महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-192, verse-83

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततो विकृतचेष्टौ द्वौ पुरुषौ समुपस्थितौ ।
गृहीत्वान्योन्यमावेष्ट्य कुचेलावूचतुर्वचः ॥८३॥

83. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tato vikṛtaceṣṭau dvau puruṣau samupasthitau ,
gṛhītvānyonyamāveṣṭya kucelāvūcaturvacaḥ.

83. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tataḥ vikṛtaceṣṭau dvau puruṣau
samupasthitau gṛhītvā anyonyam āveṣṭya kucelau ūcatuḥ vacaḥ

83. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
tataḥ,
dvau vikṛtaceṣṭau kucelau puruṣau anyonyam gṛhītvā āveṣṭya samupasthitau (ca) vacaḥ ūcatuḥ.

83. Bhishma said: Then, two men with strange behavior, poorly dressed, approached. Having seized and entwined each other, they spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• विकृतचेष्टौ (vikṛtaceṣṭau) - of distorted or strange actions/gestures

• द्वौ (dvau) - two

• पुरुषौ (puruṣau) - men, persons, cosmic persons (puruṣa)

• समुपस्थितौ (samupasthitau) - stood near, presented themselves, approached

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• आवेष्ट्य (āveṣṭya) - having embraced, having entwined

• कुचेलौ (kucelau) - ill-clad, wearing dirty clothes

• ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they both said/spoke

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

विकृतचेष्टौ (vikṛtaceṣṭau) - of distorted or strange actions/gestures

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vikṛtaceṣṭa

vikṛtaceṣṭa - whose actions/gestures are distorted or unnatural

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vikṛta+ceṣṭa)

• vikṛta – distorted, changed, altered, unnatural
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ceṣṭa – action, movement, gesture
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root ceṣṭ
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

द्वौ (dvau) - two

(numeral)

पुरुषौ (puruṣau) - men, persons, cosmic persons (puruṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, the Supreme Being or Soul (puruṣa)

समुपस्थितौ (samupasthitau) - stood near, presented themselves, approached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samupasthita

samupasthita - approached, presented, standing near

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā with upasargas sam and upa

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Ktvā)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: grah (class 9)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anyonya

anyonya - each other, one another

आवेष्ट्य (āveṣṭya) - having embraced, having entwined

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Lyap)

Formed with suffix -ya after upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

कुचेलौ (kucelau) - ill-clad, wearing dirty clothes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kucela

kucela - wearing bad or dirty clothes, ill-clad

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ku+cela)

• ku – bad, evil, contemptible (prefix)
  indeclinable
• cela – garment, cloth
  noun (neuter)

ऊचतुः (ūcatuḥ) - they both said/spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, utterance

Root: vac (class 2)