महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-63, verse-2

संस्तूयमानाः स्तुतिभिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः ।
स्वेन सैन्येन संवीता यथादित्याः स्वरश्मिभिः ॥२॥

2. saṁstūyamānāḥ stutibhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ ,
svena sainyena saṁvītā yathādityāḥ svaraśmibhiḥ.

2. saṃstūyamānāḥ stutibhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ
svena sainyena saṃvītāḥ yathā ādityāḥ svarśmibhiḥ

2. Being highly praised with eulogies by charioteers, bards, and panegyrists, they were surrounded by their own army, just as the solar deities (ādityas) are enveloped by their own rays.

Words meanings summery:

• संस्तूयमानाः (saṁstūyamānāḥ) - The Pāṇḍavas being praised (being highly praised, being eulogized)

• स्तुतिभिः (stutibhiḥ) - by praises, with eulogies

• सूतमागधबन्दिभिः (sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ) - by various classes of court poets and eulogists who traditionally recited praises (by charioteers, bards, and panegyrists)

• स्वेन (svena) - by one's own, by their own

• सैन्येन (sainyena) - by the army, by the host, by the retinue

• संवीताः (saṁvītāḥ) - The Pāṇḍavas surrounded by their army (surrounded, encompassed, accompanied)

• यथा (yathā) - Introduces a simile (just as, as, like)

• आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - the solar deities mentioned in Vedic texts (the Adityas, the suns)

• स्वर्श्मिभिः (svarśmibhiḥ) - by their own rays

Words meanings and morphology

संस्तूयमानाः (saṁstūyamānāḥ) - The Pāṇḍavas being praised (being highly praised, being eulogized)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃstūyamāna

saṁstūyamāna - being praised, being eulogized

present passive participle

From root stu (to praise) with upasarga sam. Formed with yaka (passive) and śānac (present participle).

Prefix: sam

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied subject (Pāṇḍavas)

स्तुतिभिः (stutibhiḥ) - by praises, with eulogies

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of stuti

stuti - praise, eulogy, hymn

From root stu (to praise)

Root: stu (class 2)

सूतमागधबन्दिभिः (sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ) - by various classes of court poets and eulogists who traditionally recited praises (by charioteers, bards, and panegyrists)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sūtamāgadhabandin

sūtamāgadhabandin - a compound representing charioteers, bards, and panegyrists

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (sūta+māgadha+bandin)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, herald
  noun (masculine)
• māgadha – bard, panegyrist (a specific class of bards, often associated with Magadha)
  noun (masculine)
• bandin – eulogist, panegyrist, praiser
  noun (masculine)
  Root: band (class 1)

Note: The agents of praise.

स्वेन (svena) - by one's own, by their own

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own

Reflexive possessive pronoun

Note: Agrees with `sainyena`

सैन्येन (sainyena) - by the army, by the host, by the retinue

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military force, retinue

From senā (army)

संवीताः (saṁvītāḥ) - The Pāṇḍavas surrounded by their army (surrounded, encompassed, accompanied)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃvīta

saṁvīta - covered, surrounded, accompanied, enveloped

past passive participle

From root vī (to cover, weave) with upasarga sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: vī (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied subject (Pāṇḍavas)

यथा (yathā) - Introduces a simile (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - the solar deities mentioned in Vedic texts (the Adityas, the suns)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āditya

āditya - a son of Aditi, a solar deity, the sun

Patronymic from Aditi

Note: Subject of the simile.

स्वर्श्मिभिः (svarśmibhiḥ) - by their own rays

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of svarśmi

svarśmi - own ray, their own light

Tatpuruṣa compound: sva (own) + raśmi (ray)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+raśmi)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• raśmi – ray, beam of light, rope
  noun (masculine)