मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-21, verse-77

home » Scriptures Library » Markandeya Purana

View complete chapter

एतन्मयोक्तं युवयोर्गच्छामि च यथेप्सितम् ।
वर्ध त्वमनया सार्धं धन-पुत्र-सुखायुषा ॥७७॥

77. etanmayoktaṃ yuvayorgacchāmi ca yathepsitam .
vardha tvamanayā sārdhaṃ dhana-putra-sukhāyuṣā.

77. etat mayā uktam yuvayoḥ gacchāmi ca yathepsitam
vardha tvam anayā sārdham dhana-putra-sukhāyuṣā

77. I have spoken this to you two. And now I shall go as I wish. May you flourish together with her, endowed with wealth, sons, happiness, and a long life.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this (thing))

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (said, spoken, mentioned)

युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - to you two (the couple) (of you two, for you two)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I shall go (I go, I proceed)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as I wish (as desired, according to wish)

वर्ध (vardha) - may you flourish (flourish, grow, prosper)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the husband) (you)

अनया (anayā) - with her (the wife) (by her, with her)

सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with (along with, together with)

धन-पुत्र-सुखायुषा (dhana-putra-sukhāyuṣā) - endowed with wealth, sons, happiness, and a long life (with wealth, sons, happiness, and long life)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this (thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this (person or thing)

Note: Refers to the preceding discourse.

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in a passive construction ('uktam').

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (said, spoken, mentioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'etat'.

युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - to you two (the couple) (of you two, for you two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (dual)

Note: Can also be locative dual. Here, 'to you two' implying recipient.

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I shall go (I go, I proceed)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular, present tense, active voice, parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Implies future intention here.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यथेप्सितम् (yathepsitam) - as I wish (as desired, according to wish)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound of yathā (as) and īpsita (desired).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+īpsita)

yathā – as, according to, just as
indeclinable
īpsita – desired, wished for, longed for
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of desiderative of √āp (to obtain), i.e., √īps.
Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Used adverbially.

वर्ध (vardha) - may you flourish (flourish, grow, prosper)

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice, ātmanepada.

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the husband) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'vardha'.