महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-277, verse-19

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय सावित्र्या वचनं नृपः ।
प्रसादयामास पुनः क्षिप्रमेवं भवेदिति ॥१९॥

19. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
sa tatheti pratijñāya sāvitryā vacanaṁ nṛpaḥ ,
prasādayāmāsa punaḥ kṣipramevaṁ bhavediti.

19. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca | saḥ tathā iti pratijñāya sāvitryā
vacanam nṛpaḥ | prasādayāmāsa punaḥ kṣipram evam bhavet iti

19. Markandeya said: The king, having promised "So be it" in response to Savitri's words, again appeased her, wishing that it would quickly come to pass.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Sage Markandeya (Markandeya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - narrated (said, spoke)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the king) (he, that)

• तथा (tathā) - "So be it" (indicating agreement) (thus, so, in that manner)

• इति (iti) - indicating the end of a direct statement (thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion)

• प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having agreed to (Savitri's words) (having promised, having agreed, having undertaken)

• सावित्र्या (sāvitryā) - concerning Savitri's (words) (by Savitri, with Savitri, of Savitri)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - Savitri's request (word, speech, saying, command, request)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king (Dyumatsena) (king, ruler)

• प्रसादयामास (prasādayāmāsa) - appeased her (Savitri) (appeased, propitiated, gladdened, made gracious)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (as he had spoken to her before) (again, once more, moreover)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

• एवम् (evam) - in this manner, as desired (thus, so, in this manner)

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it (Savitri's wish) come to pass (may it be, it should be, it may happen)

• इति (iti) - indicating the king's thought/wish (thus, so, indicating purpose or thought)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Sage Markandeya (Markandeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Markandeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - narrated (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Root √vac (2nd class), Perfect 3rd singular, augment u- applied due to initial semi-vowel

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (the king) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - "So be it" (indicating agreement) (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - indicating the end of a direct statement (thus, so, indicating direct speech or conclusion)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having agreed to (Savitri's words) (having promised, having agreed, having undertaken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form from root √jñā with upasarga prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

सावित्र्या (sāvitryā) - concerning Savitri's (words) (by Savitri, with Savitri, of Savitri)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Savitri (name of a goddess/woman)

Note: Used here to mean 'in accordance with' or 'by means of' Savitri's words.

वचनम् (vacanam) - Savitri's request (word, speech, saying, command, request)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying

From root √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'pratijñāya' (having promised/agreed to).

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king (Dyumatsena) (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

Compound of nṛ (man) + √pā (to protect)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pā)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pā – to protect, to rule
  verb
  Root for 'protector'
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'prasādayāmāsa'.

प्रसादयामास (prasādayāmāsa) - appeased her (Savitri) (appeased, propitiated, gladdened, made gracious)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of prasādaya

Perfect Active of causative

From causative form of root √sad (to sit), with upasarga pra-, followed by Perfect ending. The āmāsa is a periphrastic perfect ending for causative forms.

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Causative of pra-√sad means 'to cause to be gracious', hence 'to propitiate, appease'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (as he had spoken to her before) (again, once more, moreover)

(indeclinable)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions adverbially.

एवम् (evam) - in this manner, as desired (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it (Savitri's wish) come to pass (may it be, it should be, it may happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of bhū

Optative Active

Root √bhū (1st class), Optative 3rd singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Expresses a wish or possibility.

इति (iti) - indicating the king's thought/wish (thus, so, indicating purpose or thought)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of the king's internal thought or intention.