मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-23, verse-10

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नृशंसोऽहमनार्योऽहं विना तां मृगलोचनाम् ।
मत्कृते निधनं प्राप्तां यज्जीवाम्यतिनिर्घृणः ॥१०॥

10. nṛśaṃso'hamanāryo'haṃ vinā tāṃ mṛgalocanām .
matkṛte nidhanaṃ prāptāṃ yajjīvāmyatinirghṛṇaḥ.

10. nṛśaṃsaḥ aham anāryaḥ aham vinā tām mṛgalocanām
matkṛte nidhanam prāptām yat jīvāmi atinirghṛṇaḥ

10. I am cruel; I am ignoble, living without that deer-eyed woman who died for my sake. I am excessively merciless for still being alive.

Words meanings summery:

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नृशंसः (nṛśaṁsaḥ) - The king is describing himself as cruel. (cruel, wicked, fierce)

अहम् (aham) - The king referring to himself. (I)

अनार्यः (anāryaḥ) - The king is describing himself as ignoble. (ignoble, uncivilized, non-Aryan)

अहम् (aham) - The king referring to himself. (I)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

ताम् (tām) - referring to Madālasā (her, that)

मृगलोचनाम् (mṛgalocanām) - Describing Madālasā's beautiful eyes. (deer-eyed, fawn-eyed)

मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake, on my account

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction

प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - met her death (attained, reached, met with)

यत् (yat) - introducing a causal clause (that, which, because)

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live

अतिनिर्घृणः (atinirghṛṇaḥ) - Describes the king, correlating with 'aham' (I), implying his self-reproach for living. (excessively cruel, most merciless)

Words meanings and morphology

नृशंसः (nṛśaṁsaḥ) - The king is describing himself as cruel. (cruel, wicked, fierce)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, fierce, mischievous

Note: Predicative adjective for 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - The king referring to himself. (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

अनार्यः (anāryaḥ) - The king is describing himself as ignoble. (ignoble, uncivilized, non-Aryan)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anārya

anārya - ignoble, unworthy, non-Aryan

Negative compound: an- (not) + ārya (noble)

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpuruṣa (an+ārya)

an – not, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix
ārya – noble, honorable, Aryan
adjective (masculine)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'aham'.

अहम् (aham) - The king referring to himself. (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Preposition/Adverb, takes accusative, instrumental, or ablative.

Note: Takes accusative 'tām mṛgalocanām'.

ताम् (tām) - referring to Madālasā (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'vinā'.

मृगलोचनाम् (mṛgalocanām) - Describing Madālasā's beautiful eyes. (deer-eyed, fawn-eyed)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgalocanā

mṛgalocanā - deer-eyed, fawn-eyed (a woman with beautiful eyes)

Feminine form of mṛgalocana. Bahuvrīhi compound: mṛga (deer) + locana (eye).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mṛga+locana)

mṛga – deer, animal
noun (masculine)
locana – eye
noun (neuter)
Derived from root loc (to see)
Root: loc (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vinā', qualifying 'tām'.

मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake, on my account

(indeclinable)

Locative of 'matkṛta' (done by me, for me). Compound: mat (my, for me) + kṛte (for the sake of, on account of).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (mad+kṛte)

mad – my, for me (abl./gen. of aham)
pronoun
kṛte – for the sake of, on account of
indeclinable (neuter)
Locative singular of 'kṛta' (made, done), often used as an indeclinable.
Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used adverbially.

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death, destruction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, end

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of 'prāptām'.

प्राप्ताम् (prāptām) - met her death (attained, reached, met with)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - attained, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'tām mṛgalocanām'.

यत् (yat) - introducing a causal clause (that, which, because)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction or relative pronoun.

Note: Used as a conjunction here.

जीवामि (jīvāmi) - I live

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of jīv

Present

1st person singular, Present active, from root jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

अतिनिर्घृणः (atinirghṛṇaḥ) - Describes the king, correlating with 'aham' (I), implying his self-reproach for living. (excessively cruel, most merciless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atinirghṛṇa

atinirghṛṇa - very cruel, excessively merciless

Compound: ati (excessively) + nirghṛṇa (merciless).

Compound type : Prādi-Tatpuruṣa (ati+nirghṛṇa)