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?

52. כשהבן רץ אל אביו, מכוסה באבק האדמה, ומחבק את גופו, איזה דבר גדול מזה יש?

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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