महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-15, verse-4

शैलेषु रमणीयेषु पल्वलेषु नदीषु च ।
चङ्क्रम्यमाणौ संहृष्टावश्विनाविव नन्दने ॥४॥

4. śaileṣu ramaṇīyeṣu palvaleṣu nadīṣu ca ,
caṅkramyamāṇau saṁhṛṣṭāvaśvināviva nandane.

4. śaileṣu ramaṇīyeṣu palvaleṣu nadīṣu ca
caṅkramyamāṇau saṃhṛṣṭau aśvinau iva nandane

4. They wandered, greatly delighted, on charming mountains, by ponds, and along rivers, just like the two Aśvins in the Nandana garden.

Words meanings summery:

• शैलेषु (śaileṣu) - on mountains, on rocky places

• रमणीयेषु (ramaṇīyeṣu) - in delightful, charming (places)

• पल्वलेषु (palvaleṣu) - in small ponds, in pools

• नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in rivers

• च (ca) - and

• चङ्क्रम्यमाणौ (caṅkramyamāṇau) - moving about, wandering, strolling (dual)

• संहृष्टौ (saṁhṛṣṭau) - greatly delighted, overjoyed, very happy (dual)

• अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the two Aśvins (celestial horsemen, twin deities)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नन्दने (nandane) - in the Nandana garden, the celestial pleasure grove of Indra (in Nandana (garden of Indra))

Words meanings and morphology

शैलेषु (śaileṣu) - on mountains, on rocky places

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śaila

śaila - rock, mountain, hill

रमणीयेषु (ramaṇīyeṣu) - in delightful, charming (places)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of ramaṇīya

ramaṇīya - delightful, beautiful, charming, pleasant

Gerundive

Gerundive formed from root ram (1A) 'to delight, play', with suffix -anīya.

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śaileṣu, palvaleṣu, and nadīṣu (implicitly).

पल्वलेषु (palvaleṣu) - in small ponds, in pools

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of palvala

palvala - small pond, pool, marsh

नदीषु (nadīṣu) - in rivers

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चङ्क्रम्यमाणौ (caṅkramyamāṇau) - moving about, wandering, strolling (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of caṅkramyamāṇa

caṅkramyamāṇa - walking about, strolling, wandering

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle of the intensive (yaṅ-luk) verb 'caṅkramya', from root kram (1P/4A) 'to step, walk'.

Root: kram (class 1)

संहृष्टौ (saṁhṛṣṭau) - greatly delighted, overjoyed, very happy (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - greatly delighted, gladdened, overjoyed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root hṛṣ (4P) 'to rejoice, thrill', with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the two Aśvins (celestial horsemen, twin deities)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśvin

aśvin - the two Aśvins (Vedic twin deities, celestial horsemen, physicians of the gods)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नन्दने (nandane) - in the Nandana garden, the celestial pleasure grove of Indra (in Nandana (garden of Indra))

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nandana

nandana - the Nandana garden (Indra's celestial pleasure grove), a son, that which delights