महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-68, verse-52

परिपत्य यदा सूनुर्धरणीरेणुगुण्ठितः ।
पितुराश्लिष्यतेऽङ्गानि किमिवास्त्यधिकं ततः ॥५२॥

52. paripatya yadā sūnurdharaṇīreṇuguṇṭhitaḥ ,
piturāśliṣyate'ṅgāni kimivāstyadhikaṁ tataḥ.

52. paripatya yadā sūnuḥ dharaṇī-reṇu-guṇṭhitaḥ
pituḥ āśliṣyate aṅgāni kim iva asti adhikam tataḥ

52. When a son, covered in the dust of the earth, runs and embraces his father's body, what could be more delightful than that?

Words meanings summery:

• परिपत्य (paripatya) - having run around (having run around, having flown around)

• यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)

• सूनुः (sūnuḥ) - son (son, offspring)

• धरणी-रेणु-गुण्ठितः (dharaṇī-reṇu-guṇṭhitaḥ) - covered with earth-dust

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father (of the father, from the father)

• आश्लिष्यते (āśliṣyate) - embraces (is embraced, hugs)

• अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - body (limbs, body parts)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, how)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, just as)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• अधिकम् (adhikam) - more delightful (greater) (more, greater, superior)

• ततः (tataḥ) - than that (than that, from that, thence)

Words meanings and morphology

परिपत्य (paripatya) - having run around (having run around, having flown around)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'pat' (to fall, to fly, to run) with prefix 'pari'.

Prefix: pari

Root: pat (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when (when, at which time)

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb.

सूनुः (sūnuḥ) - son (son, offspring)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūnu

sūnu - son, offspring, child

From root 'sū' (to beget).

Root: sū (class 2)

धरणी-रेणु-गुण्ठितः (dharaṇī-reṇu-guṇṭhitaḥ) - covered with earth-dust

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharaṇī-reṇu-guṇṭhita

dharaṇī-reṇu-guṇṭhita - covered with dust from the earth

A compound describing 'sūnuḥ'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+reṇu+guṇṭhita)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• reṇu – dust, pollen, sand
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rī (class 4)
• guṇṭhita – covered, veiled, enveloped
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'guṇṭh' (to cover) with suffix 'kta'.
  Root: guṇṭh (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'sūnuḥ'.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

'ṛ'-stem noun.

Note: Can also be ablative singular. Here genitive is appropriate.

आश्लिष्यते (āśliṣyate) - embraces (is embraced, hugs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (laṭ) of āśliṣ

Present Tense, Ātmanepada (passive or middle sense)

From root 'śliṣ' (to embrace, to cling) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject is 'sūnuḥ'.

अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) - body (limbs, body parts)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body, part, division

Note: Object of 'āśliṣyate'. Nominative plural form is identical. Context implies accusative.

किम् (kim) - what (what, how)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Acts as the subject of 'is there'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, just as)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

From root 'as' (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

अधिकम् (adhikam) - more delightful (greater) (more, greater, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhika

adhika - more, greater, excessive, superior, abundant

'adhi' (over) + 'ka' (suffix).

Note: Predicate adjective to 'kim'.

ततः (tataḥ) - than that (than that, from that, thence)

(indeclinable)

Ablative particle.

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