महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-124, verse-14

रत्नौषधिसमेतेन रत्नाङ्गुलितलेन च ।
उपविष्टस्य पृष्ठं ते पाणिना परिमार्जतु ॥१४॥

14. ratnauṣadhisametena ratnāṅgulitalena ca ,
upaviṣṭasya pṛṣṭhaṁ te pāṇinā parimārjatu.

14. ratnauṣadhisametena ratnāṅgulitalena ca
upaviṣṭasya pṛṣṭham te pāṇinā parimārjatu

14. And let him stroke your back as you sit, with his hand (pāṇi), which is endowed with jewels and medicinal herbs, and with its palm adorned with jeweled fingers.

Words meanings summery:

• रत्नौषधिसमेतेन (ratnauṣadhisametena) - endowed with jewels and medicinal herbs

• रत्नाङ्गुलितलेन (ratnāṅgulitalena) - with the palm of the hand adorned with jeweled fingers

• च (ca) - and

• उपविष्टस्य (upaviṣṭasya) - of one who is seated

• पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - back

• ते (te) - your

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

• परिमार्जतु (parimārjatu) - let him stroke, let him rub, let him clean

Words meanings and morphology

रत्नौषधिसमेतेन (ratnauṣadhisametena) - endowed with jewels and medicinal herbs

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ratnauṣadhisameta

ratnauṣadhisameta - combined with jewels and medicinal herbs, endowed with jewels and medicinal herbs

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratna+auṣadhi+sameta)

• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• auṣadhi – medicinal herb, drug
  noun (feminine)
• sameta – joined, accompanied by, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from 'sam-i' (to come together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇinā'

रत्नाङ्गुलितलेन (ratnāṅgulitalena) - with the palm of the hand adorned with jeweled fingers

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ratnāṅgulitala

ratnāṅgulitala - palm of the hand with jeweled fingers/rings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratna+aṅguli+tala)

• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• aṅguli – finger
  noun (feminine)
• tala – palm (of hand), sole (of foot), surface
  noun (neuter)

Note: Instrumental form of the compound, describing the specific part of the hand.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उपविष्टस्य (upaviṣṭasya) - of one who is seated

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of upaviṣṭa

upaviṣṭa - seated, sat down

Past Passive Participle

from root viś (to enter) with upasarga upa (near)

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Refers to the person being seated (Yudhiṣṭhira).

पृष्ठम् (pṛṣṭham) - back

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, surface, top

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

परिमार्जतु (parimārjatu) - let him stroke, let him rub, let him clean

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of parimārj

Prefix: pari

Root: mṛj (class 2)

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