महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-139, verse-88

भीष्म उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा निववृते मातङ्गः कौशिकं तदा ।
विश्वामित्रो जहारैव कृतबुद्धिः श्वजाघनीम् ॥८८॥

88. bhīṣma uvāca ,
evamuktvā nivavṛte mātaṅgaḥ kauśikaṁ tadā ,
viśvāmitro jahāraiva kṛtabuddhiḥ śvajāghanīm.

88. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca evam uktvā nivavṛte mātaṅgaḥ kauśikam
tadā viśvāmitraḥ jahāra eva kṛtabuddhiḥ śvajāghanīm

88. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca evam uktvā tadā mātaṅgaḥ kauśikam
nivavṛte kṛtabuddhiḥ viśvāmitraḥ śvajāghanīm eva jahāra

88. Bhishma said: Having spoken thus, the Matanga (outcaste) then turned back from Kaushika (Vishvamitra). Vishvamitra, having made up his mind, indeed took the dog's cooked thigh.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (name of a character)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• निववृते (nivavṛte) - returned, turned back

• मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - the Matanga (the outcaste who was speaking) (a Matanga (an outcaste), elephant)

• कौशिकम् (kauśikam) - towards Kaushika (Vishvamitra) (pertaining to Kuśika, a descendant of Kuśika (Vishvamitra))

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Vishvamitra (name of a Rishi)

• जहार (jahāra) - took, carried away, snatched

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• कृतबुद्धिः (kṛtabuddhiḥ) - having made up one's mind, determined, resolute

• श्वजाघनीम् (śvajāghanīm) - the cooked thigh of a dog (the hind-quarter/thigh of a dog)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (name of a character)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root 'vac' (to speak) + -tvā suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

निववृते (nivavṛte) - returned, turned back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - the Matanga (the outcaste who was speaking) (a Matanga (an outcaste), elephant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - an elephant, a Cāṇḍāla (outcaste)

कौशिकम् (kauśikam) - towards Kaushika (Vishvamitra) (pertaining to Kuśika, a descendant of Kuśika (Vishvamitra))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kauśika

kauśika - a descendant of Kuśika, Vishvamitra

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Vishvamitra (name of a Rishi)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - Vishvamitra (name of a Rishi)

जहार (jahāra) - took, carried away, snatched

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of hṛ

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

कृतबुद्धिः (kṛtabuddhiḥ) - having made up one's mind, determined, resolute

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtabuddhi

kṛtabuddhi - one whose mind is made up, resolute

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+buddhi)

• kṛta – done, made
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) + -ta suffix.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• buddhi – intellect, mind, understanding
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

श्वजाघनीम् (śvajāghanīm) - the cooked thigh of a dog (the hind-quarter/thigh of a dog)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śvajāghanī

śvajāghanī - hind-quarter of a dog, a dog's thigh

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śvan+jāghanī)

• śvan – dog
  noun (masculine)
• jāghanī – thigh, hind-quarter
  noun (feminine)