महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-24, verse-46

नमः स्तुताय स्तुत्याय स्तूयमानाय मृत्यवे ।
विलोहिताय रुद्राय नीलग्रीवाय शूलिने ॥४६॥

46. namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya mṛtyave ,
vilohitāya rudrāya nīlagrīvāya śūline.

46. namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya mṛtyave
vilohitāya rudrāya nīlagrīvāya śūline

46. namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya mṛtyave
vilohitāya rudrāya nīlagrīvāya śūline

46. Salutations to the one who is praised, to the one who is worthy of praise, and to the one who is being praised; salutations to Death (mṛtyu). Salutations to the intensely red one, to Rudra, to the blue-necked one, and to the wielder of the trident.

Words meanings summery:

• नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage, obeisance

• स्तुताय (stutāya) - to the praised one

• स्तुत्याय (stutyāya) - to the praiseworthy one, to the one worthy of praise

• स्तूयमानाय (stūyamānāya) - to the one being praised

• मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to death, to the deity of death

• विलोहिताय (vilohitāya) - to the intensely red one, to the one distinctly red

• रुद्राय (rudrāya) - to Rudra (the roaring one, the god of storms, Shiva)

• नीलग्रीवाय (nīlagrīvāya) - to Shiva (who swallowed the poison Hālāhala) (to the blue-necked one)

• शूलिने (śūline) - to the wielder of the trident, to the trident-bearer

Words meanings and morphology

नमः (namaḥ) - salutation, homage, obeisance

(indeclinable)

Root: nam (class 1)

स्तुताय (stutāya) - to the praised one

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of stuta

stuta - praised, extolled

Past Passive Participle

derived from root stu with suffix -ta

Root: stu (class 2)

स्तुत्याय (stutyāya) - to the praiseworthy one, to the one worthy of praise

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of stutya

stutya - to be praised, praiseworthy, laudable

Gerundive

derived from root stu with suffix -ya

Root: stu (class 2)

स्तूयमानाय (stūyamānāya) - to the one being praised

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of stūyamāna

stūyamāna - being praised, being extolled

Present Passive Participle

derived from root stu with suffix -māna

Root: stu (class 2)

मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to death, to the deity of death

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

विलोहिताय (vilohitāya) - to the intensely red one, to the one distinctly red

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of vilohita

vilohita - red, purple, intensely red, distinctly red

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (vi+lohita)

• vi – apart, distinct, intense
  indeclinable
• lohita – red, reddish, copper-colored
  adjective (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Rudra/Śiva.

रुद्राय (rudrāya) - to Rudra (the roaring one, the god of storms, Shiva)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rudra

rudra - a Vedic deity, later identified with Śiva, the roaring one

Root: rud (class 2)

नीलग्रीवाय (nīlagrīvāya) - to Shiva (who swallowed the poison Hālāhala) (to the blue-necked one)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nīlagrīva

nīlagrīva - blue-necked (an epithet of Shiva)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+grīvā)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, black
  adjective (masculine)
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: A famous epithet of Śiva, referring to the legend of swallowing the Hālāhala poison.

शूलिने (śūline) - to the wielder of the trident, to the trident-bearer

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śūlin

śūlin - wielder of the trident, trident-bearer (an epithet of Shiva)

Note: From śūla (trident) + -in (possessive suffix).

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