महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-108

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
ब्रुवन्नेवं त्वरायुक्तः स प्रायादाश्रमं प्रति ॥१०८॥

108. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
bruvannevaṁ tvarāyuktaḥ sa prāyādāśramaṁ prati.

108. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca bruvan evam
tvarāyuktaḥ saḥ prāyāt āśramam prati

108. Markandeya said: Speaking thus, and filled with haste, he went towards the hermitage (āśrama).

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Markandeya (Markandeya (a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - speaking, saying

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• त्वरायुक्तः (tvarāyuktaḥ) - filled with haste (endowed with haste, hurried, eager)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went, he departed

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage, retreat

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, in the direction of

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Markandeya (Markandeya (a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Markandeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - speaking, saying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

From √bru

Root: bru (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

त्वरायुक्तः (tvarāyuktaḥ) - filled with haste (endowed with haste, hurried, eager)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarāyukta

tvarāyukta - connected with haste, hurried

From tvarā + yukta

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvarā+yukta)

• tvarā – haste, speed, quickness
  noun (feminine)
• yukta – joined, endowed with, engaged in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yuj
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'he' (saḥ)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the speaker in the previous verse (Nala)

प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went, he departed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of prāyā

From pra-√yā

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage, retreat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, spiritual retreat, abode of ascetics

From ā-√śram

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, in the direction of

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing accusative case

Note: Governs āśramam