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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-64, verse-4

वडानां वायसानां च पुरस्तात्सव्यसाचिनः ।
बहुलानि सहस्राणि प्राक्रीडंस्तत्र भारत ॥४॥
4. vaḍānāṁ vāyasānāṁ ca purastātsavyasācinaḥ ,
bahulāni sahasrāṇi prākrīḍaṁstatra bhārata.
4. vaḍānām vāyasānām ca purastāt savyasācinaḥ
bahulāni sahasrāṇi prākṛīḍan tatra bhārata
4. bhārata savyasācinaḥ purastāt vaḍānām
vāyasānām ca bahulāni sahasrāṇi tatra prākṛīḍan
4. Oh Bhārata (descendant of Bharata), many thousands of vultures and crows played (circled) in front of Arjuna (Savyasācī) there.

Words meanings summery:

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  • वडानाम् (vaḍānām) - of vultures, of large birds
  • वायसानाम् (vāyasānām) - of crows
  • (ca) - and, also
  • पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front of, before, eastward
  • सव्यसाचिनः (savyasācinaḥ) - of Savyasācī, of Arjuna
  • बहुलानि (bahulāni) - many, numerous, abundant
  • सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
  • प्राकृईडन् (prākṛīḍan) - they played, they gamboled, they circled (ominously)
  • तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place
  • भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

वडानाम् (vaḍānām) - of vultures, of large birds
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of vaḍa
vaḍa - vulture, large bird, crow (in some contexts)
वायसानाम् (vāyasānām) - of crows
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of vāyasa
vāyasa - crow
Derived from vi (bird) or vayas (bird).
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
पुरस्तात् (purastāt) - in front of, before, eastward
(indeclinable)
Adverbial suffix tāt indicating position/direction.
Root: puras
सव्यसाचिनः (savyasācinaḥ) - of Savyasācī, of Arjuna
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of savyasācin
savyasācin - one who can shoot with the left hand, Arjuna
Bahuvrīhi compound: savya (left) + sācin (shooter).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)
  • savya – left, left-hand
    adjective
  • sācin – shooter, archer (in compound savyasācin)
    noun (masculine)
    Agent noun, contextually referring to one who shoots. Often interpreted as from root sañj (to cling/attach, hence hitting target) or related to sāya (arrow).
    Root: sañj (class 1)
बहुलानि (bahulāni) - many, numerous, abundant
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of bahula
bahula - numerous, abundant, many, various
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand, a large number
प्राकृईडन् (prākṛīḍan) - they played, they gamboled, they circled (ominously)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of krīḍ
Imperfect Active
From root krīḍ (to play) with prefix pra. prā is from pra + a.
Prefix: pra
Root: krīḍ (class 1)
Note: The verb refers to the circling of the birds.
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place
(indeclinable)
Adverbial suffix tra from tad.
भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - descendant of Bharata, a king, an Indian
Masculine vocative singular.
Root: bhṛ (class 1)