महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-119, verse-15

सर्वेष्वपररात्रेषु सूतमागधबन्दिनः ।
स्तुवन्ति मां यथा देवं महेन्द्रं प्रियवादिनः ॥१५॥

15. sarveṣvapararātreṣu sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ ,
stuvanti māṁ yathā devaṁ mahendraṁ priyavādinaḥ.

15. sarveṣu apararātreṣu sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ
stuvanti mām yathā devam mahendram priyavādinaḥ

15. sarveṣu apararātreṣu priyavādinaḥ sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ
mām stuvanti yathā devam mahendram

15. In the latter part of every night, bards, panegyrists, and eulogists praise me with pleasing words, just as they would praise the deity Mahendra.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all (in all, in every)

• अपररात्रेषु (apararātreṣu) - in the latter part of the night (in the latter part of the night, in the late night)

• सूतमागधबन्दिनः (sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ) - bards, panegyrists, and eulogists

• स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - they praise

• माम् (mām) - me (me, to me)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

• देवम् (devam) - the deity (god, deity)

• महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Mahendra (Mahendra (a name for Indra))

• प्रियवादिनः (priyavādinaḥ) - with pleasing words (qualifying the bards) (speaking pleasingly, flatterers, delightful speakers)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all (in all, in every)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Qualifies apararātreṣu.

अपररात्रेषु (apararātreṣu) - in the latter part of the night (in the latter part of the night, in the late night)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of apararātra

apararātra - latter part of the night, late night

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apara+rātra)

• apara – later, posterior, other, western
  adjective (masculine)
• rātra – night, nocturnal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rā (class 2)

सूतमागधबन्दिनः (sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ) - bards, panegyrists, and eulogists

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūtamāgadhabandin

sūtamāgadhabandin - bards, panegyrists, and eulogists (a class of court attendants)

Compound type : dvandva (sūta+māgadha+bandin)

• sūta – bard, charioteer (a mixed caste)
  noun (masculine)
• māgadha – panegyrist, minstrel (a mixed caste)
  noun (masculine)
• bandin – eulogist, praiser, bard
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 1)

Note: Denotes a collective group of eulogists/bards.

स्तुवन्ति (stuvanti) - they praise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of stu

present active

root stu, class 2, Parasmaipada, present stem stuvanti

Root: stu (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me (me, to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

देवम् (devam) - the deity (god, deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being, lord

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Object of implied "they praise"

महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Mahendra (Mahendra (a name for Indra))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahendra

mahendra - Mahendra (epithet of Indra), great Indra

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+indra)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• indra – Indra (name of a Vedic deity)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of implied "they praise"

प्रियवादिनः (priyavādinaḥ) - with pleasing words (qualifying the bards) (speaking pleasingly, flatterers, delightful speakers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of priyavādin

priyavādin - speaking pleasantly, flatterer, eloquent speaker

agent noun

From priya + √vad + ṇini

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (priya+vādin)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable
  adjective (masculine)
• vādin – speaker, speaking
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root vad
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies sūtamāgadhabandinaḥ.