महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-12

नदीकुञ्जेषु तीर्थेषु ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च ।
आश्रमेषु च रम्येषु पर्वतेषु गुहासु च ॥१२॥

12. nadīkuñjeṣu tīrtheṣu grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca ,
āśrameṣu ca ramyeṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca.

12. nadīkuñjeṣu tīrtheṣu grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca
āśrameṣu ca ramyeṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca

12. (They should be sought) in river groves, in sacred places (tīrthas), in villages, and in cities; and in beautiful hermitages (āśramas), on mountains, and in caves.

Words meanings summery:

• नदीकुञ्जेषु (nadīkuñjeṣu) - in river groves, in thickets by rivers

• तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in sacred places (tīrthas) (in sacred bathing places, holy places, fords)

• ग्रामेषु (grāmeṣu) - in villages

• नगरेषु (nagareṣu) - in cities, in towns

• च (ca) - and

• आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu) - in hermitages (āśramas) (in hermitages, in retreats, in stages of life)

• च (ca) - and

• रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - in beautiful, in delightful

• पर्वतेषु (parvateṣu) - in mountains, on hills

• गुहासु (guhāsu) - in caves

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

नदीकुञ्जेषु (nadīkuñjeṣu) - in river groves, in thickets by rivers

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of nadīkuñja

nadīkuñja - river grove, thicket by a river

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+kuñja)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• kuñja – grove, arbour, thicket
  noun (masculine)

तीर्थेषु (tīrtheṣu) - in sacred places (tīrthas) (in sacred bathing places, holy places, fords)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, sacred bathing place, holy place, place of pilgrimage

Root: tṝ (class 1)

ग्रामेषु (grāmeṣu) - in villages

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of grāma

grāma - village, community

नगरेषु (nagareṣu) - in cities, in towns

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nagara

nagara - city, town

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu) - in hermitages (āśramas) (in hermitages, in retreats, in stages of life)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

From root śram (to toil, exert) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 1)

Note: Original word āśrama

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - in beautiful, in delightful

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of ramya

ramya - delightful, beautiful, charming

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root ram (to delight) with suffix ya

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Modifies āśrameṣu

पर्वतेषु (parvateṣu) - in mountains, on hills

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

गुहासु (guhāsu) - in caves

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of guhā

guhā - cave, cavern

Root: guh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)