महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-314, verse-26

अथ व्यासः परिक्षिप्तं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् ।
ददर्श सुतमायान्तं दिवाकरसमप्रभम् ॥२६॥

26. atha vyāsaḥ parikṣiptaṁ jvalantamiva pāvakam ,
dadarśa sutamāyāntaṁ divākarasamaprabham.

26. atha vyāsaḥ parikṣiptam jvalantam iva pāvakam
dadarśa sutam āyāntam divākarasamaprabham

26. atha vyāsaḥ jvalantam pāvakam iva parikṣiptam
divākarasamaprabham āyāntam sutam dadarśa

26. Then Vyasa saw his son coming, who appeared enveloped in a blaze like fire and shone with a radiance equal to the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (indicating sequence) (then, now, moreover)

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - the sage Vyasa, father of Śuka (Vyasa (a sage))

• परिक्षिप्तम् (parikṣiptam) - enveloped (surrounded, encircled, enveloped)

• ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - blazing, shining intensely (burning, blazing, shining)

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

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (as a blazing entity) (fire, pure, purifying)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw (he saw, he beheld)

• सुतम् (sutam) - his son (Śuka) (son)

• आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - coming, approaching

• दिवाकरसमप्रभम् (divākarasamaprabham) - shining with a radiance equal to the sun (having luster equal to the sun, sun-like in radiance)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (indicating sequence) (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - the sage Vyasa, father of Śuka (Vyasa (a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa, an arranger, compiler

परिक्षिप्तम् (parikṣiptam) - enveloped (surrounded, encircled, enveloped)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parikṣipta

parikṣipta - surrounded, encircled, thrown around

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṣip- 'to throw' with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Refers to the son (sutam).

ज्वलन्तम् (jvalantam) - blazing, shining intensely (burning, blazing, shining)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalat

jvalat - burning, blazing, shining

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jval- 'to burn, shine'.

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'pāvakam'.

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

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (as a blazing entity) (fire, pure, purifying)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying

Derived from root pū- 'to purify'.

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of comparison for 'parikṣiptam jvalantam'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw (he saw, he beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect tense form (liṭ).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The subject is Vyasa.

सुतम् (sutam) - his son (Śuka) (son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born

Past Passive Participle (from sū- 'to give birth')

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Object of 'dadarśa'.

आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - coming, approaching

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āyānt

āyānt - coming, approaching

Present Active Participle

Derived from root yā- 'to go' with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the son (sutam).

दिवाकरसमप्रभम् (divākarasamaprabham) - shining with a radiance equal to the sun (having luster equal to the sun, sun-like in radiance)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of divākarasamaprabha

divākarasamaprabha - having luster equal to the sun

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (divākara+sama+prabhā)

• divākara – sun, day-maker
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sama – equal, same, like
  adjective
• prabhā – radiance, luster, light
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Refers to the son (sutam).