महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-27, verse-20

इमां कश्चित्परिक्रम्य पृथिवीं शैलभूषिताम् ।
असकृद्द्विपदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्य गृहमेधिनः ॥२०॥

20. imāṁ kaścitparikramya pṛthivīṁ śailabhūṣitām ,
asakṛddvipadāṁ śreṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhasya gṛhamedhinaḥ.

20. imām kaścit parikramya pṛthivīm śailabhūṣitām
asakṛt dvipadām śreṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhasya gṛhamedhinaḥ

20. dvipadām śreṣṭhaḥ kaścit imām śailabhūṣitām
pṛthivīm asakṛt parikramya śreṣṭhasya gṛhamedhinaḥ

20. A certain individual, the best among bipeds, having repeatedly traversed this earth adorned with mountains, (approached) the best of householders.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain one

• परिक्रम्य (parikramya) - having traveled around, having circumambulated, having traversed

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• शैलभूषिताम् (śailabhūṣitām) - adorned with mountains, mountain-decorated

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - often, repeatedly, not once

• द्विपदाम् (dvipadām) - among two-footed beings, i.e., humans (among bipeds)

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best, most excellent

• श्रेष्ठस्य (śreṣṭhasya) - of the best, of the most excellent

• गृहमेधिनः (gṛhamedhinaḥ) - Referring to the householder who lives by gleaning, mentioned in the previous verse. (of the householder)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain one

(indefinite pronoun)

परिक्रम्य (parikramya) - having traveled around, having circumambulated, having traversed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive formed with suffix -ya after a prefix

Prefix: pari

Root: kram (class 1)

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

शैलभूषिताम् (śailabhūṣitām) - adorned with mountains, mountain-decorated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śailabhūṣita

śailabhūṣita - adorned with mountains, decorated by mountains

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaila+bhūṣita)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated, ornamented
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bhūṣ (to adorn)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

असकृत् (asakṛt) - often, repeatedly, not once

(indeclinable)

द्विपदाम् (dvipadām) - among two-footed beings, i.e., humans (among bipeds)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dvipada

dvipada - biped, two-footed (refers to humans, birds, etc.)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dvi+pada)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• pada – foot, leg
  noun (neuter)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme, chief

Superlative of praśasya/praśasta (excellent)

श्रेष्ठस्य (śreṣṭhasya) - of the best, of the most excellent

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme, chief

Superlative of praśasya/praśasta (excellent)

गृहमेधिनः (gṛhamedhinaḥ) - Referring to the householder who lives by gleaning, mentioned in the previous verse. (of the householder)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gṛhamedhin

gṛhamedhin - householder, one who performs Vedic rituals in his house, head of a household

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gṛha+medhin)

• gṛha – house, home, abode
  noun (neuter)
• medhin – performing a Vedic ritual (medha); associated with ritual
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'medha' (Vedic ritual/sacrifice) with '-in' suffix

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