महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-30

अथ काकाः प्रजहसुर्ये तत्रासन्समागताः ।
कथमेकेन पातेन हंसः पातशतं जयेत् ॥३०॥

30. atha kākāḥ prajahasurye tatrāsansamāgatāḥ ,
kathamekena pātena haṁsaḥ pātaśataṁ jayet.

30. atha kākāḥ prajahasuḥ ye tatra āsan samāgatāḥ
katham ekena pātena haṃsaḥ pātaśatam jayet

30. atha,
tatra samāgatāḥ ye kākāḥ,
prajahasuḥ katham haṃsaḥ ekena pātena pātaśatam jayet

30. Then the crows who had gathered there laughed loudly, (saying) "How can a swan conquer a hundred swoops with just one swoop?"

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• काकाः (kākāḥ) - crows

• प्रजहसुः (prajahasuḥ) - they laughed loudly

• ये (ye) - who, which

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled, gathered, arrived

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

• पातेन (pātena) - by a swoop, by a fall

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - swan

• पातशतम् (pātaśatam) - a hundred swoops/falls

• जयेत् (jayet) - he would conquer, he might conquer

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

काकाः (kākāḥ) - crows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāka

kāka - crow

प्रजहसुः (prajahasuḥ) - they laughed loudly

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of prajahas

perfect tense form

Root has, pra prefix

Prefix: pra

Root: √has (class 1)

ये (ye) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect tense form

Root: √as (class 2)

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled, gathered, arrived

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, gathered, arrived

past passive participle

From root √gam with upasargas sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: √gam (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

(numeral)

पातेन (pātena) - by a swoop, by a fall

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāta

pāta - swoop, fall, descent, throw

action noun from √pat

Root: √pat (class 1)

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - swan

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose

पातशतम् (pātaśatam) - a hundred swoops/falls

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pātaśata

pātaśata - a hundred swoops/falls

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāta+śata)

• pāta – swoop, fall, descent
  noun (masculine)
  action noun from √pat
  Root: √pat (class 1)
• śata – a hundred
  numeral (neuter)

जयेत् (jayet) - he would conquer, he might conquer

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ji

optative mood form

Root: √ji (class 1)