महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-314, verse-28

सोऽभिगम्य पितुः पादावगृह्णादरणीसुतः ।
यथोपजोषं तैश्चापि समागच्छन्महामुनिः ॥२८॥

28. so'bhigamya pituḥ pādāvagṛhṇādaraṇīsutaḥ ,
yathopajoṣaṁ taiścāpi samāgacchanmahāmuniḥ.

28. saḥ abhigamya pituḥ pādau agṛhṇāt araṇīsutaḥ
yathā upajoṣam taiḥ ca api samāgacchan mahāmuniḥ

28. araṇīsutaḥ saḥ abhigamya pituḥ pādau agṛhṇāt
mahāmuniḥ ca taiḥ api yathā upajoṣam samāgacchan

28. The son (Śuka), having approached, clasped his father's feet. The great sage (mahāmuni) Vyasa also met with him (Śuka) in a manner that was suitable and pleasing.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Śuka) (he, that)

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached (having approached, having gone towards)

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

• पादौ (pādau) - (his) feet (of Vyasa) (two feet)

• अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - he clasped (he seized, he grasped, he clasped)

• अरणीसुतः (araṇīsutaḥ) - the son (Śuka), often described as born from Araṇī wood (son of Araṇī (fire-stick))

• यथा (yathā) - as (as, like, just as)

• उपजोषम् (upajoṣam) - in a suitable and pleasing manner (suitably, agreeably, pleasantly)

• तैः (taiḥ) - with him (Śuka), referring to the singular 'him' as an honorific plural or generalizing (by them, with them)

• च (ca) - also, and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• समागच्छन् (samāgacchan) - met, conversed (coming together, meeting, approaching)

• महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - the great sage (Vyasa) (great sage)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Śuka) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Śuka.

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached (having approached, having gone towards)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root gam- 'to go' with prefixes abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Possessive case for 'pādau'.

पादौ (pādau) - (his) feet (of Vyasa) (two feet)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, quarter, ray

Note: Object of 'agṛhṇāt'.

अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - he clasped (he seized, he grasped, he clasped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of grah

Imperfect tense form (laṅ) with class 9 'ṇā' infix.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: The subject is Śuka (araṇīsutaḥ).

अरणीसुतः (araṇīsutaḥ) - the son (Śuka), often described as born from Araṇī wood (son of Araṇī (fire-stick))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of araṇīsuta

araṇīsuta - son of Araṇī (fire-stick), born from wood

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (araṇī+suta)

• araṇī – fire-stick, female fire-drill
  noun (feminine)
• suta – son, born
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (from sū- 'to give birth')
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Refers to Śuka.

यथा (yathā) - as (as, like, just as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs 'upajoṣam'.

उपजोषम् (upajoṣam) - in a suitable and pleasing manner (suitably, agreeably, pleasantly)

(indeclinable)

Derived from root juṣ- 'to be pleased' with upasarga upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: juṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'samāgacchan'.

तैः (taiḥ) - with him (Śuka), referring to the singular 'him' as an honorific plural or generalizing (by them, with them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Śuka, possibly in honorific plural or generalizing the interaction.

च (ca) - also, and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

समागच्छन् (samāgacchan) - met, conversed (coming together, meeting, approaching)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgacchat

samāgacchat - coming together, meeting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root gam- 'to go' with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to Vyasa (mahāmuniḥ).

महामुनिः (mahāmuniḥ) - the great sage (Vyasa) (great sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage, great ascetic

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+muni)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vyasa.