महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-52

जिज्ञासुरिह संप्राप्तस्तवाहं राजसत्तम ।
तस्य मे रोचसे राजन्क्षुधितस्येव भोजनम् ॥५२॥

52. jijñāsuriha saṁprāptastavāhaṁ rājasattama ,
tasya me rocase rājankṣudhitasyeva bhojanam.

52. jijñāsuḥ iha samprāptaḥ tava aham rājasattama
tasya me rocase rājan kṣudhitasya iva bhojanam

52. rājasattama! aham iha tava jijñāsuḥ samprāptaḥ.
rājan! kṣudhitasya bhojanam iva,
tasya me tvam rocase.

52. O best of kings, I have come here as one eager to know about you. O king, you are as pleasing to me as food to a hungry person.

Words meanings summery:

• जिज्ञासुः (jijñāsuḥ) - one eager to know (about you) (desirous of knowing, inquisitive, seeker of knowledge)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, now)

• सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived, reached (arrived, attained, obtained)

• तव (tava) - about you (your, of you)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - O best of kings

• तस्य (tasya) - to that (me) (to him, of him, to that)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, of me)

• रोचसे (rocase) - you are pleasing, you appeal (you shine, you are pleasing, you delight)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• क्षुधितस्य (kṣudhitasya) - to a hungry person (of a hungry person, for a hungry person)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food (food, meal)

Words meanings and morphology

जिज्ञासुः (jijñāsuḥ) - one eager to know (about you) (desirous of knowing, inquisitive, seeker of knowledge)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jijñāsu

jijñāsu - desirous of knowing, inquisitive, seeker

Desiderative Agent Noun

Derived from the desiderative stem of root 'jñā' with suffix -u.

Root: jñā (class 9)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived, reached (arrived, attained, obtained)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samprāpta

samprāpta - arrived, reached, attained, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'āp' with upasargas 'sam' and 'pra', masculine singular nominative

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Acts as an adjective to the implied 'aham'.

तव (tava) - about you (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Used with 'jijñāsuḥ' to indicate the object of inquiry.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - O best of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājasattama

rājasattama - best of kings, most excellent king

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+sattama)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

तस्य (tasya) - to that (me) (to him, of him, to that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Often used anaphorically or emphatically with 'me' in dative/genitive context.

मे (me) - to me (to me, of me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

Note: Alternative form for dative and genitive singular.

रोचसे (rocase) - you are pleasing, you appeal (you shine, you are pleasing, you delight)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

Present Middle Indicative

Root 'ruc', class 1, middle voice, 2nd person singular, present tense

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Verbs like 'ruc' take a dative object.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

क्षुधितस्य (kṣudhitasya) - to a hungry person (of a hungry person, for a hungry person)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣudhita

kṣudhita - hungry, famished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṣudh' (to be hungry) with suffix -ita, masculine singular genitive/dative

Root: kṣudh (class 4)

Note: Functions here as a dative equivalent, indicating to whom the food is pleasing.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food (food, meal)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - food, eating, meal

Derived from root 'bhuj' (to eat) with suffix -ana.

Root: bhuj (class 7)