महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-31, verse-43

पश्य कङ्कांश्च गृध्रांश्च समवेतान्सहस्रशः ।
स्थितानभिमुखान्घोरानन्योन्यमभिभाषतः ॥४३॥

43. paśya kaṅkāṁśca gṛdhrāṁśca samavetānsahasraśaḥ ,
sthitānabhimukhānghorānanyonyamabhibhāṣataḥ.

43. paśya kaṅkān ca gṛdhrān ca samavetān sahasraśaḥ
sthitān abhimukhān ghorān anyonyam abhibhāṣataḥ

43. paśya sahasraśaḥ samavetān sthitān abhimukhān
ghorān kaṅkān ca gṛdhrān ca anyonyam abhibhāṣataḥ

43. Behold, thousands of dreadful cranes and vultures, gathered and standing face-to-face, speaking to one another.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - See! Behold!

• कङ्कान् (kaṅkān) - cranes, herons

• च (ca) - and

• गृध्रान् (gṛdhrān) - vultures

• च (ca) - and

• समवेतान् (samavetān) - assembled, gathered

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands, by thousands

• स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing, situated

• अभिमुखान् (abhimukhān) - facing, confronting, face-to-face

• घोरान् (ghorān) - dreadful, terrible

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

• अभिभाषतः (abhibhāṣataḥ) - speaking to, conversing with

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - See! Behold!

(verb)

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

Present stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कङ्कान् (kaṅkān) - cranes, herons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaṅka

kaṅka - a heron, crane

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गृध्रान् (gṛdhrān) - vultures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

समवेतान् (samavetān) - assembled, gathered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samaveta

samaveta - assembled, collected, gathered

Past Passive Participle

From sam-ava-i (to come together, unite) + kta (suffix for PPP).

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: i (class 2)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - in thousands, by thousands

(indeclinable)

Formed from sahasra (thousand) with the adverbial suffix -śaḥ.

स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing, situated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, existing

Past Passive Participle

From sthā (to stand) + kta (suffix for PPP).

Root: sthā (class 1)

अभिमुखान् (abhimukhān) - facing, confronting, face-to-face

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhimukha

abhimukha - facing, having the face towards, confronting

Compound of abhi (towards) and mukha (face).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (abhi+mukha)

• abhi – towards, against
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

घोरान् (ghorān) - dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, formidable

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, one another

(indeclinable)

Compound of anya (other) repeated.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (anya+anya)

• anya – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)
• anya – other, another
  pronoun (masculine)

अभिभाषतः (abhibhāṣataḥ) - speaking to, conversing with

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of abhibhāṣat

abhibhāṣat - speaking to, conversing with

Present Active Participle

From abhi-bhāṣ (to speak to) + śatṛ (suffix for PAP).

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: This participle is in the dual form, referring to the two types of birds (cranes and vultures) speaking to each other.