मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-24, verse-38

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अश्वतर उवाच ।
मायेयं पुत्र मा स्प्राक्षीः प्रागेव कथितं तव ।
अन्तर्धानमुपैत्याशु माया संस्पर्शनादिभिः ॥३८॥

38. aśvatara uvāca .
māyeyaṃ putra mā sprākṣīḥ prāgeva kathitaṃ tava .
antardhānamupaityāśu māyā saṃsparśanādibhiḥ.

38. aśvataraḥ uvāca māyā iyam putra mā sprākṣīḥ prāk eva
kathitam tava antardhānam upaiti āśu māyā saṃsparśanādibhiḥ

38. Aśvatara spoke: "Son, do not touch this; it is an illusion (māyā). It was already explained to you earlier that illusion (māyā) quickly vanishes by touching and similar actions."

Words meanings summery:

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अश्वतरः (aśvataraḥ) - Aśvatara (name of a nāga king) (a mule, a mythical being, name of a nāga king)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (said, spoke)

माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, deception, creative power)

इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine))

पुत्र (putra) - son

मा (mā) - do not (not, do not)

स्प्राक्षीः (sprākṣīḥ) - you should touch (here prohibitive: do not touch) (you touched, you should touch (aorist injunction))

प्राक् (prāk) - earlier (before, formerly, previously)

एव (eva) - already, indeed (indeed, only, just)

कथितम् (kathitam) - told, explained (spoken, told, narrated)

तव (tava) - to you (your, to you)

अन्तर्धानम् (antardhānam) - disappearance (disappearance, vanishing, invisibility)

उपैति (upaiti) - undergoes, comes to (disappearance) (approaches, obtains, undergoes, comes to)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, soon)

माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, deception, creative power)

संस्पर्शनादिभिः (saṁsparśanādibhiḥ) - by touching and similar actions (by touching and so on)

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वतरः (aśvataraḥ) - Aśvatara (name of a nāga king) (a mule, a mythical being, name of a nāga king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśvatara

aśvatara - a mule, a mythical being, a nāga king

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac, 3rd person singular, perfect active

Root: vac (class 2)

माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, deception, creative power)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deception, creative power

इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

पुत्र (putra) - son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

मा (mā) - do not (not, do not)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist for prohibition.

स्प्राक्षीः (sprākṣīḥ) - you should touch (here prohibitive: do not touch) (you touched, you should touch (aorist injunction))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of spṛś

Aorist

Root spṛś, 2nd person singular, aorist, injunctive mood with mā

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Injunctive use with mā for prohibition.

प्राक् (prāk) - earlier (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - already, indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

कथितम् (kathitam) - told, explained (spoken, told, narrated)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - spoken, told, narrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kath (from kṛt with preposition ā + hita, or just kath), past passive participle, nominative/accusative neuter singular

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Functions predicatively here.

तव (tava) - to you (your, to you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used as dative of recipient 'to you' for 'told to you'.

अन्तर्धानम् (antardhānam) - disappearance (disappearance, vanishing, invisibility)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antardhāna

antardhāna - disappearance, vanishing, invisibility

From antar (within, between) + dhāna (placing, act of holding)

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of upaiti.

उपैति (upaiti) - undergoes, comes to (disappearance) (approaches, obtains, undergoes, comes to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Active

Root i (to go), 3rd person singular, present active

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

आशु (āśu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, soon)

(indeclinable)

माया (māyā) - illusion (māyā) (illusion, magic, deception, creative power)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deception, creative power

Note: Subject of the sentence (implied in the first part, explicit here).

संस्पर्शनादिभिः (saṁsparśanādibhiḥ) - by touching and similar actions (by touching and so on)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃsparśanādi

saṁsparśanādi - touching etc.

Compound (tatpurusha) of saṃsparśana (touching) and ādi (beginning, etc.)

Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃsparśana+ādi)

saṃsparśana – touching, contact
noun (neuter)
Verbal Noun
From root spṛś (to touch) with prefix sam, suffix -ana
Prefix: sam
Root: spṛś (class 6)
ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
noun (masculine)