महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-149, verse-95

चिताधूमेन नीलेन संरज्यन्ते च पादपाः ।
श्मशाने च निराहाराः प्रतिनन्दन्ति देहिनः ॥९५॥

95. citādhūmena nīlena saṁrajyante ca pādapāḥ ,
śmaśāne ca nirāhārāḥ pratinandanti dehinaḥ.

95. citādhūmena nīlena saṃrajyante ca pādapāḥ
śmaśāne ca nirāhārāḥ pratinandanti dehinaḥ

95. पादपाः च नीलेन चिताधूमेन संरज्यन्ते च
श्मशाने निराहाराः देहिनः प्रतिनन्दन्ति

95. The trees are stained dark by the blue smoke from the funeral pyres. And in the cremation ground, starving spirits (dehinaḥ) rejoice.

Words meanings summery:

• चिताधूमेन (citādhūmena) - by the smoke of the funeral pyre

• नीलेन (nīlena) - by the blue, by the dark

• संरज्यन्ते (saṁrajyante) - they are colored, they are stained, they are dyed

• च (ca) - and, also

• पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees

• श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in the cremation ground, in the cemetery

• च (ca) - and, also

• निराहाराः (nirāhārāḥ) - starving (referring to spirits/creatures) (without food, fasting, starving)

• प्रतिनन्दन्ति (pratinandanti) - they rejoice in return, they welcome, they greet, they echo

• देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - spirits or preying creatures in a cremation ground (embodied beings, creatures, living beings, spirits)

Words meanings and morphology

चिताधूमेन (citādhūmena) - by the smoke of the funeral pyre

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of citādhūma

citādhūma - smoke of a funeral pyre

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citā+dhūma)

• citā – funeral pyre
  noun (feminine)
• dhūma – smoke
  noun (masculine)

नीलेन (nīlena) - by the blue, by the dark

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - blue, dark, black

Note: Agrees with 'dhūmena' (smoke).

संरज्यन्ते (saṁrajyante) - they are colored, they are stained, they are dyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of saṃraj

Present Middle Indicative (Passive)

Third person plural of verb 'saṃ-rañj' in passive voice (Atmanepada)

Prefix: sam

Root: rañj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (lit. 'foot-drinker')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāda+pa)

• pāda – foot, root, leg
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinker, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root 'pā' (to drink/protect)
  Root: pā (class 1)

श्मशाने (śmaśāne) - in the cremation ground, in the cemetery

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śmaśāna

śmaśāna - cremation ground, cemetery

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निराहाराः (nirāhārāḥ) - starving (referring to spirits/creatures) (without food, fasting, starving)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirāhāra

nirāhāra - without food, fasting, abstaining from food

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āhāra)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• āhāra – food, sustenance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā

Note: Agrees with 'dehinaḥ'.

प्रतिनन्दन्ति (pratinandanti) - they rejoice in return, they welcome, they greet, they echo

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pratinand

Present Active Indicative

Third person plural of verb 'pratinand' (to echo or respond)

Prefix: prati

Root: nand (class 1)

देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - spirits or preying creatures in a cremation ground (embodied beings, creatures, living beings, spirits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dehin

dehin - embodied being, living creature, spirit, soul

Derived from 'deha' (body)