मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-124, verse-24
जगुः केचित्तथैवान्ये मृदङ्गपटहानकान् ।
अवादयन्त चैवान्ये वेणुवीणादिकांस्तथा ॥२४॥
अवादयन्त चैवान्ये वेणुवीणादिकांस्तथा ॥२४॥
24. jaguḥ kecittathaivānye mṛdaṅgapaṭahānakān .
avādayanta caivānye veṇuvīṇādikāṃstathā.
avādayanta caivānye veṇuvīṇādikāṃstathā.
24.
jaguḥ kecit tathā eva anye mṛdaṅgapaṭahānakān
avādayanta ca eva anye veṇuvīṇādikān tathā
avādayanta ca eva anye veṇuvīṇādikān tathā
24.
Some sang, and others similarly played mṛdaṅga, paṭaha, and ānaka drums. And others played flutes, lutes, and other such instruments.
Words meanings summery:
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- जगुः (jaguḥ) - (some) sang (they sang)
- केचित् (kecit) - some (of them) (some, some people)
- तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)
- एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, even)
- अन्ये (anye) - others (others, other people)
- मृदङ्गपटहानकान् (mṛdaṅgapaṭahānakān) - mṛdaṅga, paṭaha, and ānaka drums (types of drums) (mṛdaṅga, paṭaha, and ānaka drums)
- अवादयन्त (avādayanta) - (others) played (the instruments) (they played)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, even)
- अन्ये (anye) - others (others, other people)
- वेणुवीणादिकान् (veṇuvīṇādikān) - flutes, lutes, and other such instruments (flutes, lutes, etc.)
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way (serving as a general concluding particle for the list) (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)
Words meanings and morphology
जगुः (jaguḥ) - (some) sang (they sang)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of √gai
Root: gai (class 1)
Note: Forms 'jaguḥ' in 3rd plural perfect.
केचित् (kecit) - some (of them) (some, some people)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid
kaścid - someone, something, some
From interrogative pronoun 'ka' + particle 'cid'
Note: 'kecit' is sandhi from 'ke + cit'.
तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Often combined with 'eva'.
एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Intensifying particle.
अन्ये (anye) - others (others, other people)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of anya
anya - other, another, different
Note: Refers to other Gandharvas.
मृदङ्गपटहानकान् (mṛdaṅgapaṭahānakān) - mṛdaṅga, paṭaha, and ānaka drums (types of drums) (mṛdaṅga, paṭaha, and ānaka drums)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛdaṅgapaṭahānaka
mṛdaṅgapaṭahānaka - mṛdaṅga, paṭaha, and ānaka (types of drums)
Compound type : dvandva (mṛdaṅga+paṭaha+ānaka)
- mṛdaṅga – mṛdaṅga (a type of double-headed drum)
noun (masculine) - paṭaha – paṭaha (a type of drum)
noun (masculine) - ānaka – ānaka (a large kettle-drum)
noun (masculine)
Note: Object of 'avādayanta'.
अवादयन्त (avādayanta) - (others) played (the instruments) (they played)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of √vad (causative)
Causative stem: vādaya
Causative of √vad (to speak) means 'to cause to speak' or 'to play (an instrument)'.
Root: vad (class 1)
Note: The ātmanepada ending '-anta' is common for causative forms in imperfect.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
एव (eva) - indeed, just (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Intensifying particle.
अन्ये (anye) - others (others, other people)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of anya
anya - other, another, different
Note: Refers to other Gandharvas.
वेणुवीणादिकान् (veṇuvīṇādikān) - flutes, lutes, and other such instruments (flutes, lutes, etc.)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of veṇuvīṇādika
veṇuvīṇādika - flute, lute, and so forth
Compound type : dvandva (veṇu+vīṇā+ādika)
- veṇu – flute, pipe
noun (masculine) - vīṇā – vīṇā (a stringed instrument, lute)
noun (feminine) - ādika – and others, and so forth, beginning with
adjective (masculine)
Note: Object of 'avādayanta'.
तथा (tathā) - similarly, in that way (serving as a general concluding particle for the list) (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Concluding particle.