मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-123, verse-8

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मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
इत्याकर्ण्य महीपालतनयः सशरासनी ।
चिन्तयामास किमिदं मम भार्यात्र कानने ॥८॥

8. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .
ityākarṇya mahīpālatanayaḥ saśarāsanī .
cintayāmāsa kimidaṃ mama bhāryātra kānane.

8. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca iti ākarṇya mahīpālatanayaḥ
saśarāsanī cintayāmāsa kim idam mama bhāryā atra kānane

8. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing this, the king's son, equipped with a bow, pondered: 'What is this? My wife, here in the forest?'

Words meanings summery:

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मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

इति (iti) - (marking the end of preceding statement and introduction of next action) (thus, in this manner (marks direct speech or conclusion))

आकर्ण्य (ākarṇya) - having heard (having heard, after listening)

महीपालतनयः (mahīpālatanayaḥ) - the king's son (son of the king, prince)

सशरासनी (saśarāsanī) - equipped with a bow (equipped with a bow and arrows)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - pondered (he thought, he pondered)

किम् (kim) - what (what, which, why)

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this one)

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (wife, she who is to be supported)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this (forest) (here, in this place, in this matter)

कानने (kānane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (a celebrated ancient sage)

Patronimic from Mṛkaṇḍu.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root 'vac' (to speak), perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - (marking the end of preceding statement and introduction of next action) (thus, in this manner (marks direct speech or conclusion))

(indeclinable)

आकर्ण्य (ākarṇya) - having heard (having heard, after listening)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From prefix 'ā' + root 'karṇ' (to hear) + suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: ā

Root: karṇ (class 10)

Note: Null for gender and number is appropriate for an absolutive.

महीपालतनयः (mahīpālatanayaḥ) - the king's son (son of the king, prince)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpālatanaya

mahīpālatanaya - son of a king, prince

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahīpāla+tanaya)

mahīpāla – king, ruler
noun (masculine)
tanaya – son, offspring
noun (masculine)
From root 'tan' (to stretch, extend) + -aya suffix, meaning 'one who extends the family line'.
Root: tan (class 8)

सशरासनी (saśarāsanī) - equipped with a bow (equipped with a bow and arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saśarāsanin

saśarāsanin - one possessing a bow, equipped with a bow

Bahuvrīhi compound with -in suffix. 'sa' (with) + 'śarāsana' (bow) + '-in' (possessive suffix).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śarāsana)

sa – with, together with
indeclinable
Prefix/indeclinable often used in Bahuvrihi compounds.
śarāsana – bow (for arrows)
noun (neuter)
Compound of 'śara' (arrow) and 'āsana' (sitting, weapon).

Note: Qualifies 'mahīpālatanayaḥ'. The form 'saśarāsanī' is the masculine nominative singular of a word ending in -in.

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - pondered (he thought, he pondered)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root 'cint' (10th class verb), perfect form.

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: The 'āmāsa' part is a periphrastic perfect often used for 10th class roots.

किम् (kim) - what (what, which, why)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how