महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-139, verse-4

दुष्टो मानुषमांसादो महाकायो महाबलः ।
आघ्राय मानुषं गन्धं भगिनीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥४॥

4. duṣṭo mānuṣamāṁsādo mahākāyo mahābalaḥ ,
āghrāya mānuṣaṁ gandhaṁ bhaginīmidamabravīt.

4. duṣṭaḥ mānuṣamāṃsādaḥ mahākāyaḥ mahābalaḥ
āghrāya mānuṣam gandham bhaginīm idam abravīt

4. That wicked cannibal, huge-bodied and mighty, having smelt human odor, said this to his sister.

4. הרשע הענק, אוכל בשר האדם ורב הכוח, הריח ריח אדם ואמר לאחותו את הדברים האלה.

Words meanings summery:

• दुष्टः (duṣṭaḥ) - wicked, evil, bad

• मानुषमांसादः (mānuṣamāṁsādaḥ) - eater of human flesh, cannibal

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - of great strength, very mighty

• आघ्राय (āghrāya) - having smelt, after smelling

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, relating to humans

• गन्धम् (gandham) - smell, odor

• भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - sister

• इदम् (idam) - this (speech that follows) (this)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, spoke

Words meanings and morphology

दुष्टः (duṣṭaḥ) - wicked, evil, bad

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duṣṭa

duṣṭa - wicked, evil, bad, corrupt

Past passive participle

From root duṣ (to become bad, corrupt)

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Refers to Hiḍimba.

मानुषमांसादः (mānuṣamāṁsādaḥ) - eater of human flesh, cannibal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānuṣamāṃsāda

mānuṣamāṁsāda - eater of human flesh, cannibal

Compound: mānuṣa (human) + māṃsa (flesh) + ada (eater)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mānuṣa+māṃsa+ada)

• mānuṣa – human, relating to humans
  adjective (neuter)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eater, consumer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Refers to Hiḍimba.

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - huge-bodied, gigantic

Compound: mahā (great) + kāya (body)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• kāya – body, form
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Hiḍimba.

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - of great strength, very mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - of great strength, very powerful, mighty

Compound: mahā (great) + bala (strength)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to Hiḍimba.

आघ्राय (āghrāya) - having smelt, after smelling

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root ghrā (to smell) with upasarga ā, followed by suffix -ya (after a prefix)

Prefix: ā

Root: ghrā (class 1)

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human, relating to humans

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, relating to humans

Note: Modifies `gandham`.

गन्धम् (gandham) - smell, odor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gandha

gandha - smell, odor, fragrance

Note: Object of `āghrāya`.

भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - sister

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaginī

bhaginī - sister

Note: Object of `abravīt`.

इदम् (idam) - this (speech that follows) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Refers to the speech that follows.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Imperfect active third person singular

Root brū (2nd class), imperfect tense

Root: brū (class 2)

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