महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-144, verse-22

अविमृश्यैव च ततः कृतवानस्मि तत्तथा ।
तेनोच्छिष्टेन गात्राणि शिरश्चैवाभ्यमृक्षयम् ॥२२॥

22. avimṛśyaiva ca tataḥ kṛtavānasmi tattathā ,
tenocchiṣṭena gātrāṇi śiraścaivābhyamṛkṣayam.

22. avimṛśya eva ca tataḥ kṛtavān asmi tat tathā tena
ucchiṣṭena gātrāṇi śiraḥ ca eva abhyamṛkṣayam

22. Without reflecting, I then did exactly that. With that leftover (rice pudding), I smeared my limbs and also my head.

Words meanings summery:

• अविमृश्य (avimṛśya) - without reflecting, without considering

• एव (eva) - only, indeed

• च (ca) - and

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

• कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - having done, he did

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तत् (tat) - the action of smearing as instructed (that)

• तथा (tathā) - exactly as instructed (thus, in that manner)

• तेन (tena) - with that rice pudding (with that)

• उच्छिष्टेन (ucchiṣṭena) - with the leftover (rice pudding) (with the leftover, with the remainder)

• गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, body parts

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, also

• अभ्यमृक्षयम् (abhyamṛkṣayam) - I smeared

Words meanings and morphology

अविमृश्य (avimṛśya) - without reflecting, without considering

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Prefixes: a+vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

एव (eva) - only, indeed

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - having done, he did

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtavat

kṛtavat - having done, performed

Past Active Participle

Derived from root kṛ with suffix -vat

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

root of 2nd class, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

Note: 'kṛtavān asmi' functions as a periphrastic perfect tense, meaning 'I did' or 'I have done'.

तत् (tat) - the action of smearing as instructed (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - exactly as instructed (thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - with that rice pudding (with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'pāyasam'.

उच्छिष्टेन (ucchiṣṭena) - with the leftover (rice pudding) (with the leftover, with the remainder)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ucchiṣṭa

ucchiṣṭa - left over (food), remainder, defiled by eating

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ut

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'tena' (tad).

गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, body parts

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, member

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes inclusion, 'even the head'.

अभ्यमृक्षयम् (abhyamṛkṣayam) - I smeared

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of abhimṛkṣay

causative from abhi-mṛj

Prefix: abhi

Root: mṛj (class 2)