महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-149

स तान्सर्वांस्तुष्टाव
एभिर्मन्त्रवादश्लोकैः ॥१४९॥

149. sa tānsarvāṁstuṣṭāva
ebhirmantravādaślokaiḥ.

149. saḥ tān sarvān tuṣṭāva
ebhiḥ mantravādaślokaiḥ

149. He praised all of them with these verses of incantation.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Garuda) (he, that)

• तान् (tān) - all of them (the beings just seen) (them, those)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of them) (all, every)

• तुष्टाव (tuṣṭāva) - praised (praised, lauded)

• एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these

• मन्त्रवादश्लोकैः (mantravādaślokaiḥ) - with these verses of incantation (by verses of incantation, by stanzas of mantra recitation)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Garuda) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'tuṣṭāva'.

तान् (tān) - all of them (the beings just seen) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Modifies 'sarvān', object of 'tuṣṭāva'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Agrees with 'tān'.

तुष्टाव (tuṣṭāva) - praised (praised, lauded)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of stu

verb

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: Denotes a completed action in the past.

एभिः (ebhiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Modifies 'mantravādaślokaiḥ'.

मन्त्रवादश्लोकैः (mantravādaślokaiḥ) - with these verses of incantation (by verses of incantation, by stanzas of mantra recitation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mantravādaśloka

mantravādaśloka - a verse of mantra recitation, a stanza of incantation

from mantra (sacred formula) + vāda (recitation) + śloka (verse)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantravāda+śloka)

• mantra – sacred utterance, hymn, spell, counsel
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• vāda – speech, discourse, doctrine, argument
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root vad- (to speak)
  Root: vad (class 1)
• śloka – verse, stanza, fame, sound
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrument of the action 'tuṣṭāva'.