महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-17, verse-156

तथैव च मनुष्येषु ये मनुष्याः प्रधानतः ।
आस्तिकाः श्रद्दधानाश्च बहुभिर्जन्मभिः स्तवैः ॥१५६॥

156. tathaiva ca manuṣyeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ ,
āstikāḥ śraddadhānāśca bahubhirjanmabhiḥ stavaiḥ.

156. tathā eva ca manuṣyeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ
āstikāḥ śraddadhānāḥ ca bahubhiḥ janmabhiḥ stavaiḥ

156. ca tathā eva manuṣyeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ āstikāḥ ca śraddadhānāḥ bahubhiḥ janmabhiḥ stavaiḥ [stuvanti].

156. And similarly, among humans, those pre-eminent individuals who are believers and full of faith (śraddhā) praise him with hymns and praises through many births.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among humans, in humans

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - humans, men

• प्रधानतः (pradhānataḥ) - primarily, pre-eminently, mainly

• आस्तिकाः (āstikāḥ) - believers, theists

• श्रद्दधानाः (śraddadhānāḥ) - full of faith (śraddhā) (having faith, faithful, believing)

• च (ca) - and, also

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many

• जन्मभिः (janmabhiḥ) - by births, through lives

• स्तवैः (stavaiḥ) - by praises, by hymns

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मनुष्येषु (manuṣyeṣu) - among humans, in humans

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - humans, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - human, man

प्रधानतः (pradhānataḥ) - primarily, pre-eminently, mainly

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas, indicating 'from' or 'in respect of'

आस्तिकाः (āstikāḥ) - believers, theists

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āstika

āstika - a believer (in the Vedas, in a future life, or in God)

श्रद्दधानाः (śraddadhānāḥ) - full of faith (śraddhā) (having faith, faithful, believing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śraddadhāna

śraddadhāna - having faith, believing

Present Active Participle (reduplicated)

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

जन्मभिः (janmabhiḥ) - by births, through lives

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of janman

janman - birth, existence, life

स्तवैः (stavaiḥ) - by praises, by hymns

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of stava

stava - praise, hymn, eulogy

Root: stu (class 2)