वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-46, verse-27

गृध्रहंसगणाकीर्णां कङ्कसारससेविताम् ।
मेधःफेनसमाकीर्णामार्तस्तनितनिस्वनाम् ॥२७॥

27. gṛdhrahaṃsagaṇākīrṇāṃ kaṅkasārasasevitām ,
medhaḥphenasamākīrṇāmārtastanitanisvanām.

27. gṛdhrahaṃsagaṇākīrṇāṃ kaṅkasārasasevitām
medhaḥphenasamākīrṇām ārtastanitanisvanām

27. This battlefield-river is swarming with flocks of vultures and swans and frequented by herons and cranes. It is covered with foam of fat, and its sound is the wails of the suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• गृध्रहंसगणाकीर्णां (gṛdhrahaṁsagaṇākīrṇāṁ) - one crowded with flocks of vultures and swans (or other carrion birds) (crowded with flocks of vultures and swans)

• कङ्कसारससेविताम् (kaṅkasārasasevitām) - one frequented by herons and cranes (frequented by herons and cranes)

• मेधःफेनसमाकीर्णाम् (medhaḥphenasamākīrṇām) - one covered with foam of fat (from the slain bodies) (covered with foam of fat)

• आर्तस्तनितनिस्वनाम् (ārtastanitanisvanām) - one whose sound is the wails of the suffering (whose sound is the cries of the distressed)

Words meanings and morphology

गृध्रहंसगणाकीर्णां (gṛdhrahaṁsagaṇākīrṇāṁ) - one crowded with flocks of vultures and swans (or other carrion birds) (crowded with flocks of vultures and swans)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gṛdhrahaṃsagaṇākīrṇa

gṛdhrahaṁsagaṇākīrṇa - having flocks of vultures and swans that are scattered or crowded

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (gṛdhra+haṃsa+gaṇa+ākīrṇa)

• gṛdhra – vulture, greedy
  noun (masculine)
• haṃsa – swan, goose, a kind of large bird
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – flock, troop, multitude, collection
  noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇa – strewn, covered, crowded, filled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ- (to strew) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Compound adjective describing 'nadīm'

कङ्कसारससेविताम् (kaṅkasārasasevitām) - one frequented by herons and cranes (frequented by herons and cranes)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kaṅkasārasasevita

kaṅkasārasasevita - frequented by herons and cranes

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kaṅka+sārasa+sevita)

• kaṅka – heron, a kind of bird (sometimes vulture)
  noun (masculine)
• sārasa – crane, a marsh bird
  noun (masculine)
• sevita – served, worshipped, attended to, frequented
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sev- (to serve, frequent)
  Root: sev (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective describing 'nadīm'

मेधःफेनसमाकीर्णाम् (medhaḥphenasamākīrṇām) - one covered with foam of fat (from the slain bodies) (covered with foam of fat)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of medhaḥphenasamākīrṇa

medhaḥphenasamākīrṇa - having foam of fat that is covered (with something, or covered itself)

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (medhas+phena+samākīrṇa)

• medhas – fat, marrow, sacrificial fat
  noun (neuter)
• phena – foam, froth, scum
  noun (masculine)
• samākīrṇa – covered, filled, crowded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ- (to strew) with prefixes sam- and ā-
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Compound adjective describing 'nadīm'

आर्तस्तनितनिस्वनाम् (ārtastanitanisvanām) - one whose sound is the wails of the suffering (whose sound is the cries of the distressed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ārtastanitanisvana

ārtastanitanisvana - having a sound of cries from the distressed

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (ārta+stanita+nisvana)

• ārta – distressed, afflicted, suffering
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ṛ- (to go, also implies suffering)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• stanita – sound, noise, thunder, crying
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle used as noun
  from root stan- (to roar, groan)
  Root: stan (class 1)
• nisvana – sound, noise, cry
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Compound adjective describing 'nadīm'