महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-66, verse-23

समुपाघ्राय मूर्धानं संश्लिष्य च पुनः पुनः ।
युधिष्ठिरं च भीमं च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥२३॥

23. samupāghrāya mūrdhānaṁ saṁśliṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ ,
yudhiṣṭhiraṁ ca bhīmaṁ ca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau.

23. samupāghrāya mūrdhānam saṃśliṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiram ca bhīmam ca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

23. (King Virata) repeatedly embraced them, smelling the heads of Yudhishthira, Bhima, and the two Pandavas, the sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva).

Words meanings summery:

• समुपाघ्राय (samupāghrāya) - having embraced (by smelling their heads), a gesture of affection (having smelled, having embraced by smelling)

• मूर्धानम् (mūrdhānam) - head

• संश्लिष्य (saṁśliṣya) - having embraced, having clasped

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - The eldest Pandava (Yudhishthira)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - The second Pandava, known for his strength (Bhima)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (the two sons of Madri)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पाण्डवौ (pāṇḍavau) - Nakula and Sahadeva, identifying them as Pandavas (the two Pandavas)

Words meanings and morphology

समुपाघ्राय (samupāghrāya) - having embraced (by smelling their heads), a gesture of affection (having smelled, having embraced by smelling)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root ghrā (to smell) with prefixes sam and upa and lengthened ā from upa-ā-ghrā.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: ghrā (class 1)

मूर्धानम् (mūrdhānam) - head

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, skull, summit

Note: Object of samupāghrāya.

संश्लिष्य (saṁśliṣya) - having embraced, having clasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śliṣ (to embrace, cling) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - The eldest Pandava (Yudhishthira)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - steady in battle (name of a Pandava)

Aluk-Tatpurusha compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm).

Compound type : Aluk-Tatpurusha (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of implied embracing.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

भीमम् (bhīmam) - The second Pandava, known for his strength (Bhima)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, name of a Pandava

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of implied embracing.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - Nakula and Sahadeva (the two sons of Madri)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mādrīputra

mādrīputra - son of Madri

Tatpuruṣa compound: mādrī (Madri) + putra (son).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mādrī+putra)

• mādrī – Madri (name of the second wife of Pandu)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of implied embracing.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवौ (pāṇḍavau) - Nakula and Sahadeva, identifying them as Pandavas (the two Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Note: Apposition to mādrīputrau.