महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-41, verse-7

संस्तवाय मनो भीष्म परेषां रमते सदा ।
यदि संस्तौषि राज्ञस्त्वमिमं हित्वा जनार्दनम् ॥७॥

7. saṁstavāya mano bhīṣma pareṣāṁ ramate sadā ,
yadi saṁstauṣi rājñastvamimaṁ hitvā janārdanam.

7. saṃstavāya manaḥ bhīṣma pareṣām ramate sadā yadi
saṃstauṣi rājñaḥ tvam imam hitvā janārdanam

7. O Bhishma, your mind always delights in praising others. If you praise the king, abandoning this Janardana (Kṛṣṇa)...

Words meanings summery:

• संस्तवाय (saṁstavāya) - for praise, for eulogy

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma

• परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others

• रमते (ramate) - delights, rejoices

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• यदि (yadi) - if

• संस्तौषि (saṁstauṣi) - you praise, you eulogize

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• इमम् (imam) - this (one), him

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, leaving aside

• जनार्दनम् (janārdanam) - Referring to Kṛṣṇa in the context of the Mahabharata. (Janardana (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

Words meanings and morphology

संस्तवाय (saṁstavāya) - for praise, for eulogy

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of saṃstava

saṁstava - praise, eulogy, commendation

Prefix: sam

Root: stu (class 2)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, soul

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, a character in the Mahabharata)

परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of others

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, foreign, hostile, supreme

Note: Used as a substantive, referring to 'other people'.

रमते (ramate) - delights, rejoices

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of ram

Root: ram (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

संस्तौषि (saṁstauṣi) - you praise, you eulogize

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of saṃstu

Prefix: sam

Root: stu (class 2)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

इमम् (imam) - this (one), him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, leaving aside

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root hā with suffix -tvā

Root: hā (class 3)

जनार्दनम् (janārdanam) - Referring to Kṛṣṇa in the context of the Mahabharata. (Janardana (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - agitator of men, punisher of evil men, one who is prayed to by men; an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna