महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-20, verse-51

स्वागतं स्वागतेनास्तु भगवांस्तामभाषत ।
सोपागूहद्भुजाभ्यां तु ऋषिं प्रीत्या नरर्षभ ॥५१॥

51. svāgataṁ svāgatenāstu bhagavāṁstāmabhāṣata ,
sopāgūhadbhujābhyāṁ tu ṛṣiṁ prītyā nararṣabha.

51. svāgatam svāgatena astu bhagavān tām abhāṣata
saḥ upāgūhat bhujābhyām tu ṛṣim prītyā nararṣabha

51. "Welcome! May it be well with welcome," the venerable one said to her. And he, with his arms, lovingly embraced her, the sage (ṛṣi), O best among men!

Words meanings summery:

• स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome, well-come

• स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - by welcome, with welcome

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable one, the glorious one

• ताम् (tām) - her, to her

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - he spoke, he said

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine, nominative singular)

• उपागूहत् (upāgūhat) - he embraced

• भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - with two arms

• तु (tu) - and, but, indeed

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the woman (referred to as a sage by poetic license or context) (the sage, the seer)

• प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, with love, out of fondness

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men, O bull among men

Words meanings and morphology

स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome, well-come

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well arrived, well received, auspicious

Past Passive Participle (as noun)

From 'su' (well) + 'āgata' (arrived)

Root: gam (class 1)

स्वागतेन (svāgatena) - by welcome, with welcome

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well arrived, well received, auspicious

Past Passive Participle (as noun)

From 'su' (well) + 'āgata' (arrived)

Root: gam (class 1)

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of as

Imperative

Root: as (class 2)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable one, the glorious one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, fortunate, glorious, divine, god

ताम् (tām) - her, to her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Imperfect

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine, nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उपागूहत् (upāgūhat) - he embraced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of upa-gūh

Imperfect

Root 'gūh' (to hide, to cover) with prefix 'upa' (near, towards), signifying embrace in this context.

Prefix: upa

Root: gūh (class 1)

भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - with two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of bhuja

bhuja - arm, hand, curve

तु (tu) - and, but, indeed

(indeclinable)

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - the woman (referred to as a sage by poetic license or context) (the sage, the seer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, a wise person

प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, with love, out of fondness

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - affection, love, joy, pleasure, fondness

From root 'prī' (to love, to please)

Root: prī (class 9)

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best among men, O bull among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - bull among men, best among men, chief of men

Compound of 'nara' (man) and 'ṛṣabha' (bull, best)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, male, human
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an address to the listener, a common narrative device in epics.