महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-28, verse-46

किं नाम पतनं काक यत्त्वं पतसि सांप्रतम् ।
जलं स्पृशसि पक्षाभ्यां तुण्डेन च पुनः पुनः ॥४६॥

46. kiṁ nāma patanaṁ kāka yattvaṁ patasi sāṁpratam ,
jalaṁ spṛśasi pakṣābhyāṁ tuṇḍena ca punaḥ punaḥ.

46. kim nāma patanam kāka yat tvam patasi sāṃpratam
jalam spṛśasi pakṣābhyām tuṇḍena ca punaḥ punaḥ

46. kāka tvam sāṃpratam yat kim nāma patanam patasi
pakṣābhyām tuṇḍena ca punaḥ punaḥ jalam spṛśasi

46. O crow, what kind of falling is this, that you are performing right now? You repeatedly touch the water with your wings and with your beak.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, a kind of

• पतनम् (patanam) - falling, descent

• काक (kāka) - O crow

• यत् (yat) - that, which

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पतसि (patasi) - you fall

• सांप्रतम् (sāṁpratam) - now, at present

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• स्पृशसि (spṛśasi) - you touch

• पक्षाभ्याम् (pakṣābhyām) - with two wings

• तुण्डेन (tuṇḍena) - with the beak

• च (ca) - and

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, a kind of

(indeclinable)

पतनम् (patanam) - falling, descent

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, descent, flight

action noun

suffix -ana added to root pat

Root: pat (class 1)

काक (kāka) - O crow

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

यत् (yat) - that, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पतसि (patasi) - you fall

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

सांप्रतम् (sāṁpratam) - now, at present

(indeclinable)

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

स्पृशसि (spṛśasi) - you touch

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

पक्षाभ्याम् (pakṣābhyām) - with two wings

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of pakṣa

pakṣa - wing, side, party

तुण्डेन (tuṇḍena) - with the beak

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tuṇḍa

tuṇḍa - beak, snout, mouth

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again

(indeclinable)