महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-26

गतागतप्रतिगता बह्वीश्च निकुडीनिकाः ।
कर्तास्मि मिषतां वोऽद्य ततो द्रक्ष्यथ मे बलम् ॥२६॥

26. gatāgatapratigatā bahvīśca nikuḍīnikāḥ ,
kartāsmi miṣatāṁ vo'dya tato drakṣyatha me balam.

26. gatāgatapratigatā bahvīḥ ca nikuḍīnikāḥ kartā
asmi miṣatām vaḥ adya tataḥ drakṣyatha me balam

26. adya vaḥ miṣatām (aham) gatāgatapratigatāḥ bahvīḥ
ca nikuḍīnikāḥ kartā asmi tataḥ me balam drakṣyatha

26. Today, while you watch, I will perform many maneuvers of going, coming, and returning, along with numerous evasive dives. Then you will witness my power.

Words meanings summery:

• गतागतप्रतिगता (gatāgatapratigatā) - maneuvers involving repeated going, coming, and returning (in flight) (repeated going and coming, shuttling back and forth, moving to and fro)

• बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - numerous (many, numerous)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• निकुडीनिकाः (nikuḍīnikāḥ) - evasive dives, aerial maneuvers (evasive dives, hiding, tricks, maneuvers (lit. a dive, a stoop))

• कर्ता (kartā) - I shall be the performer (implied future sense) (doer, performer)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I shall be (I am)

• मिषताम् (miṣatām) - while you watch (implied 'your watching') (while watching, of those watching, to those watching)

• वः (vaḥ) - your (referring to the spectators) (to you, your, you)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, thence, therefore)

• द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you will witness (you will see, you will witness)

• मे (me) - my (my, of me, to me)

• बलम् (balam) - power, strength (strength, power, might)

Words meanings and morphology

गतागतप्रतिगता (gatāgatapratigatā) - maneuvers involving repeated going, coming, and returning (in flight) (repeated going and coming, shuttling back and forth, moving to and fro)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of gatāgatapratigata

gatāgatapratigata - moving to and fro, going and returning, shuttling

Past Passive Participle

Derived from gam (to go), repeated form gatāgata, with prati prefix pratigata, forming a compound gatāgatapratigata.

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (gata+āgata+pratigata)

• gata – gone
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• āgata – come, arrived
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pratigata – returned, gone back
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go) with prefix prati-.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Feminine nominative plural, agreeing with nikuḍīnikāḥ.

बह्वीः (bahvīḥ) - numerous (many, numerous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahū

bahū - many, numerous, abundant

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

निकुडीनिकाः (nikuḍīnikāḥ) - evasive dives, aerial maneuvers (evasive dives, hiding, tricks, maneuvers (lit. a dive, a stoop))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nikuḍīnikā

nikuḍīnikā - a stoop, a dive (of a bird), an evasive action, a trick

कर्ता (kartā) - I shall be the performer (implied future sense) (doer, performer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartṛ

kartṛ - doer, agent, creator, performer

Agent noun from root kṛ (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The speaker (a crow, typically masculine) is the agent.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I shall be (I am)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative

First person singular form.

Root: as (class 2)

मिषताम् (miṣatām) - while you watch (implied 'your watching') (while watching, of those watching, to those watching)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of miṣat

miṣat - watching, seeing, observing

Present active participle

From root miṣ (to wink, to open the eyes), meaning 'observing, watching'.

Root: miṣ (class 6)

Note: Often used for 'while' or 'in the presence of' with genitive.

वः (vaḥ) - your (referring to the spectators) (to you, your, you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Genitive/Dative plural form of the second person pronoun.

Note: Genitive plural here, implying 'your' or 'of you'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you will witness (you will see, you will witness)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of dṛś

Future active indicative

Second person plural form.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मे (me) - my (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive/Dative singular form of the first person pronoun.

Note: Genitive singular here, meaning 'my'.

बलम् (balam) - power, strength (strength, power, might)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

Note: Object of drakṣyatha.