मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-117, verse-16

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मृग उवाच ।
बहवो मे सुता भूप बह्व्यो दुहितरस्तथा ।
यच्चिन्तादुःखदावाग्निज्वालामध्ये वसाम्यहम् ॥१६॥

16. mṛga uvāca .
bahavo me sutā bhūpa bahvyo duhitarastathā .
yaccintāduḥkhadāvāgnijvālāmadhye vasāmyaham.

16. mṛgaḥ uvāca bahavaḥ me sutā bhūpa bahvyaḥ duhitarḥ
tathā yat cintāduḥkhadāvāgnijvālāmadhye vasāmi aham

16. The deer said: 'O King, I have many sons and many daughters as well. I dwell in the midst of the blazing forest fire of sorrow caused by anxiety for them.'

Words meanings summery:

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मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - deer, animal

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

मे (me) - my, of me

सुता (sutā) - sons

भूप (bhūpa) - vocative, addressing the king (O King, ruler of the earth)

बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many

दुहितर्ः (duhitarḥ) - daughters

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, likewise, and)

यत् (yat) - which, because of which

चिन्तादुःखदावाग्निज्वालामध्ये (cintāduḥkhadāvāgnijvālāmadhye) - in the midst of the flames of the forest fire of sorrow from worry

वसामि (vasāmi) - I dwell, I live, I reside

अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - deer, animal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, hunter

Root: mṛj (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Perfect 3rd singular active, from root `vac`

Root: vac (class 2)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Masculine nominative plural of `bahu`

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Genitive/Dative singular of `mad` (first person pronoun)

सुता (sutā) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child

Masculine nominative plural of `suta`

Root: sū (class 2)

भूप (bhūpa) - vocative, addressing the king (O King, ruler of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhūpa

bhūpa - king, ruler, protector of the earth

Compound `bhū` (earth) + `pa` (protector, from root `pā`)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+pa)

bhū – earth, land
noun (feminine)
Root: bhū (class 1)
pa – protector, keeper
noun (masculine)
from root `pā` (to protect)
Root: pā (class 2)

बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Feminine nominative plural of `bahu`

दुहितर्ः (duhitarḥ) - daughters

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

Feminine nominative plural of `duhitṛ` (r-stem)

Root: duh (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, likewise, and)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, because of which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what (relative pronoun or conjunction)

Neuter nominative singular of `yad` (relative pronoun), here used conjunctively as "because, by which".

Note: Functions as a conjunction "because" or "due to which".

चिन्तादुःखदावाग्निज्वालामध्ये (cintāduḥkhadāvāgnijvālāmadhye) - in the midst of the flames of the forest fire of sorrow from worry

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of cintāduḥkhadāvāgnijvālāmadhya

cintāduḥkhadāvāgnijvālāmadhya - in the middle of the flames of the forest fire of sorrow from worry

complex compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cintā+duḥkha+dāvāgni+jvālā+madhya)

cintā – worry, anxiety, thought
noun (feminine)
from root `cit` or `cint`
Root: cit (class 10)
duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, unhappiness
noun (neuter)
dāvāgni – forest fire, conflagration
noun (masculine)
compound `dāva` (forest) + `agni` (fire)
jvālā – flame, blaze, torch
noun (feminine)
from root `jval`
Root: jval (class 1)
madhya – middle, center, midst
noun (neuter)