महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-32

प्रपेततुः स्पर्धयाथ ततस्तौ हंसवायसौ ।
एकपाती च चक्राङ्गः काकः पातशतेन च ॥३२॥

32. prapetatuḥ spardhayātha tatastau haṁsavāyasau ,
ekapātī ca cakrāṅgaḥ kākaḥ pātaśatena ca.

32. prapetatuḥ spardhayā atha tataḥ tau haṃsavāyasau
ekapātī ca cakrāṅgaḥ kākaḥ pātaśatena ca

32. atha tataḥ,
tau haṃsavāyasau spardhayā prapetatuḥ ca,
cakrāṅgaḥ ekapātī ca kākaḥ pātaśatena (prapetatuḥ)

32. Then, in rivalry, the two, the swan and the crow, flew down. Chakrāṅga (the swan), who performs a single swoop, and the crow, with a hundred swoops.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रपेततुः (prapetatuḥ) - they both flew down, they both descended

• स्पर्धया (spardhayā) - with rivalry, in competition

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• तौ (tau) - those two

• हंसवायसौ (haṁsavāyasau) - the swan and the crow

• एकपाती (ekapātī) - one who swoops once

• च (ca) - and

• चक्राङ्गः (cakrāṅgaḥ) - Chakrāṅga (name of the swan)

• काकः (kākaḥ) - crow

• पातशतेन (pātaśatena) - with a hundred swoops

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

प्रपेततुः (prapetatuḥ) - they both flew down, they both descended

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of prapat

perfect tense form

Root √pat with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: √pat (class 1)

स्पर्धया (spardhayā) - with rivalry, in competition

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of spardhā

spardhā - rivalry, competition, emulation

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

हंसवायसौ (haṁsavāyasau) - the swan and the crow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of haṃsavāyasa

haṁsavāyasa - swan and crow

Compound type : dvandva (haṃsa+vāyasa)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• vāyasa – crow
  noun (masculine)

एकपाती (ekapātī) - one who swoops once

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekapātin

ekapātin - one who swoops/falls once

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+pātin)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)
• pātin – falling, swooping (agent noun)
  participle (masculine)
  agent noun from √pat
  Root: √pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चक्राङ्गः (cakrāṅgaḥ) - Chakrāṅga (name of the swan)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cakrāṅga

cakrāṅga - Chakrāṅga (a proper name, lit. 'wheel-limbed')

काकः (kākaḥ) - crow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

पातशतेन (pātaśatena) - with a hundred swoops

(noun)

Instrumental, 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)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)