मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-125, verse-4

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मुखं पौत्रस्य पश्यैतदुत्सङ्गस्थस्य यन्मया ।
किमिच्छके प्रतिज्ञातं तुभ्यं मातुः कृते पुरा ॥४॥

4. mukhaṃ pautrasya paśyaitadutsaṅgasthasya yanmayā .
kimicchake pratijñātaṃ tubhyaṃ mātuḥ kṛte purā.

4. mukham pautrasya paśya etat utsaṅgasthasya yat mayā
kimicchake pratijñātam tubhyam mātuḥ kṛte purā

4. Behold the face of this grandson, who is sitting upon my lap. He is the one whom I promised to you long ago, on behalf of his mother, when a wish was desired.

Words meanings summery:

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मुखम् (mukham) - face (face, mouth, opening, chief part)

पौत्रस्य (pautrasya) - of the grandson

पश्य (paśya) - see! behold! look!

एतत् (etat) - this

उत्सङ्गस्थस्य (utsaṅgasthasya) - of the one who is sitting on the lap (of one who is on the lap, situated on the lap)

यत् (yat) - whom (which, whom, what)

मया (mayā) - by me

किमिच्छके (kimicchake) - when a desire was expressed (to the one who asks 'what do you desire?', in the matter of desiring something)

प्रतिज्ञातम् (pratijñātam) - promised, vowed, acknowledged

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you

मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother

कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of, on account of, on behalf of

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

Words meanings and morphology

मुखम् (mukham) - face (face, mouth, opening, chief part)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, entrance, principal, chief

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter.

पौत्रस्य (pautrasya) - of the grandson

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pautra

pautra - grandson, son of a son

Derived from 'putra' (son) with 'aṇ' suffix.

पश्य (paśya) - see! behold! look!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Irregular root, present stem 'paśya-'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one (near the speaker)

Note: Refers to 'mukham' (face), which is neuter. Can also be nominative singular neuter.

उत्सङ्गस्थस्य (utsaṅgasthasya) - of the one who is sitting on the lap (of one who is on the lap, situated on the lap)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of utsaṅgastha

utsaṅgastha - sitting on the lap, staying on the lap

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (utsaṅga+stha)

utsaṅga – lap, bosom, embrace, curve
noun (masculine)
stha – standing, staying, situated, being in
adjective (masculine)
Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand, stay).
Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pautrasya'.

यत् (yat) - whom (which, whom, what)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Agrees with the implied 'grandson' (masculine), taking the neuter form due to its flexibility or possibly being used adverbially.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'pratijñātam'.

किमिच्छके (kimicchake) - when a desire was expressed (to the one who asks 'what do you desire?', in the matter of desiring something)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kimicchaka

kimicchaka - one who asks 'what do you desire?', a desirous person, a seeker of wishes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kim+icchaka)

kim – what? why?
indeclinable
icchaka – desiring, wishing, one who desires
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun/adjective from root 'iṣ'.
Derived from root 'iṣ' (to desire) with the suffix '-aka'.
Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Used here adverbially, 'when a wish was asked/desired' or 'in the context of a wish-asking ritual'.

प्रतिज्ञातम् (pratijñātam) - promised, vowed, acknowledged

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratijñāta

pratijñāta - promised, vowed, acknowledged, assented to

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'prati' and '-ta' suffix.

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter.

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you

(pronoun)