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मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्       mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-131, verse-11

पप्रच्छ कस्त्वं भो विप्रः क्षत्रियो वा वनेचरः ।
वानप्रस्थमनुप्राप्तो वैश्यो वा मम कथ्यताम् ॥११॥
11. papraccha kastvaṃ bho vipraḥ kṣatriyo vā vanecaraḥ .
vānaprasthamanuprāpto vaiśyo vā mama kathyatām.
11. papraccha kaḥ tvam bho vipraḥ kṣatriyaḥ vā vanecaraḥ
vānaprastham anuprāptaḥ vaiśyaḥ vā mama kathyatām
11. He asked, "O Brahmin, who are you? Are you a kṣatriya, or a forest-dweller who has adopted the vānaprastha (forest-dweller) stage of life, or a vaiśya? Please tell me."

Words meanings summery:

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  • पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - he asked, questioned
  • कः (kaḥ) - who? which?
  • त्वम् (tvam) - you
  • भो (bho) - O! (vocative particle)
  • विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin, wise man
  • क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - kṣatriya, warrior
  • वा (vā) - or
  • वनेचरः (vanecaraḥ) - forest-dweller, ranger
  • वानप्रस्थम् (vānaprastham) - the forest-dweller's stage of life (āśrama)
  • अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - attained, reached, arrived at
  • वैश्यः (vaiśyaḥ) - vaiśya (member of the merchant class)
  • वा (vā) - or
  • मम (mama) - to me, my
  • कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, tell me

Words meanings and morphology

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - he asked, questioned
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pracch
Perfect Tense
reduplicated perfect form
Root: pracch (class 6)
कः (kaḥ) - who? which?
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
त्वम् (tvam) - you
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
भो (bho) - O! (vocative particle)
(indeclinable)
विप्रः (vipraḥ) - Brahmin, wise man
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra
vipra - Brahmin, inspired, wise, priest
क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - kṣatriya, warrior
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya
kṣatriya - kṣatriya (member of the warrior class), noble, ruler
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
वनेचरः (vanecaraḥ) - forest-dweller, ranger
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vanecara
vanecara - forest-dweller, moving in the forest
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+cara)
  • vana – forest, wood
    noun (neuter)
  • cara – moving, walking, dweller, going
    noun (masculine)
    from root car (to move)
    Root: car (class 1)
वानप्रस्थम् (vānaprastham) - the forest-dweller's stage of life (āśrama)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vānaprastha
vānaprastha - forest-dweller, the stage of a hermit (vānaprastha)
अनुप्राप्तः (anuprāptaḥ) - attained, reached, arrived at
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anuprāpta
anuprāpta - attained, reached, acquired
Past Passive Participle
From root āp (to obtain) with prefix anu (after)
Prefix: anu
Root: āp (class 5)
वैश्यः (vaiśyaḥ) - vaiśya (member of the merchant class)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśya
vaiśya - vaiśya (member of the third social class, typically merchants or farmers)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
मम (mama) - to me, my
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our
Note: Used here with a dative sense: 'to me'
कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, tell me
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath
Imperative Mood
passive voice, imperative mood (loṭ)
Root: kath (class 10)