महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-21

भगवान्पूज्यते चात्र हास्यरूपेण शंकरः ।
स्वयमेव गृहीतेन वसोः प्रीत्या महात्मनः ॥२१॥

21. bhagavānpūjyate cātra hāsyarūpeṇa śaṁkaraḥ ,
svayameva gṛhītena vasoḥ prītyā mahātmanaḥ.

21. bhagavān pūjyate ca atra hāsyarūpeṇa śaṅkaraḥ
svayam eva gṛhītena vasoḥ prītyā mahātmanaḥ

21. And here Lord Shankara is worshipped in a playful form, a form assumed by himself, out of affection for the great-souled Vasu.

Words meanings summery:

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord (the Lord, venerable, divine)

• पूज्यते (pūjyate) - is worshipped (is worshipped, is honored)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this context/festival) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• हास्यरूपेण (hāsyarūpeṇa) - in a playful form (in a form of jest, playfully)

• शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara (Lord Shiva) (Shankara, Shiva)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself (by oneself, personally)

• एव (eva) - indeed, (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, only)

• गृहीतेन (gṛhītena) - by (a form) assumed (by that which was taken, by that which was assumed)

• वसोः (vasoḥ) - of Vasu

• प्रीत्या (prītyā) - out of affection (by affection, out of love)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (of the great-souled, of the noble)

Words meanings and morphology

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord (the Lord, venerable, divine)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, venerable, lord

Possessive suffix -vat

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Used here as an epithet for Shankara.

पूज्यते (pūjyate) - is worshipped (is worshipped, is honored)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of pūj

Root: pūj (class 10)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here (in this context/festival) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'a' + -tra suffix

हास्यरूपेण (hāsyarūpeṇa) - in a playful form (in a form of jest, playfully)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of hāsyarūpa

hāsyarūpa - a form of jest, a joking appearance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hāsya+rūpa)

• hāsya – laughter, jest, ridicule, comic
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root has (to laugh)
  Root: has (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Shankara (Lord Shiva) (Shankara, Shiva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṅkara

śaṅkara - Shankara, a name of Shiva, causing prosperity, beneficent

From śaṃ (welfare) + kṛ (to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself (by oneself, personally)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

गृहीतेन (gṛhītena) - by (a form) assumed (by that which was taken, by that which was assumed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - taken, seized, assumed, adopted

past passive participle

From root grah (to seize, to take)

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'hāsyarūpeṇa'.

वसोः (vasoḥ) - of Vasu

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasu

vasu - a deity, a class of gods, wealth, good, excellent

प्रीत्या (prītyā) - out of affection (by affection, out of love)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - love, affection, pleasure, joy, satisfaction

action noun

From root prī (to please, to love)

Root: prī (class 9)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (of the great-souled, of the noble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, a great being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'vasoḥ'.