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.

149. הוא הלל את כולם בבתי השיר האלה, שהם מזמורי מַנְטְרוֹת.

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'.

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