महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-27

एवमुक्ते तु काकेन प्रहस्यैको विहंगमः ।
उवाच हंसस्तं काकं वचनं तन्निबोध मे ॥२७॥

27. evamukte tu kākena prahasyaiko vihaṁgamaḥ ,
uvāca haṁsastaṁ kākaṁ vacanaṁ tannibodha me.

27. evam ukte tu kākena prahasya ekaḥ vihaṅgamaḥ
uvāca haṃsaḥ tam kākam vacanam tat nibodha me

27. kākena evam ukte tu ekaḥ vihaṅgamaḥ haṃsaḥ prahasya
tam kākam vacanam uvāca tat me vacanam nibodha

27. When the crow had spoken thus, one bird, a swan, laughed and said to that crow, 'Now listen to my words.'

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• उक्ते (ukte) - having been spoken (when spoken) (spoken, said)

• तु (tu) - indeed, now (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

• काकेन (kākena) - by the crow (by a crow)

• प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having laughed (having laughed, smiling)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one (specific) (one, a certain)

• विहङ्गमः (vihaṅgamaḥ) - bird (bird (lit. going in the sky))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said (he said, he spoke)

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - swan (swan, goose)

• तम् (tam) - that (that (masculine accusative singular))

• काकम् (kākam) - crow (crow (accusative))

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech (word, speech, saying)

• तत् (tat) - that (word/speech) (that (neuter accusative singular))

• निबोध (nibodha) - listen, understand (understand, perceive, know, learn)

• मे (me) - my (words) (my, of me, to me)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्ते (ukte) - having been spoken (when spoken) (spoken, said)

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak), converted to ukta.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Forms a locative absolute construction with evam and kākena.

तु (tu) - indeed, now (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

काकेन (kākena) - by the crow (by a crow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

Note: Agent in the locative absolute construction (evam ukte kākena).

प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having laughed (having laughed, smiling)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed by prefix pra + root has + suffix ya.

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one (specific) (one, a certain)

(numeral adjective)

Note: Agrees with vihaṅgamaḥ haṃsaḥ.

विहङ्गमः (vihaṅgamaḥ) - bird (bird (lit. going in the sky))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihaṅgama

vihaṅgama - bird, sky-goer

Compound of viha (sky) and gama (goer).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (viha+gama)

• viha – sky, air
  noun (neuter)
• gama – going, moving, a goer
  noun (masculine)
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect active indicative

Third person singular form.

Root: vac (class 2)

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - swan (swan, goose)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a mythical bird, the soul (ātman)

तम् (tam) - that (that (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Accusative singular masculine form.

काकम् (kākam) - crow (crow (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

Note: Object of uvāca.

वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying, expression

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of uvāca.

तत् (tat) - that (word/speech) (that (neuter accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Accusative singular neuter form.

Note: Refers to vacanam.

निबोध (nibodha) - listen, understand (understand, perceive, know, learn)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Imperative active

Second person singular form.

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - my (words) (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' in reference to vacanam.