मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-13, verse-10

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पुरुष उवाच ।
भो याम्यपुरुषाचक्ष्व किं मया दुष्कृतं कृतम् ।
येनेदं यातनाभीम् प्राप्तोऽस्मि नरकं परम् ॥१०॥

10. puruṣa uvāca .
bho yāmyapuruṣācakṣva kiṃ mayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam .
yenedaṃ yātanābhīm prāpto'smi narakaṃ param.

10. puruṣaḥ uvāca bho yāmya-puruṣa ācakṣva kim mayā duṣkṛtam
kṛtam yena idam yātanā-bhīmam prāptaḥ asmi narakam param

10. The man (puruṣa) said: "O attendant (puruṣa) of Yama, please tell me what evil deed I have committed, by which I have arrived at this terrible hell of torments."

Words meanings summery:

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पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the man (puruṣa) who is speaking (man, person, being (puruṣa))

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

भो (bho) - vocative particle for addressing (O!, hello!)

याम्य-पुरुष (yāmya-puruṣa) - O attendant (puruṣa) of Yama!

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, explain

किम् (kim) - what?

मया (mayā) - by me

दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil deed, sin

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

येन (yena) - by which, for which reason

इदम् (idam) - this hell (this)

यातना-भीमम् (yātanā-bhīmam) - terrible with torments, full of dreadful pains

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached, attained, arrived

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

नरकम् (narakam) - hell, underworld

परम् (param) - most severe, intense (supreme, highest, extreme)

Words meanings and morphology

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the man (puruṣa) who is speaking (man, person, being (puruṣa))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, human being, person, soul (puruṣa)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac (class 2).

Root: vac (class 2)

भो (bho) - vocative particle for addressing (O!, hello!)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with vocative.

याम्य-पुरुष (yāmya-puruṣa) - O attendant (puruṣa) of Yama!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yāmya-puruṣa

yāmya-puruṣa - Yama's man, Yama's attendant (puruṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yāmya+puruṣa)

yāmya – relating to Yama, southern
adjective (masculine)
Derived from Yama.
puruṣa – man, person, being (puruṣa)
noun (masculine)

Note: Being addressed.

आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell, explain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ācakṣva

Imperative

From √cakṣ (class 2), imperative 2nd person singular, middle voice with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Object of 'kṛtam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - we

Note: Agent in passive construction 'duṣkṛtam kṛtam'.

दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil deed, sin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkṛta

duṣkṛta - evil deed, sin, misdeed

Past Passive Participle (Nominalized)

From 'dus' (bad) + √kṛ (to do) + kta suffix. Nominalized adjective.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+kṛta)

dus – bad, ill, difficult
indeclinable
Prefix indicating badness or difficulty.
kṛta – done, made, performed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From √kṛ 'to do' + kta suffix.
Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of the question: 'what evil deed was done by me?'

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

From √kṛ 'to do' + kta suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate participle for 'duṣkṛtam'.

येन (yena) - by which, for which reason

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Instrumental of 'yad', meaning 'by which means' or 'for which reason'.

इदम् (idam) - this hell (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'narakam'.

यातना-भीमम् (yātanā-bhīmam) - terrible with torments, full of dreadful pains

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yātanā-bhīma

yātanā-bhīma - terrible due to torments, dreadful with pains

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yātanā+bhīma)

yātanā – torture, torment, pain
noun (feminine)
Derived from √yat 'to strive, inflict'.
Root: yat (class 1)
bhīma – terrible, dreadful, formidable
adjective (masculine)
Derived from √bhī 'to fear'.
Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'narakam' and 'idam'. The original Devanagari 'यातनाभीम्' corresponds to 'yātanābhīmam' with an anusvāra.

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - reached, attained, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - reached, attained, acquired

Past Passive Participle

From √āp 'to obtain' with prefix pra + kta suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Forms a periphrastic perfect tense with 'asmi'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)