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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-66, verse-29

प्रतिगृह्णाम्यहं राजन्स्नुषां दुहितरं तव ।
युक्तश्चावां हि संबन्धो मत्स्यभारतसत्तमौ ॥२९॥
29. pratigṛhṇāmyahaṁ rājansnuṣāṁ duhitaraṁ tava ,
yuktaścāvāṁ hi saṁbandho matsyabhāratasattamau.
29. pratigṛhṇāmi aham rājan snuṣām duhitaram tava
yuktaḥ ca āvām hi sambandhaḥ matsyabhāratasattamau
29. O King, I accept your daughter as my daughter-in-law. Indeed, this relationship is fitting for us both, O best among the Matsyas (King Virata) and the Bharatas (Arjuna).

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्रतिगृह्णामि (pratigṛhṇāmi) - I accept, I receive
  • अहम् (aham) - I
  • राजन् (rājan) - O King Virata (O King)
  • स्नुषाम् (snuṣām) - your daughter as a daughter-in-law (daughter-in-law)
  • दुहितरम् (duhitaram) - daughter
  • तव (tava) - your, of you
  • युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - joined, fit, proper, appropriate
  • (ca) - and, also
  • आवाम् (āvām) - for us both (Arjuna and King Virata) (we two, for us two)
  • हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because
  • सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, affinity
  • मत्स्यभारतसत्तमौ (matsyabhāratasattamau) - O best among the Matsyas (King Virata) and the Bharatas (Arjuna) (O best among Matsyas and Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिगृह्णामि (pratigṛhṇāmi) - I accept, I receive
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratigrah
Prefix: prati
Root: grah (class 9)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
First person pronoun stem
राजन् (rājan) - O King Virata (O King)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
Root: rāj (class 1)
स्नुषाम् (snuṣām) - your daughter as a daughter-in-law (daughter-in-law)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of snuṣā
snuṣā - daughter-in-law
दुहितरम् (duhitaram) - daughter
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ
duhitṛ - daughter
तव (tava) - your, of you
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (singular)
Second person pronoun stem
युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - joined, fit, proper, appropriate
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta
yukta - joined, yoked, endowed with, proper, fit
Past Passive Participle
From √yuj (to join), past passive participle
Root: yuj (class 7)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
आवाम् (āvām) - for us both (Arjuna and King Virata) (we two, for us two)
(pronoun)
Nominative, dual of asmad
asmad - I, we
First person pronoun stem
Note: Here used possessively for 'our' or dative for 'for us'.
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because
(indeclinable)
सम्बन्धः (sambandhaḥ) - connection, relationship, affinity
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sambandha
sambandha - connection, relationship, affinity, tie
From sam-√bandh
Prefix: sam
Root: bandh (class 1)
मत्स्यभारतसत्तमौ (matsyabhāratasattamau) - O best among the Matsyas (King Virata) and the Bharatas (Arjuna) (O best among Matsyas and Bharatas)
(compound)
Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (matsya+bhārata+sattama)
  • matsya – fish, a king of the Matsyas, the Matsya kingdom
    proper noun (masculine)
  • bhārata – descendant of Bharata, an Indian, Arjuna
    proper noun (masculine)
    Derived from Bharata
  • sattama – best, most excellent
    adjective (masculine)
    Superlative suffix -tama added to sat (good)
    Root: as (class 2)
Note: Refers to both King Virata and Arjuna.