महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-70, verse-11

स पर्यपृच्छत्तं पुत्रं श्लाघ्यं प्रत्यागतं पुनः ।
दिव्यैर्गन्धैः समादिग्धं क्षीणस्वप्नमिवोत्थितम् ॥११॥

11. sa paryapṛcchattaṁ putraṁ ślāghyaṁ pratyāgataṁ punaḥ ,
divyairgandhaiḥ samādigdhaṁ kṣīṇasvapnamivotthitam.

11. sa paryapṛcchat tam putram ślāghyam pratyāgatam punaḥ
divyaiḥ gandhaiḥ samādigdham kṣīṇasvapnam iva utthitam

11. saḥ punaḥ pratyāgatam ślāghyam divyaiḥ gandhaiḥ samādigdham
kṣīṇasvapnam iva utthitam tam putram paryapṛcchat

11. He (Vaishravana) questioned that praiseworthy son, who had returned again, anointed with divine fragrances, like one who has awakened from a dream.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Nachiketa's father, Vaishravana) (he)

• पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he asked, he questioned

• तम् (tam) - that (son) (him, that)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• श्लाघ्यम् (ślāghyam) - praiseworthy, commendable, glorious

• प्रत्यागतम् (pratyāgatam) - returned, come back

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - by divine; with divine; by heavenly

• गन्धैः (gandhaiḥ) - with fragrances; by smells

• समादिग्धम् (samādigdham) - smeared, anointed, covered

• क्षीणस्वप्नम् (kṣīṇasvapnam) - one whose dream has ended; one awakened from a dream

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उत्थितम् (utthitam) - risen, awakened, stood up

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Nachiketa's father, Vaishravana) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'paryapṛcchat'.

पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he asked, he questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of prach

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: prach (class 6)

तम् (tam) - that (son) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'putram'.

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of 'paryapṛcchat'.

श्लाघ्यम् (ślāghyam) - praiseworthy, commendable, glorious

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'putram'.

प्रत्यागतम् (pratyāgatam) - returned, come back

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'putram'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - by divine; with divine; by heavenly

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of divya

divya - divine, heavenly, celestial, supernatural

From div (heaven).

Note: Agrees with 'gandhaiḥ'.

गन्धैः (gandhaiḥ) - with fragrances; by smells

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gandha

gandha - smell, fragrance, perfume, odor

समादिग्धम् (samādigdham) - smeared, anointed, covered

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'putram'.

क्षीणस्वप्नम् (kṣīṇasvapnam) - one whose dream has ended; one awakened from a dream

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇasvapna

kṣīṇasvapna - whose dream is exhausted or ended; awakened from a dream

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+svapna)

• kṣīṇa – wasted, diminished, ended, exhausted
  verbal derivative
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √kṣi (to waste, perish, decrease).
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• svapna – sleep, dream, slumber
  noun (masculine)
  Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'putram'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्थितम् (utthitam) - risen, awakened, stood up

(verbal derivative)

Note: Agrees with 'putram'.