhiḥ) - by hyenas

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

नराश्वनागास्थिनिकृत्तशर्करा (narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā) - having gravel of fragments of human, horse, and elephant bones

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā

narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā - having gravel of fragments of human, horse, and elephant bones

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nara+aśva+nāga+asthi+nikṛtta+śarkarā)

• nara – human, man
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• nāga – elephant; snake
  noun (masculine)
• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• nikṛtta – cut up, broken, torn off
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛt (to cut) with prefix ni.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṛt
• śarkarā – gravel, pebble, grit
  noun (feminine)

विनाशपातालवती (vināśapātālavatī) - possessing a netherworld of destruction, leading to ruin, having a destructive abyss

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vināśapātālavatī

vināśapātālavat - possessing a netherworld of destruction

Derived by adding the possessive suffix -vat to the compound vināśapātāla.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vināśa+pātāla+vat)

• vināśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
• pātāla – netherworld, abyss, hell
  noun (masculine)
• vat – possessing, having, like
  suffix
  Possessive suffix.

भयावहा (bhayāvahā) - causing fear, dreadful, terrifying

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhayāvahā

bhayāvaha - causing fear, dreadful, terrifying

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+āvaha)

• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• āvaha – bringing, causing, producing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root vah (to carry) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vah

ताम् (tām) - her, that (river)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, her, it

कङ्कमालावृतगृध्रकह्वैः (kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahvaiḥ) - by vultures and kahva-birds that are covered with rows of kaṅka-birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahva

kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahva - vultures and kahva-birds that are covered with rows of kaṅka-birds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṅkamālā+āvṛta+gṛdhra+kahva)

• kaṅka – a type of carnivorous bird, heron
  noun (masculine)
• mālā – garland, row, series
  noun (feminine)
• āvṛta – covered, surrounded, enveloped
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root vṛ (to cover, surround) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ
• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• kahva – a carnivorous bird
  noun (masculine)

क्रव्यादसंघैः (kravyādasaṁghaiḥ) - by multitudes of flesh-eaters/carrion-eaters

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kravyādasaṃgha

kravyādasaṁgha - multitude of flesh-eaters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kravyāda+saṃgha)

• kravyāda – flesh-eater, carrion-eater, demon
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgha – multitude, host, collection
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तरक्षुभिः (tarakṣubhiḥ) - by hyenas

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tarakṣu

tarakṣu - hyena, tiger

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)