मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-1, verse-16
कथञ्च द्रौपदेयास्तेऽकृतदारा महारथाः ।
पाण्डुनाथा महात्मानो वधमापुरनाथवत् ॥१६॥
पाण्डुनाथा महात्मानो वधमापुरनाथवत् ॥१६॥
16. kathañca draupadeyāste'kṛtadārā mahārathāḥ .
pāṇḍunāthā mahātmāno vadhamāpuranāthavat.
pāṇḍunāthā mahātmāno vadhamāpuranāthavat.
16.
kathañ ca draupadeyāḥ te akṛtadārāḥ mahārathāḥ
pāṇḍunāthāḥ mahātmānaḥ vadham āpuḥ anāthavat
pāṇḍunāthāḥ mahātmānaḥ vadham āpuḥ anāthavat
16.
And how did those great charioteers, the noble-souled sons of Draupadi, who were still unmarried and under the protection of the Pandavas, meet their death so helplessly?
Words meanings summery:
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- कथञ् च (kathañ ca) - how, what then, in what manner
- द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - sons of Draupadi
- ते (te) - those, they
- अकृतदाराः (akṛtadārāḥ) - unmarried, having not taken wives
- महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, mighty warriors
- पाण्डुनाथाः (pāṇḍunāthāḥ) - Referring to the sons of Draupadi being under the protection of the Pandavas. (whose protectors were the Pandavas, having Pandu (or Pandavas) as lords)
- महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - noble-souled, great-souled, magnanimous
- वधम् (vadham) - death, destruction, slaying
- आपुः (āpuḥ) - they attained, they met, they reached
- अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, helplessly
Words meanings and morphology
कथञ् च (kathañ ca) - how, what then, in what manner
(indeclinable)
द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - sons of Draupadi
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of draupadeya
draupadeya - son of Draupadi
derived from Draupadī
ते (te) - those, they
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
अकृतदाराः (akṛtadārāḥ) - unmarried, having not taken wives
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of akṛtadāra
akṛtadāra - unmarried, having not taken a wife
negative compound of kṛtadāra (married)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kṛta+dāra)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable - kṛta – done, made
Past Passive Participle (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
from root kṛ (to do)
Root: kṛ (class 8) - dāra – wife
noun (masculine)
महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, mighty warriors
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha
mahāratha - great charioteer, mighty warrior (one who can fight 10,000 warriors)
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)
- mahā – great, mighty
adjective - ratha – chariot, warrior
noun (masculine)
पाण्डुनाथाः (pāṇḍunāthāḥ) - Referring to the sons of Draupadi being under the protection of the Pandavas. (whose protectors were the Pandavas, having Pandu (or Pandavas) as lords)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍunātha
pāṇḍunātha - having Pandu as a protector/lord; having the Pandavas as protectors/lords
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāṇḍu+nātha)
- pāṇḍu – Pandu (name of king, father of Pandavas); by extension, Pandavas
proper noun (masculine) - nātha – lord, master, protector
noun (masculine)
महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - noble-souled, great-souled, magnanimous
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman
mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)
- mahā – great, mighty
adjective - ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
noun (masculine)
वधम् (vadham) - death, destruction, slaying
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha
vadha - death, slaying, destruction
Root: vadh (class 1)
आपुः (āpuḥ) - they attained, they met, they reached
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of āp
Root: āp (class 5)
अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, helplessly
(indeclinable)
suffix -vat denoting 'like, similar to'
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nātha+vat)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable - nātha – lord, protector
noun (masculine) - vat – like, similar to
suffix
taddhita suffix -vat for comparison