महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-82

लीनं तु तस्य गात्रेषु मार्जारस्याथ मूषकम् ।
तौ दृष्ट्वा नकुलोलूकौ निराशौ जग्मतुर्गृहान् ॥८२॥

82. līnaṁ tu tasya gātreṣu mārjārasyātha mūṣakam ,
tau dṛṣṭvā nakulolūkau nirāśau jagmaturgṛhān.

82. līnam tu tasya gātreṣu mārjārasya atha mūṣakam
tau dṛṣṭvā nakulolūkāu nirāśau jagmatuḥ gṛhān

82. tau nakula-ulūkāu tasya mārjārasya gātreṣu
līnam atha mūṣakam dṛṣṭvā nirāśau gṛhān jagmatuḥ

82. But seeing that mouse clinging to the cat's limbs, the mongoose and the owl, disappointed, returned to their homes.

Words meanings summery:

• लीनम् (līnam) - clinging, hidden, merged, absorbed

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

• गात्रेषु (gātreṣu) - on the limbs, on the body

• मार्जारस्य (mārjārasya) - of the cat

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• मूषकम् (mūṣakam) - the mouse, the rat

• तौ (tau) - those two, they two

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• नकुलोलूकाउ (nakulolūkāu) - the mongoose and the owl

• निराशौ (nirāśau) - disappointed, hopeless, despairing

• जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they two went

• गृहान् (gṛhān) - to homes, houses

Words meanings and morphology

लीनम् (līnam) - clinging, hidden, merged, absorbed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of līna

līna - clinging, hidden, merged, dissolved, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'lī' (to cling, to dissolve).

Root: lī (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, its, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गात्रेषु (gātreṣu) - on the limbs, on the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, member

मार्जारस्य (mārjārasya) - of the cat

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - cat

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

मूषकम् (mūṣakam) - the mouse, the rat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mūṣaka

mūṣaka - mouse, rat

तौ (tau) - those two, they two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see) with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नकुलोलूकाउ (nakulolūkāu) - the mongoose and the owl

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nakulolūka

nakulolūka - mongoose and owl

Compound type : dvandva (nakula+ulūka)

• nakula – mongoose
  noun (masculine)
• ulūka – owl
  noun (masculine)

निराशौ (nirāśau) - disappointed, hopeless, despairing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nirāśa

nirāśa - disappointed, hopeless, despairing

From 'nis' (without) + 'āśā' (hope).

जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they two went

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Perfect (Liṭ) tense, 3rd person dual active

Reduplicated perfect form of the root 'gam'.

Root: gam (class 1)

गृहान् (gṛhān) - to homes, houses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling