महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-96, verse-16

भृगुरुवाच ।
प्रत्याक्रोशेदिहाक्रुष्टस्ताडितः प्रतिताडयेत् ।
खादेच्च पृष्ठमांसानि यस्ते हरति पुष्करम् ॥१६॥

16. bhṛguruvāca ,
pratyākrośedihākruṣṭastāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet ,
khādecca pṛṣṭhamāṁsāni yaste harati puṣkaram.

16. bhṛguḥ uvāca pratyākrośet iha ākruṣṭaḥ tāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet
khādet ca pṛṣṭhamāṃsāni yaḥ te harati puṣkaram

16. bhṛguḥ uvāca iha ākruṣṭaḥ pratyākrośet tāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet
ca yaḥ te puṣkaram harati pṛṣṭhamāṃsāni khādet

16. Bhṛgu said: 'If one is abused, they should abuse in return; if struck, they should strike back. And whoever steals your lotus, one should eat the flesh from their back.'

Words meanings summery:

• भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (a sage's name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• प्रत्याक्रोशेत् (pratyākrośet) - one should abuse in return, retort

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

• आक्रुष्टः (ākruṣṭaḥ) - one who is abused, insulted

• ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - one who is struck, beaten

• प्रतिताडयेत् (pratitāḍayet) - one should strike in return

• खादेत् (khādet) - one should eat, let him eat

• च (ca) - and, also

• पृष्ठमांसानि (pṛṣṭhamāṁsāni) - flesh from the back

• यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever, which)

• ते (te) - your (your, to you)

• हरति (harati) - he steals (he steals, takes away, carries)

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus (lotus)

Words meanings and morphology

भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu (a sage's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛgu

bhṛgu - Bhṛgu (name of an ancient sage and priestly family), fire, sun

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense 3rd person singular form of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रत्याक्रोशेत् (pratyākrośet) - one should abuse in return, retort

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pratyākruś

Optative mood 3rd person singular form of √kruś with prefixes prati- and ā-.

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: kruś (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world, in this matter

(indeclinable)

आक्रुष्टः (ākruṣṭaḥ) - one who is abused, insulted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākruṣṭa

ākruṣṭa - abused, insulted, reviled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kruś (to cry out) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: kruś (class 1)

ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - one who is struck, beaten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, beaten, smitten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √taḍ (to strike).

Root: taḍ (class 10)

प्रतिताडयेत् (pratitāḍayet) - one should strike in return

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pratitāḍ

Optative mood 3rd person singular form of root √taḍ with prefix prati-.

Prefix: prati

Root: taḍ (class 10)

खादेत् (khādet) - one should eat, let him eat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of khād

Optative mood 3rd person singular form of √khād.

Root: khād (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पृष्ठमांसानि (pṛṣṭhamāṁsāni) - flesh from the back

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pṛṣṭhamāṃsa

pṛṣṭhamāṁsa - flesh of the back, back-meat

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛṣṭha+māṃsa)

• pṛṣṭha – back, surface, top
  noun (neuter)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)

यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, whoever, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

ते (te) - your (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Note: Enclitic form of tvad.

हरति (harati) - he steals (he steals, takes away, carries)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of hṛ

Present tense 3rd person singular form of √hṛ.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - the lotus (lotus)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, blue lotus, a lake, the tip of an elephant's trunk, a sacred place (Pushkar)