मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-4, verse-8

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पठतस्तान् समालोक्य मुखदोषविवर्जितान् ।
सोऽथ शोकेन हर्षेण सर्वानेवाभ्यभाषत ॥८॥

8. paṭhatastān samālokya mukhadoṣavivarjitān .
so'tha śokena harṣeṇa sarvānevābhyabhāṣata.

8. paṭhataḥ tān samālokya mukhadoṣavivarjitān saḥ
atha śokena harṣeṇa sarvān eva abhyabhāṣata

8. Observing them reciting without any speech impediments, he then addressed them all with a mixture of sorrow and joy.

Words meanings summery:

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पठतः (paṭhataḥ) - them (while) reciting (of the reciters, from the reciter (genitive/ablative singular), or (accusative plural of stem paṭhat))

तान् (tān) - them (the Brahmins) (those, them)

समालोक्य (samālokya) - observing (having seen well, having observed, having perceived)

मुखदोषविवर्जितान् (mukhadoṣavivarjitān) - without any speech impediments (devoid of mouth defects, free from facial defects or speech impediments)

सः (saḥ) - he (Jaimini) (he, that)

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

शोकेन (śokena) - with sorrow (by sorrow, with sorrow)

हर्षेण (harṣeṇa) - with joy (by joy, with joy, out of joy)

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all (of them))

एव (eva) - indeed (emphasizing 'all') (only, just, indeed, certainly)

अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - addressed (addressed, spoke to)

Words meanings and morphology

पठतः (paṭhataḥ) - them (while) reciting (of the reciters, from the reciter (genitive/ablative singular), or (accusative plural of stem paṭhat))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paṭhat

paṭhat - reciting, reading, studying

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root √paṭh 'to read, recite'.

Root: paṭh (class 1)

Note: This is an accusative plural form, referring to the Brahmins.

तान् (tān) - them (the Brahmins) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of `samālokya`.

समालोक्य (samālokya) - observing (having seen well, having observed, having perceived)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive of root √lok 'to see' with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: lok (class 10)

मुखदोषविवर्जितान् (mukhadoṣavivarjitān) - without any speech impediments (devoid of mouth defects, free from facial defects or speech impediments)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mukhadoṣavivarjita

mukhadoṣavivarjita - free from mouth defects, devoid of facial defects, without speech impediments

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mukha+doṣa+vivarjita)

mukha – mouth, face, chief, principal
noun (neuter)
doṣa – fault, defect, blemish, error
noun (masculine)
From √duṣ 'to be bad'.
Root: duṣ (class 4)
vivarjita – abandoned, forsaken, excluded, devoid of, free from
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root √vṛj 'to avoid' with prefix vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `tān`.

सः (saḥ) - he (Jaimini) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of `abhyabhāṣata`.

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

शोकेन (śokena) - with sorrow (by sorrow, with sorrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation