मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-24, verse-14

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जड उवाच ।
इत्येवं प्रसृतं वाक्यमुक्तः पन्नगसत्तमः ।
प्राह राजसुतं प्रीत्या पुत्रयोरुपकारिणम् ॥१४॥

14. jaḍa uvāca .
ityevaṃ prasṛtaṃ vākyamuktaḥ pannagasattamaḥ .
prāha rājasutaṃ prītyā putrayorupakāriṇam.

14. jaḍaḥ uvāca iti evam prasṛtam vākyam uktaḥ
pannagasattamaḥ prāha rājasutam prītyā putrayoḥ upakāriṇam

14. Jaḍa said: Addressed by such an extensive speech, the best of serpents affectionately spoke to the king's son, who had been a benefactor to his two sons.

Words meanings summery:

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जडः (jaḍaḥ) - The sage Jaḍa (who is speaking) (Jaḍa (a proper name), dull, inert)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so saying

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

प्रसृतम् (prasṛtam) - extensive (speech) (spread, extended, diffused)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, sentence

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (thus) addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

पन्नगसत्तमः (pannagasattamaḥ) - The Nāga king, the best of serpents (best of serpents)

प्राह (prāha) - said, spoke

राजसुतम् (rājasutam) - king's son, prince

प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with affection, with love, out of fondness

पुत्रयोः (putrayoḥ) - of the two sons, for the two sons

उपकारिणम् (upakāriṇam) - who was the benefactor (of his two sons) (benefactor, helper, obliging)

Words meanings and morphology

जडः (jaḍaḥ) - The sage Jaḍa (who is speaking) (Jaḍa (a proper name), dull, inert)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaḍa

jaḍa - dull, inert, foolish, a proper name

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so saying

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

प्रसृतम् (prasṛtam) - extensive (speech) (spread, extended, diffused)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prasṛta

prasṛta - spread, extended, diffused, produced

Past Passive Participle

From pra- + √sṛ (to flow, run)

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Used as an adjective here

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'uktaḥ' (addressed *by* this speech)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - (thus) addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed, declared

Past Passive Participle

From √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

पन्नगसत्तमः (pannagasattamaḥ) - The Nāga king, the best of serpents (best of serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pannagasattama

pannagasattama - best of serpents

Superlative of 'sattama' (best) applied to 'pannaga' (serpent)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pannaga+sattama)

pannaga – serpent, snake
noun (masculine)
From √pad (to go) + √gam (to go), literally 'foot-goer' (one who goes on its belly) or 'creeper'
Root: pad
sattama – best, most excellent
adjective (masculine)
Superlative suffix -tama

Note: Subject of 'prāha'

प्राह (prāha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pra-ah

Perfect Active

From pra- + √ah (to say), 3rd person singular, Perfect tense, active voice

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

राजसुतम् (rājasutam) - king's son, prince

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājasuta

rājasuta - king's son, prince