महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-38

अवमन्य रयं हंसानिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ।
योऽसावुत्पतितो हंसः सोऽसावेव प्रहीयते ॥३८॥

38. avamanya rayaṁ haṁsānidaṁ vacanamabravīt ,
yo'sāvutpatito haṁsaḥ so'sāveva prahīyate.

38. avamanya rayam haṃsān idam vacanam abravīt yaḥ
asau utpatitaḥ haṃsaḥ saḥ asau eva prahīyate

38. rayam avamanya idam vacanam haṃsān abravīt.
yaḥ asau haṃsaḥ utpatitaḥ,
saḥ asau eva prahīyate.

38. Disdaining (the crow's) speed, (the crow) spoke this word to the swans: "That swan who has flown up, that very one will certainly fall."

Words meanings summery:

• अवमन्य (avamanya) - having disdained, having disregarded

• रयम् (rayam) - speed, swiftness, current, force

• हंसान् (haṁsān) - swans

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative)

• उत्पतितः (utpatitaḥ) - flown up, risen, ascended

• हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - swan

• सः (saḥ) - that, he, she, it

• असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly, very

• प्रहीयते (prahīyate) - is lost, falls, perishes, is abandoned

Words meanings and morphology

अवमन्य (avamanya) - having disdained, having disregarded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root `man` (to think, perceive) with prefixes `ava` (down, off) and `ya` suffix

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

रयम् (rayam) - speed, swiftness, current, force

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raya

raya - speed, swiftness, current, force

Root: ṛ (class 1)

हंसान् (haṁsān) - swans

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a kind of mythical bird

Root: han (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

From root `brū` (or `vac`)

Root: brū (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one, he, she, it (a demonstrative pronoun indicating something very remote or distinct)

उत्पतितः (utpatitaḥ) - flown up, risen, ascended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utpatita

utpatita - flown up, risen, ascended

Past Passive Participle

From root `pat` (to fall, fly) with prefix `ud` (up) and `kta` suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: pat (class 1)

हंसः (haṁsaḥ) - swan

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of haṃsa

haṁsa - swan, goose, a kind of mythical bird

Root: han (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - that, he, she, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

असौ (asau) - that one, he, she, it (remote demonstrative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that one, he, she, it (a demonstrative pronoun indicating something very remote or distinct)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, certainly, very

(indeclinable)

प्रहीयते (prahīyate) - is lost, falls, perishes, is abandoned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of prahī

Passive voice of root `hā` (to abandon, forsake) with prefix `pra` (forward, away)

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)