महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-14

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वा पितृराजस्तां भगवान्स्वं चिकीर्षितम् ।
यथावत्सर्वमाख्यातुं तत्प्रियार्थं प्रचक्रमे ॥१४॥

14. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
ityuktvā pitṛrājastāṁ bhagavānsvaṁ cikīrṣitam ,
yathāvatsarvamākhyātuṁ tatpriyārthaṁ pracakrame.

14. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca iti uktvā pitṛrājaḥ tām bhagavān svam
cikīrṣitam yathāvat sarvam ākhyātum tatpriyārtham pracakrame

14. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus spoken to her, the venerable king of the ancestors (Yama) began to fully explain his intention for her sake.

14. מָארְקַנְדֵיַה אמר, לאחר שאמר זאת, החל מלך האבות המנוחים המכובד לספר לה הכול כפי שהוא, על מה שהתכוון לעשות, כדי לרצות אותה.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, having said

• पितृराजः (pitṛrājaḥ) - The god Yama, who is the king of the ancestors (king of the ancestors, Yama)

• ताम् (tām) - To Sāvitrī (her, to her)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - The venerable (Yama) (venerable, glorious, divine)

• स्वम् (svam) - his own

• चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - His (Yama's) intended action or purpose. (intended, wished to be done, desired action)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, as it should be

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - All of his intended actions or the entire matter (all, everything)

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to explain, to tell

• तत्प्रियार्थम् (tatpriyārtham) - To please Sāvitrī (for her sake, to please her)

• प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began, he commenced

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative 3rd person singular

From root vac, perfect tense (lit) form.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, having said

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root vac with suffix tvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

पितृराजः (pitṛrājaḥ) - The god Yama, who is the king of the ancestors (king of the ancestors, Yama)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛrāja

pitṛrāja - king of the ancestors, Yama

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+rāja)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

ताम् (tām) - To Sāvitrī (her, to her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

Note: Refers to Sāvitrī.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - The venerable (Yama) (venerable, glorious, divine)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine

Note: Qualifies pitṛrājaḥ.

स्वम् (svam) - his own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own

Note: Qualifies cikīrṣitam.

चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - His (Yama's) intended action or purpose. (intended, wished to be done, desired action)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cikīrṣita

cikīrṣita - desired, intended, wished to be done

desiderative past passive participle

From root kṛ (to do) with desiderative suffix san and past passive participle suffix kta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used substantively as a noun.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, as it should be

(indeclinable)

From yathā + vat.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - All of his intended actions or the entire matter (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies cikīrṣitam or refers to the 'whole matter.'

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to explain, to tell

(infinitive)

तत्प्रियार्थम् (tatpriyārtham) - To please Sāvitrī (for her sake, to please her)

(indeclinable)

Compound. tad (that, her) + priya (dear, pleasing) + artha (purpose, sake) in accusative (adverbial).

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+priya+artha)

• tad – that, her
  pronoun (neuter)
  Feminine accusative singular here, referring to Sāvitrī.
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (feminine)
• artha – purpose, sake, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began, he commenced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kram

perfect middle indicative 3rd person singular

From root kram with prefix pra, perfect tense (lit), middle voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: kram (class 1)

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