महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-48

अवसीदन्ति मे प्राणाः स्मृतिर्मे नश्यति क्षुधा ।
स्वधर्मं बुध्यमानोऽपि हरिष्यामि श्वजाघनीम् ॥४८॥

48. avasīdanti me prāṇāḥ smṛtirme naśyati kṣudhā ,
svadharmaṁ budhyamāno'pi hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm.

48. avasīdanti me prāṇāḥ smṛtiḥ me naśyati kṣudhā
svadharmam budhyamānaḥ api hariṣyāmi śvajāghanīm

48. me prāṇāḥ avasīdanti me smṛtiḥ kṣudhā naśyati
svadharmam budhyamānaḥ api śvajāghanīm hariṣyāmi

48. My vital energies (prāṇa) are failing, and my memory (smṛti) is perishing due to hunger. Even though I understand my own natural law (dharma), I will take this dog's hindquarter.

Words meanings summery:

• अवसीदन्ति (avasīdanti) - they sink down, they fail, they languish

• मे (me) - my, to me

• प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - life-breaths, vital airs, vital energies (prāṇa)

• स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection (smṛti)

• मे (me) - my, to me

• नश्यति (naśyati) - it perishes, it is destroyed, it disappears

• क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger

• स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - one's own natural law (dharma), one's own duty/constitution

• बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - knowing, understanding

• अपि (api) - even, also, although

• हरिष्यामि (hariṣyāmi) - I will take, I will carry away

• श्वजाघनीम् (śvajāghanīm) - the hindquarter of a dog

Words meanings and morphology

अवसीदन्ति (avasīdanti) - they sink down, they fail, they languish

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of avasīd

Prefix: ava

Root: sad (class 1)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: (Can also be dative)

प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - life-breaths, vital airs, vital energies (prāṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - life-breath, vital air, vital energy

स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - memory, recollection (smṛti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of smṛti

smṛti - memory, recollection, tradition, a specific type of sacred text

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: (Can also be dative)

नश्यति (naśyati) - it perishes, it is destroyed, it disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - by hunger

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kṣudh

kṣudh - hunger, appetite

स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - one's own natural law (dharma), one's own duty/constitution

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svadharma

svadharma - one's own natural law, one's own duty, personal righteousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+dharma)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun/adjective
• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - knowing, understanding

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of budhyamāna

budhyamāna - understanding, knowing, perceiving

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root budh ('to know, to understand') with śānac pratyaya.

Root: budh (class 4)

अपि (api) - even, also, although

(indeclinable)

हरिष्यामि (hariṣyāmi) - I will take, I will carry away

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

श्वजाघनीम् (śvajāghanīm) - the hindquarter of a dog

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śvajāghanī

śvajāghanī - hindquarter of a dog