मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-22, verse-17

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तालकेतुरुवाच ।
वीरः कुवलयाश्वोऽसौ ममाश्रमसमीपतः ।
केनापि दुष्टदैत्येन कुर्वन् रक्षां तपस्विनाम् ॥१७॥

17. tālaketuruvāca .
vīraḥ kuvalayāśvo'sau mamāśramasamīpataḥ .
kenāpi duṣṭadaityena kurvan rakṣāṃ tapasvinām.

17. tālaketuḥ uvāca vīraḥ kuvalayāśvaḥ asau mama āśramasampītaḥ
kena api duṣṭadaityena kurvan rakṣām tapasvinām

17. Tālaketu said: 'That brave Kuvalayāśva, while protecting the ascetics, (was attacked or faced danger) near my hermitage by some wicked demon.'

Words meanings summery:

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तालकेतुः (tālaketuḥ) - Tālaketu (proper noun)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

वीरः (vīraḥ) - brave, heroic, a hero

कुवलयाश्वः (kuvalayāśvaḥ) - Kuvalayāśva (proper noun)

असौ (asau) - that (one yonder), he

मम (mama) - my, of me

आश्रमसम्पीतः (āśramasampītaḥ) - near the hermitage

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

अपि (api) - "some" (indicating indefiniteness when combined with `kena`) (also, even, some (with interrogative))

दुष्टदैत्येन (duṣṭadaityena) - by a wicked demon

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - while protecting (implies simultaneous action) (doing, performing, making, protecting)

रक्षाम् (rakṣām) - protection, guarding

तपस्विनाम् (tapasvinām) - of the ascetics, for the ascetics

Words meanings and morphology

तालकेतुः (tālaketuḥ) - Tālaketu (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tālaketu

tālaketu - Tālaketu (name of a demon/king)

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वीरः (vīraḥ) - brave, heroic, a hero

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, strong, heroic

Note: Modifies `kuvalayāśvaḥ`.

कुवलयाश्वः (kuvalayāśvaḥ) - Kuvalayāśva (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuvalayāśva

kuvalayāśva - Kuvalayāśva (name of a king/hero)

Note: Subject of the implied verb.

असौ (asau) - that (one yonder), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (yonder), this, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive.

आश्रमसम्पीतः (āśramasampītaḥ) - near the hermitage

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśrama+samīpa)

āśrama – hermitage, abode
noun (masculine)
Derived from ā-√śram (to toil, to exert oneself)
Prefix: ā
Root: śram (class 4)
samīpa – near, proximity
adjective (neuter)
Prefix: sam

Note: Adverbial use of ablative termination `tah`.

केन (kena) - by whom, by what

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Agent.

अपि (api) - "some" (indicating indefiniteness when combined with `kena`) (also, even, some (with interrogative))

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms an indefinite pronoun with `kena`.

दुष्टदैत्येन (duṣṭadaityena) - by a wicked demon

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of duṣṭadaitya

duṣṭadaitya - wicked demon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (duṣṭa+daitya)

duṣṭa – wicked, evil, corrupted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from √duṣ (to be corrupted)
Root: duṣ (class 4)
daitya – demon (son of Diti)
noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of the implied action.

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - while protecting (implies simultaneous action) (doing, performing, making, protecting)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

Present Active Participle

Derived from √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Present active participle.

रक्षाम् (rakṣām) - protection, guarding

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rakṣā