tagPrevrange is exactly what you're searching for. Check in documentation for it and use it in conjunction with 'current' tag which means current mouse position. So you need following (unchecked but taken out from my working program) code: 
  $text->tag('bind','your-tag','<Button-1>'=>sub {
    my $var = $text->get($text->tagPrevrange('your-tag','current'));
    # and here do something with $var
  });

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Also, 'widget' program, which comes with Tk distribution, greatly helps to answer similar questions, because it allows you to see a code that implements a behaviour that is currently demonstrated.

update: 'current' is a *mark* and not a tag

Best wishes,
I.R.Baboon.

In reply to Re: Using Perl/Tk text tags by Baboon
in thread Using Perl/Tk text tags by Anonymous Monk

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