मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-119, verse-18

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याश्चैनं नाभिनन्दन्ति स्वयंवरकृतक्षणाः ।
ताश्चापि स बलाद्वीरो जग्राह नृपतेः सुतः ॥१८॥

18. yāścainaṃ nābhinandanti svayaṃvarakṛtakṣaṇāḥ .
tāścāpi sa balādvīro jagrāha nṛpateḥ sutaḥ.

18. yāḥ ca enam na abhinandanti svayaṃvarakṛtakṣaṇāḥ
tāḥ ca api saḥ balāt vīraḥ jagṛhe nṛpateḥ sutaḥ

18. And even those [women] who, though present at the self-choice marriage ceremony (svayaṃvara) to make their choice, did not approve of him, the heroic son of the king seized them by force.

Words meanings summery:

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याः (yāḥ) - those women who (who, which)

च (ca) - and, also

एनम् (enam) - referring to the hero of the narrative (him)

न (na) - not, no

अभिनन्दन्ति (abhinandanti) - they do not approve, they do not choose, they do not rejoice

स्वयंवरकृतक्षणाः (svayaṁvarakṛtakṣaṇāḥ) - referring to women who were present at the svayaṃvara to make their choice (whose opportunity was set/made in the svayaṃvara; who were appointed for the svayaṃvara)

ताः (tāḥ) - those women who did not choose him (those)

च (ca) - and, also

अपि (api) - also, even

सः (saḥ) - the hero, son of the king (he)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero, referring to the son of the king (the hero; brave)

जगृहे (jagṛhe) - he seized, he took

नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

Words meanings and morphology

याः (yāḥ) - those women who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the women at the svayaṃvara.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - referring to the hero of the narrative (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, he, him (proximal demonstrative pronoun, often used for emphasis or referring to someone just mentioned)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिनन्दन्ति (abhinandanti) - they do not approve, they do not choose, they do not rejoice

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of abhinand

Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person plural

Prefix: abhi

Root: nand (class 1)

स्वयंवरकृतक्षणाः (svayaṁvarakṛtakṣaṇāḥ) - referring to women who were present at the svayaṃvara to make their choice (whose opportunity was set/made in the svayaṃvara; who were appointed for the svayaṃvara)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of svayaṃvarakṛtakṣaṇā

svayaṁvarakṛtakṣaṇā - who had their moment/opportunity made for the svayaṃvara (self-choice marriage ceremony)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayaṃvara+kṛta+kṣaṇa)

svayaṃvara – self-choice marriage ceremony
noun (masculine)
kṛta – made, done, appointed
Past Passive Participle (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
kṣaṇa – moment, instant, opportunity
noun (masculine)

Note: Describes the women (yāḥ).

ताः (tāḥ) - those women who did not choose him (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'yāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - the hero, son of the king (he)

(pronoun)