मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-2, verse-34

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कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तार्क्षो गर्भमवाप ह ।
सप्तपक्षाहिते गर्भे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सा ॥३४॥

34. kasyacittvatha kālasya tārkṣo garbhamavāpa ha .
saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetraṃ jagāma sā.

34. kasyacit tu atha kālasya tārkṣī garbham avāpa
ha saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetram jagāma sā

34. After some time, Tārkṣī indeed became pregnant. When the embryo (garbha) had developed for seven fortnights, she journeyed to Kurukshetra.

Words meanings summery:

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कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone, of some, of a certain

तु (tu) - but, and, on the other hand

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

कालस्य (kālasya) - after a period of time (of time)

तार्क्षी (tārkṣī) - the wife of Mandapāla's youngest son (Tārkṣī, the female Tārkṣya)

गर्भम् (garbham) - pregnancy (embryo, fetus, womb, pregnancy)

अवाप (avāpa) - conceived (pregnancy) (obtained, reached, conceived)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, surely

सप्तपक्षाहिते (saptapakṣāhite) - with the embryo placed for seven fortnights

गर्भे (garbhe) - referring to the state of pregnancy (in the embryo, in the womb, in the pregnancy)

कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - the battlefield where the Mahabharata war took place (Kurukshetra (name of a sacred plain))

जगाम (jagāma) - she went, she proceeded

सा (sā) - referring to Tārkṣī (she)

Words meanings and morphology

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone, of some, of a certain

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kascit

kascit - someone, something, a certain

Note: Genitive singular of kascit.

तु (tu) - but, and, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

कालस्य (kālasya) - after a period of time (of time)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Often used with 'kasyacit' to mean 'after some time'.

तार्क्षी (tārkṣī) - the wife of Mandapāla's youngest son (Tārkṣī, the female Tārkṣya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tārkṣī

tārkṣī - daughter of Tārkṣya, a female of the Tārkṣya lineage (a bird)

Feminine derivative of Tārkṣya.

गर्भम् (garbham) - pregnancy (embryo, fetus, womb, pregnancy)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, pregnancy, interior

अवाप (avāpa) - conceived (pregnancy) (obtained, reached, conceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of āp

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root 'āp' (to obtain/reach).

Root: āp (class 5)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

सप्तपक्षाहिते (saptapakṣāhite) - with the embryo placed for seven fortnights

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of saptapakṣāhita

saptapakṣāhita - having undergone seven fortnights (of development), conceived for seven fortnights

Compound type : tatpurusha (saptapakṣa+āhita)

saptapakṣa – seven fortnights
noun (masculine)
Compound of 'sapta' (seven) and 'pakṣa' (fortnight)
āhita – placed, established, deposited, conceived
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root 'dhā' (to place, to put) with prefix 'ā'
Prefix: ā
Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'garbhe'.

गर्भे (garbhe) - referring to the state of pregnancy (in the embryo, in the womb, in the pregnancy)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, pregnancy, interior

Note: Co-refers with saptapakṣāhite.

कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetram) - the battlefield where the Mahabharata war took place (Kurukshetra (name of a sacred plain))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kurukṣetra

kurukṣetra - Kurukshetra (a plain, sacred place)

Note: Object of 'went'.

जगाम (jagāma) - she went, she proceeded