मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-133, verse-12
अहिराडिव निःश्वस्य दमः प्रायाद्वपुष्मतम् ।
सीमापालादिसामन्तान्निघ्नन्याम्यां दिश त्वरा ॥१२॥
सीमापालादिसामन्तान्निघ्नन्याम्यां दिश त्वरा ॥१२॥
12. ahirāḍiva niḥśvasya damaḥ prāyādvapuṣmatam .
sīmāpālādisāmantānnighnanyāmyāṃ diśa tvarā.
sīmāpālādisāmantānnighnanyāmyāṃ diśa tvarā.
12.
ahiraṭ iva niḥśvasya damaḥ prāyāt vapuṣmatam
sīmāpālādisāmantān nighnan yāmyām diśam tvarā
sīmāpālādisāmantān nighnan yāmyām diśam tvarā
12.
Sighing like a great serpent, Dama advanced towards Vapuṣmat, slaying the frontier guards and other feudatories in the southern direction with great haste.
Words meanings summery:
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- अहिरट् (ahiraṭ) - king of serpents, great serpent
- इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to
- निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed, after sighing
- दमः (damaḥ) - Dama (proper noun)
- प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went, he advanced
- वपुष्मतम् (vapuṣmatam) - towards Vapuṣmat (proper noun)
- सीमापालादिसामन्तान् (sīmāpālādisāmantān) - the frontier guards and other feudatories
- निघ्नन् (nighnan) - slaying, killing
- याम्याम् (yāmyām) - southern
- दिशम् (diśam) - direction
- त्वरा (tvarā) - with haste, quickly (haste, speed, quickness)
Words meanings and morphology
अहिरट् (ahiraṭ) - king of serpents, great serpent
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ahirāj
ahirāj - king of serpents, great serpent
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahi+rājan)
- ahi – snake, serpent
noun (masculine) - rājan – king, ruler
noun (masculine)
Note: External sandhi 'ṭ' at word end before a vowel becomes 'ḍ' in 'roman_words_separated'.
इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to
(indeclinable)
निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed, after sighing
(indeclinable)
absolutive
Derived from root śvas with prefix nis, ending in -ya.
Prefix: nis
Root: śvas (class 2)
दमः (damaḥ) - Dama (proper noun)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dama
dama - Dama (a proper name)
प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went, he advanced
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √yā
Imperfect 3rd singular
From root yā, with prefix pra.
Prefix: pra
Root: yā (class 2)
वपुष्मतम् (vapuṣmatam) - towards Vapuṣmat (proper noun)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vapuṣmat
vapuṣmat - Vapuṣmat (a proper name)
सीमापालादिसामन्तान् (sīmāpālādisāmantān) - the frontier guards and other feudatories
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sīmāpālādisāmanta
sīmāpālādisāmanta - frontier guards and so forth, feudatories
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sīmāpāla+ādi+sāmanta)
- sīmāpāla – frontier guard
noun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so forth
indeclinable - sāmanta – feudatory, neighbor, borderer, chieftain
noun (masculine)
निघ्नन् (nighnan) - slaying, killing
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of √han
√han - to strike, to slay, to kill
Present Active Participle
From root han, with prefix ni. Strong stem.
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Modifies 'Damaḥ'.
याम्याम् (yāmyām) - southern
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of yāmya
yāmya - southern, relating to Yama
Note: Modifies 'diśam'.
दिशम् (diśam) - direction
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of diś
diś - direction, quarter of the sky
Note: Implied accusative singular, consistent with the adjective 'yāmyām'.
त्वरा (tvarā) - with haste, quickly (haste, speed, quickness)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tvarā
tvarā - haste, speed, quickness
Root: tvar (class 1)
Note: Functions adverbially to describe the speed of Dama's advance.